Yalp/Lappset’s outdoor DJ Table Fono wins prestigious Red Dot Award

The Dutch-Finnish company has won the highly esteemed Red Dot design award. An expert jury awarded this international award for the exceptional product design of the Fono outdoor DJ Table. The Fono is created for the youth so that they can do the DJ themselves by using their own music in the public space. This unique product was prized for its exceptionally functional design, robust and modern appearance. The design was chosen among 4,815 entries from 53 countries competing in various categories.

The Fono is a new concept for playing outdoors, bringing together the worlds of outdoor play and interactive gaming. With the DJ table Fono, everyone can play the music by using their smartphones live in the public space, be creative with it by adding effects and other DJ functions, while their friends hang out and dance together at the corresponding meeting place.

RedDot winner and Fono designer Rob Tuitert of Yalp/Lappset in Holland:

"The Fono is a unique product that relates to trends among young people. It offers the youth an opportunity to be creative with music. They do not have to take a course or buy expensive turntables, but can simply go to a Fono and start DJ-ing out in the street. The Fono is not only popular among the young, which we noticed when we introduced it for the Red Dot award. In no time, the staff was playing on the Fono. It creates an immediate ‘WOW’ effect at first sight. Combined with a low user threshold, makes the Fono a success. We are very proud of winning such an internationally famous design award. "

Smart innovations embedded

The Fono is designed with a lot of smart innovations integrated. The sound of the smartphone is amplified with a patented technology. The Fono produces its own green energy by using solar panels on the roof. Next to that, all electronics are integrated into a sleek concrete form, protecting the insides against harsh outdoor conditions. This Dutch DJ table design is already in use in the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Australia. There is even a special Fono planned for Ibiza in the near future.

Fono has been designed in a team consisting of Rob Tuitert, M Sc, of Yalp/Lappset in Holland and industrial designer, BA, Mikko Partanen of Lappset Group in Finland together with other professionals. Rob has graduated at the TU Delft (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands) with a Master’s of Science. At Yalp/Lappset he works as Product designer.  Mikko Partanen has a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design at the University of Lapland, Finland, and works today as Lead Creative Designer in the themed attractions division of Lappset. He continues his studies in the master’s programme of International Design Business Management at the Aalto University in Helsinki.

Yalp/Lappset is the Dutch subsidiary of the Lappset Group, a Finland-based playground, sports equipment and themed activity parks designer and manufacturer. Lappset is one of the leading companies in its branch in Europe with an annual turnover of ca. 53.1 MEUR and a staff of ca 400 people in seven different countries.

RedDot

The RedDot is the largest international design prize in the world and is known as ´the Oscar of design´. Each year, the entries will be judged by an international jury on criteria such as innovation, functionality, quality, ergonomics, and durability, symbolic and emotional content.

Former winners of the Red Dot are companies like Apple, BMW, Nike, and Philips. A selection of award-winning products will be on display from July 7 at the Red Dot Museum in Essen.

Check out the Fono video:

Product information on Fono:
http://www.lappset.com/global/en/Products/Interactive_Play/Fono.iw3

For additional information, please contact:

- Johan Granholm, Director of Themed Attractions Division, Lappset Group Ltd., phone: +348 40 532 4183, johan.granholm@lappset.com
- Rob Tuitert, Product Designer, Yalp/Lappset, phone: +31 64 390 3234, rob.tuitert@yalp.nl