Away X Master and Dynamic audio and travel extras

Master & Dynamic and Away’s vacation collection has us missing flights

A new collaboration amongst one particular of our favourite suppliers of layout-pushed headphones, Master & Dynamic, and bespoke luggage-maker Away has us longing to start out having excursions again. It might not be an ideal time to pitch a vacation accessory, but the story in this article is a single of shared structure values, products and ethos. The selection contains cross-branded baggage, in resources this sort of as leather and aluminium, as nicely as specifically branded around-ear headphones and earbuds.

Absent X Grasp & Dynamic’s MW07 Go Accurate wi-fi earphones, £229, sit snugly in their suitcase-inspired anodised aluminium vacation situation

We requested Away’s CMO Selena Kalvaria, and Learn & Dynamic’s founder and CEO Jonathan Levine about the partnership, starting off with the concern, why now?

Selena Kalvaria: There is an organic and natural relationship concerning travel and seem – audio boosts the vacation experience by letting us to take it easy, energise, escape or concentration. We’ve always experienced a objective to companion on a collaboration that speaks instantly to this very important, sensory portion of vacation. Becoming an authority in the seem room, Grasp & Dynamic was the aspiration companion to bring the eyesight to everyday living.

Jonathan Levine: We have generally considered our headphones and earphones to be travel solutions as nicely as audio devices – they’re created to maximise playtime throughout lengthy flights, to come to feel mild and relaxed during prolonged listening, and of study course to offer brilliant seem. Doing the job with a travel business felt pretty pure to us. We were specifically psyched to perform with Absent not just simply because they have an legendary merchandise, but mainly because they place so substantially thought into their designs and contemplate the finish buyer in each aspect of their product or service.

Wallpaper*: What are the substance and tech interactions involving the two makes?

Selena Kalvaria: When you consider about foremost brand names in the audio house, Learn & Dynamic absolutely tops that checklist. There is this kind of consideration to depth in their technique to developing lovely and technically refined products. When it came time to make a unified eyesight for the assortment, the method was seamless mainly because at Absent we benefit so quite a few of the very same factors. Our makes share a like of thoughtful, thoroughly clean style and design and utilise lots of of the similar components in our core collections, such as aluminium and leather-based. 

Jonathan Levine: We’ve generally been a admirer of what Absent produces – every depth is engineered to be convenient, gorgeous and strong. That form of determination to style and design is a frequent thread in between our two brand names and can be noticed all through this capsule assortment. We both of those have a equivalent clean style and design aesthetic, as well as signature leather-based and aluminium types, so it was quite easy to see the shared eyesight from the get started! For the reason that of this, we were being capable to marry our most vacation-completely ready merchandise with Away’s in a actually natural and organic way. We get the similar approach with our tech. 

Away X Learn & Dynamic’s MW65 Active Sound-Cancelling wi-fi headphones, £479, in anodised aluminium and tan leather

W*: How has the switching environment impacted on the collaboration? 

JL: The earth of vacation (and the globe in common) has changed a large amount due to the fact this assortment was very first conceived, but our objective was and still is to celebrate the transformative electric power of seem and audio. We needed to create a collection that tends to make it effortless to escape – no matter if it’s a weekend excursion, dreaming of long run travel destinations, or listening to new music that can inspire and uplift your temper. Releasing the assortment now, both of those manufacturers felt an even more robust calling to aid the live new music market during its time of require, which led to us selecting together to donate the net proceeds to [the Recording Academy’s charity] MusiCares.

SK: The entire world has modified in so many ways considering that this partnership was conceived. But we knew that now extra than at any time, it made feeling to introduce the collaboration. No issue what travel indicates to an individual at this second in time, the parts from the collection will enrich any vacation, regardless of distance, period, or site.

W*: Are there any specific products planned going forward? 

JL: We hope so! Audio and music are an vital section of so quite a few people’s travels and we hope to check out more strategies to boost that practical experience for our customers.  §