London, United Kingdom
Designed by Native Design and manufactured by Jazz Hipster Corporation, Zuma Lumisonic offers an alternative approach to everyone who seeks to transform their relationship with sound and light at home, bringing better, more immersive, and enjoyable listening experiences everywhere throughout their home.
This device combines high-quality surround sound with multi-sensory lighting in one device, removing the need for cables and large tech within your home.
Zuma Lumisonic has recently been awarded a 2022 Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
It’s sound & light in the form of downlights installed into your ceilings, discreetly blending into your interiors.
Zuma was born from the designers’ frustrations with existing smart home technologies, be that disjointed and cluttered smart accessories or time-consuming, complex, and expensive permanent rack installations.
To do this the designers had to reimagine how one listens to the sound.
Listening to a single-point source or a pair of loudspeakers in a room has never really been that satisfying.
What they wanted to capture is the sensory beauty of being in the middle of a concert hall, or standing outside in a forest.
The inclusion of Lumisonic in the home enables customers’ living spaces to become more multifunctional with enhanced experiences.
The mood of a room can be switched almost instantly, cool bright light for concentration gives way to dim warm light with soothing music for comfortable relaxation.
The simplicity and elegance with which Lumisonic does this is the core proposition of the product and is emphasized in the simple installation process.
An innovative patented spring blade mechanism means Zumas can be easily retrofitted into existing light fittings and the discreet design ensures rooms stay sleek and free of endless devices and cables.
The audio quality and differentiated experience of listing to lots of speakers and not just one or two bring music back to the center of the home in a way that hasn’t been done since many people owned big “HiFi systems” in the latter half of the 20th century.
This product is all about making it effortless to have the perfect environment right down to being able to select a “circadian setting” which automatically adjusts the color temperature of the lights throughout the day to match the natural colors of the light outside.
This has proven to be beneficial to good sleeping patterns and general well-being.
The product is designed for longevity, with high-efficiency LEDs that are thermally managed for a 15-year life expectancy.
The energy budget of a Lumisonic system is just a fraction of that of the rack-mounted home automation alternatives, that provide a similar experience.
The product uses minimal plastic and die-cast aluminum almost everywhere else, and all the packaging is entirely recyclable, with only folded card and pulp moldings.
Project: Zuma Lumisonic
Designers: Native Design/Zuma Array, Native Design Limited
Manufacturer: Jazz Hipster Corporation
