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PALETTES

X Combining colour palettes
will be a primary
driver of translating and
ZAHA HADID combining our design icon
with the current company
identity.

STYLE TILE BOARD Fostex has a well established
pallete, frequently using
The aim is to bring a design icon to orange, black and
life through a collaborative e ort of Bordeaux red throughout
design, enngineering and manufacturing their products. This will carry
of a new product within the Fostex line. through to the new product
in a subtle fashion, whereas
This product will combine current Fostex the main colours will
technologies, with design flair inspired be inspired by Hadids
by Zaha Hadids architectural work. Minimal Palettes.
A style board aims to connect these two
in order to gain an insight into how the final
product will look and feel.

Japanese Cherry Birch FINISHES
currently used throughout Traditional Urushi Lacquer
highest end Fostex
Products. This will be used in finish will be used throughout
both the headphone and both products. This is a
speaker units, sticking with traditional Japanese
house style finishing method, which
symbolically stands for
Zaha Hadids use of
traditional methods when
Instead of the black finished
metal on current products, designing her works.
a bare aluminium finish will
be used on metal surfaces.
This represents material
choices of Zaha Hadid GRAPHICS
in many of her architectural Many interesting elements
structures. of Hadids work will be

translated through graphical
elements, with venting,
Protein leather will be used speakers grills, controls etc.
for ear cups and adjustable Logo placement will be subtle,
head band. and some form of
Possible alternative
colours may best bring logo/graphic
through the syling of will be dedicated to
design icon (whites/greys) the icons name.