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Otokurage by Nendo

Otokurage by Nendo

Japanese designers Nendo have produced these transparent sets of earphones that look like jellyfish. 

Otokurage by Nendo

The earphones are available in a variety of colours and come packaged in small plastic bottles.

Otokurage by Nendo

Photography is by Hiroshi Iwasaki and Masayuki Hayashi.

Otokurage by Nendo

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The following is from the designers:


We designed earphones “otokurage” for a Japanese computer accessories manufacturer “ELECOM”

“otokurage(oto=sound, kurage=jellyfish)”

Otokurage by Nendo

design concept
We enlarged the silicon ear caps that cover earphones to hide the entire device, creating a set of in-ear headphones with a soft feel and an unusual transparency like that of a jellyfish.

Otokurage by Nendo

Because the earphones' components are unified into one piece, substituting the colour or size of the earcap changes their look entirely.

Otokurage by Nendo

To keep with the image of a jellyfish floating in the water, the packaging was inspired by a PET plastic soft drink bottle.

Otokurage by Nendo

This product will be sold in Japan from end of May.