OB-4 Radio

Teenage Engineering’s sleek, portable high-fidelity OB-4 enhances traditional radio and speaker capabilities while delivering new music listening experiences. Compatible with line input, Bluetooth, FM radio and disk, the OB-4 produces powerful sound through four tailor-engineered speaker elements and two four-inch bass drivers, lasting 40 hours on a single charge. The true magic of the speaker, however, is its ability to memorize everything it plays on …

Design and Architecture Podcasts on SURROUND Network

A growing roster of shows that aims to support and inspire the creative community

Launching today, the SURROUND Podcast Network by SANDOW Design Group gathers together some of the best architecture and design shows from around the world. These shows include Deep Green (hosted by METROPOLIS editor in chief, Avinash Rajagopal, and exploring how the built environment impacts the natural environment, climate and equity), MillerKnoll’s Looking Forward (about the future of work and workplaces) and Design Nerds Anonymous (which sits at the …

Pho The Girls’ Women-Empowering DJ Workshops in Hanoi, Vietnam

The collective, music label and radio fostering a more gender-inclusive nightlife in Vietnam and beyond

When night falls in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam, an electric energy appears. Bar promoters boasting venues’ offerings spill onto the street, where large, lively groups of patrons imbibe amidst a smörgåsbord of music emitted from closely packed clubs. Behind the turntable, a growing number of women DJs are paving the way for a more gender- and sexually-inclusive scene in Vietnam’s nightlife. At the …