We stay in the textile music area with today’s article introducing ‘Undercover‘ a blanket containing a system of 24 wireless speakers for the ultimate and intimate music experience.

Interaction Designer Dana Gordon loves to combine textiles with technology as her innovative portfolio of projects show.

The ‘Undercover’ music blanket is designed not only to listen to music but also to let you feel it’s vibrations radiating from the speakers.

I love the Undercover sound blanket concept but even more the design details Dana add to it. The concealment of the speakers with wireless module is beautiful (see image below) and the volume controls are adorable cute.

The volume controllers are designed to suit a blanket’s natural cuddling behavior. The upper corners (‘the blanket’s ears’) control the volume. Pull the right one for higher volume and the left one for lower.

Wrap yourself into the Undercover and emerge into the ultimate sound experience.

As we enter again the time of the year where we spend more time indoors it might be a good idea to look around how we can make this time as cozy as possible.

Pillows comes first to my mind as I hardly have seen any house, apartment or room that hasn’t pillows around for decorative, atmosphere creating purpose.

Why not adding a bit of magic to such pillows to make them more sensual. A pillow that radiates soft, relaxing music adds a bit of magic to your living room.

The are many shapes and styles of speaker pillows in the market to suit almost everyones taste. A great value for money is on offer by Amazon which sells the Ipod Music Speaker Pillow- Purple Butterfly Designfor $ 19.99 but there are other shapes also available like Star and Heart for the same price.

The name of the Butterfly pillow is a bit misleading as it works not only with the iPod but with any audio player with 3.5mm headphone jack. The cool part is that it has volume control built into the pillow.

Another way to bring coziness and warmth in your home is a light up pillow like the playful design of the Doggy Paws Pillow.

This cute Doggy Pawn Pillow is able to lift your spirits by glowing warmly in your hands or on your couch.

The built-in LEDs are bright enough to give reading light but soft enough to create a mystical atmosphere. The pillow magic can be switched on and off at will of course.

The  Doggy Pawn Pillow is available for $ 25.- via this online store.

Pillows are often used and decorative item and soft technology add a new dimension to them: sensual and magical. With interactive pillows around your home you are ready to enter the coming autumn/winter season.

Almost every other week a new sound pillow is hitting the stores. I am not sure if they are getting sold like hot cakes but it seems companies see a business opportunity in them.

The latest sound pillow comes from Sensorcom which is not the ‘typical’ pillow maker but a specialist in communication accessories such as high quality headphones.

Merging their expertise in high quality small speakers with a product everyone is using every day – a pillow – looks like a logical addition to their product line.

Two version are available: the Sleep Sound Stereo Pillow Insert to upgrade an existing pillow and the Sound Oasis Sleep Therapy Pillow which is the complete sound pillow solution. Pillows are very personal and if you do have your preferred brand you might better go for the upgrade kit.

Both versions include two ultra-thin high fidelity speakers positioned deep within the pillow for maximum comfort. A 3.5mm (1/8″) standard stereo mini-plug fits almost any portable device like MP3 player, CD-player, pocket radio.

One obvious reason for getting a pillow with integrated speaker is making a sleep therapy. Sure, there are other ways to get your therapeutic sound but with speakers integrated into the pillow it’s a soft and comfortable sound treatment.

I do not own a sound pillow (yet) but was curious to experience sound coming out of my pillow. I simulated the effect by putting a pocket radio with external speaker inside one of my nap pillows. My experience: it’s kind of ‘sweet’ having soft, soothing sound coming out of the innards of the pillow. I would not listen to my high energy sound tracks in this way but for dozing off with relaxing tunes – yes.

Whatever your motivation could be to consider buying one of the sound pillows, be it your curiosity or the fact you need your special ‘fall asleep’ sound, you can order the Sleep Sound Stereo Pillow Insert for $69.95 or the Sound Oasis Sleep Therapy Pillow for $59.95

[via: Cool Hunting]