Object Devialet Phantom I speaker by Yang Bao and Wa Liu

£5,300

To celebrate the Chinese Year of the Dragon, French audio brand Devialet has tapped artists Yang Bao and Wa Liu to give its flagship product, the Phantom I speaker, a fire-breathing twist. The collaboration played to their strengths: Bao is an installation artist and musician with a classical piano background, while Wa is a multimedia artist whose work explores the “complex interplay between humans, nature and technologies”. The side panels of their design are hand-embellished with 22.5-carat gold leaf and red varnish in a matte finish, to reference the colours and scales of the dragon. Wa Lui describes the device as “breathing” and “morphing”, while also “producing very beautiful music”. She adds: “We wanted to envisage this encounter and symbiosis between humans and this mythical and potent idea of this legendary being.” Just 150 examples of the Devialet Phantom I by Yang Bao and Wa Liu will be available, so you’ll need to snap up this mighty musical beast fast.