It started as just an idea
And grew organically into a refined product: The Coconut Speaker by Cocobo
2017:
"To build an exceptional speaker, combining the best quality audio components with a 100% natural coconut shell casing." - Boris, founder Cocobo
Boris Polsek
After looking at another boring plastic Bluetooth speaker in the store, I thought, this can be done differently.
'How exciting would it be to have a Bluetooth speaker that is made from a real coconut? Nobody is doing it.'
Since there are no manufacturers that can produce a speaker like this, a long and hard journey to develop a commercially viable production process had to be taken.
Harder than imagened
I'm talking about the hardness of the coconut shell of course! Turned out to be a really strong and suitable material to make speakers from. One can easily hold the weight of an adult.
There is only one downside. Every coconut is different in shape and size. Through an innovative process of pre-selecting for a certain diameter + manually selecting for sphericity, could perfect coconut shells be found and further processed.
Product development
Cocobo was invited (left middle) to the Sound Hub Denmark, an incubator program to further the development and help with acoustical engineering.
Manufacturing challenges
A detailed plan to approach the manufacturing processes was taking shape during approximately 5000 hours of dedicated trial and error (yes, really).
Testing at Sound Hub
More prototypes
Production got going
Electronics development by JBL manufacturer
Succesful production
Bringing you
The Coconut Speaker by Cocobo. A battery-powered Bluetooth speaker made from real fruits of the Tree of Life