Bang & Olufsen returned to Milan Design Week 2025 with a concept that reshapes how audio products live in space. The brand launched Beosound Balance Natura, a sculptural speaker built in collaboration with Italian stone expert Antolini. As part of the Atelier Bespoke series, this project places Bang & Olufsen’s design and acoustic precision alongside natural materials that carry visual weight and texture. The collection also includes a special edition Beovision Theatre 55″ TV and a pair of Beolab 28 speakers, each incorporating Antolini’s unique stone finishes.
For Bang & Olufsen, this collaboration offers a new way to present audio as atmosphere. “We’re delighted to partner with Antolini, empowering our customers to craft exclusive, artisan pieces for their homes,” said CEO Kristian Teär. “Beosound Balance Natura is the embodiment of this collaboration – where raw beauty meets refined sound.”
Stone Becomes Structure
The centerpiece of the collaboration features a sculptural base made from natural quartz and petrified wood, sourced from Antolini’s Exclusive and Precioustone collections. These include options like Cristallo Iceberg, Cristallo Rosa ‘Wow’, Retro Grey, and Fancyblack fossilised wood. Each pedestal gives the speaker a grounded visual presence while supporting optimal sound performance.
Bang & Olufsen Head of Design Tiina Kierysch focused on creating a unified object, not just a mount. “We didn’t want to create just a pedestal to place the speaker on. Our vision was to create a seamless extension of the product,” she explained. The team shaped the stone to cradle the speaker, with a brushed aluminium ring between the two elements. This visual separation allows contrast without disruption, letting the materials speak individually while functioning as a whole.
Materials That Shape Sound
While Bang & Olufsen led the engineering and acoustic design, Antolini brought surface depth, translucency, and a deep knowledge of mineral properties to the process. The selected stones respond to light in different ways, introducing an ever-changing play of reflection and density. The tactile quality of each material influences how the speaker looks and feels in a room, without compromising sound quality.
“Together with Bang & Olufsen, we turned precious materials into unique sensory experiences,” said Carlo Alberto Antolini, Owner of Antolini. “This collaboration is not just the meeting of different materials but a dialogue between aesthetics and performance, between nature and technology.”
A Limited Edition Designed for Variation
The Beosound Balance Natura launches in a set of 16 speakers, each with a distinct pairing of Antolini stone and Bang & Olufsen Atelier finishes. No two pieces repeat. This limited edition reflects Bang & Olufsen’s larger move toward made-to-order customisation, where clients select materials that match their spaces, moods, and personal preferences.
Performance Meets Visual Identity
It represents a continued focus on turning sound into an integrated part of the environment. This collaboration takes that concept further, placing stone, light, and tactile precision into the center of home audio design. The speaker doesn’t simply deliver sound. It creates atmosphere through visual tone, surface texture, and physical form.
Each piece from the collection is made to order. Pricing is available upon request, reinforcing its bespoke nature. Whether placed in a living room or a listening space, the Beosound Balance Natura series presents a different way to engage with sound. Collaboration between Bang & Olufsen and Antolini doesn’t follow seasonal trends. Instead, it builds on design, texture, and form to create something rare: audio objects that look as considered as they sound.
no better speaker on the planet! Love me some band & olufsen!
Bang & Olufsen never makes a mistake in my book, sadly not too affordable for the average interior design clients and it is hard to explain the benefit of this investment.