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Commune Design

Commune Design is an interior design studio. Its contribution to a featured venue is the room surrounding the sound system.

Design & approach

Commune is a Los Angeles design studio working across architecture, interiors, graphic design and furnishings. Its role in a listening space can connect the room’s visual identity with the way people occupy it. The venue record distinguishes that design contribution from the equipment manufacturers and sound-system specialists.

Maker background & design sources ↗

From the maker’s world.

Products, process and directly attributed installations.

Commune Design on Instagram

Photos and video published by @communedesign.

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Hear it in the rooms.

Equipment, commissions and collaborations.

Nashville / United States

888 ↗

Design / integration

Commune contributed to 888’s wood-panelled interior. The separate audio and acoustic team includes OJAS, Soundlux Audio and Steven Durr Designs.

Inside the system

OJAS / Devon Turnbull’s horn-loaded, Altec-inspired loudspeakers are integrated into the room through a collaboration with Steven Durr Designs and Soundlux Audio. Multiple amplifiers occupy the wall installation, while Technics SL-1200-family decks provide the vinyl source. Exact amplifier models and deck generations are unspecified. System design and acoustic work are linked to the wood-panelled interior developed with Commune Design. The installation is architectural in scope: loudspeakers, electronics and the room were considered together.

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