OJAS designed an installation at the USM Modular Furniture?s SoHo flagship store as a temple of sound for audiophiles and the curious alike.

With his affinity for brutalist industrial design paired with a set of highly tuned ears and eyes geared towards vintage hi-fi components, Devon Turnbull and his company, OJAS have become regular collaborators amongst a who’s who of creatives spanning from the late Virgil Abloh to Byredo?s founder and creative director Ben Gorham. His latest project is as modular as it is musical, a semi-permanent installation within the USM Modular Furniture?s Soho, New York flagship store imagined as a temple of sound for audiophiles and the curious alike.
Photo: Lauren Coleman
Set with USM Modular Furniture towering shelving system stocked with records, books, and audio components, the modular furniture’s utilitarian aesthetic makes for a fine pairing fronted by OJAS’ similarly audio-aesthete’s functionality. Created to invite listeners the opportunity to ?experience a calming environment to contemplate music, liberated from the disruption of outside noise,?? Turnball’s and USM collaborated to establish a listening room sharing the sensory focusing traits of a temple or shrine. OJAS Listening Room at USM Modular Furniture? ? Devon Turnbull?s first semi-permanent listening room ? integrates Kvadrat Acoustics Soft Cells acoustic panels on walls and ceilings with a bespoke audio system created by OJAS. \ Photo: La...