Vinyl amp

Paul Cocksedge's converted vinyl speaker cone

From Rolling Stone, Paul Cocksedge, an industrial designer, has developed a way to use vinyl records as an amplifier for your iPhone.

"As part of Change the Record, a live performance happening from on September 20th at the 2011 London Design Festival, the artist plans to recycle old 12-inch albums into speakers for mobile handsets. Created through the application of heat, LPs are remolded to resemble funnel-shaped accessories which, by virtue of their natural shape, cause music playing from an iPhone or similar device to be amplified when placed inside. Illustrating the principles of acoustics without sacrificing aesthetic street cred, results appear readymade to make hipsters antennae perk up."