Loud Speakers
Solo show (ft. Herman Skrinde) at DOM Gallery, Riga, Latvia
07.11.2025 - 29.11.2025
Kolboxen was designed by the Swedish sound pioneer Stig Carlsson in 1953 and discontinued in 1962. It was designed to work in any home. To bring high fidelity to the people.
His apprentice at the time said that the first prototype was made using a paper waste bin from the Royal Academy of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. That is where Stig worked at that time. The measurements and tests of the speaker were made in ordinary living rooms. That is where he wanted the speaker to end up.
“If you want other speakers to sound as good as my new ones, you'll have to cover your entire living room with Rockwool,” he said.
His apprentice left the speaking to Stig, and became interested in the acoustics of rooms. Spending his time studying the acoustics of big and small rooms he changed the method and made the room so good that any speaker would speak well.
Graphic design: Elīna Salnāja
Exhibition supported by SCCF, Tālava cider
Special thanks to Ingemar Ohlsson, Krisjanis Belavskis and Oto Holgers Ozolins