You can create very zen ambience in your garden with these stump and stone weatherproof outdoor speakers. Your landscape designer will be totally satisfied. But if you play loud norwegian death metal or rotterdam hardcore it can ruin the chi. Our suggestion is to put the Musiques Pour Les Plantes Vertes compilation on repeat. Your plants will be happy ;)

This simple, rugged speaker called the Hive Audio System for outdoor entertaining features a sound tube that protects the speaker from the elements and amplifies sound as it reverberates. The bell is completely translucent with a rugged base for stability. This speaker works wirelessly from a main station unit and can be linked to other liked units for multiple sound outputs forming a hive.

Designer: Christopher Stuart [via Yanko Design ]

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It would be a tuff quiz question. What is this? No, not a socket. No, not a broken light bulb. This is a speaker. Yes, for real! Created in collaboration with designer Ron Arad, Freewheeler is a
cordless stereo speaker wheel that can be rolled around, indoors or
outside. Made of high-quality lacquered wood, it has the unique quality
of generating a high quality stereo sound from one component instead of
the usual two separate elements. With its own built-in receiver and
amplifier, all you need is a CD player, your favourite music and away
you roll! The sound signal is conveyed directly from the CD player to
the speaker by a two-way FM transmitter.