vytrum casts sound, form, and ritual together in glass
Swiss company Vytrum stands as a fusion of heritage and innovation, where hand-blown glass shaped by local artisans, with centuries of craftsmanship, is distilled into objects that also serve as precision audio instruments. These sculptural companions carry the legacy of tradition while embracing the future of sound, masking behind their minimalist silhouettes cutting-edge engineering that delivers immersive clarity, while their transparent surfaces reflect light, space, and atmosphere. With sustainability and ethics guiding production, Vytrum positions itself as a shaper of a new aesthetic where music, design, and responsibility meet in harmony.
with Virtuoso, Vytrum positions itself as a shaper of a new aesthetic where music, design, and responsibility meet in harmony | all images courtesy of Vytrum
vytrum’s virtuoso reflects changing light and time
Vytrum is a young Swiss house founded by Matthias Frei and Marco Duff, is reshaping the way high-end sound is experienced and displayed. Based between lab and studio, the brand puts together engineering precision with the sensibility of glassmaking. Their debut creation, the Virtuoso, launched in 2024, is a hand-blown glass object designed to merge acoustics with architecture, staging music as presence, rather than solely as a background.
The Virtuoso begins in fire, molten quartz spun and cooled by artisans into a seamless surface. Unlike conventional speakers, there are no visible drivers or decorative elements, but only a continuous form of transparent or tinted glass, chosen for harmony with architectural space rather than trends. Each piece recalls the patience of glassblowers and the clarity of Swiss technical craft, embedding heritage into contemporary design.
launched in 2024, Virtuoso is a hand-blown glass object designed to merge acoustics with architecture
the complex engineering behind the glass
Duff often draws parallels to icons of craft: Stradivari violins, Steinway pianos, or early brass-and-walnut phonographs. These were objects made to be seen, kept, and celebrated before mass production reduced audio equipment to anonymous appliances. The Virtuoso reinstates that ritual, treating sound as a cultural and material companion.
Inside its sculptural body lies an uncompromising acoustic system: dual coaxial drivers, a refined amplifier, and digital inputs hidden from view with the emphasis put on pure tone, making it weighty, airy, and intimate. The design philosophy eliminates excess, turning sound reproduction into something that feels less like switching on a device and more like letting an instrument begin to play.
Virtuoso begins in fire, molten quartz spun and cooled by artisans into a seamless surface
each piece recalls the patience of glassblowers and the clarity of Swiss technical craft
the shape grows, expands, cools not as a product in assembly, but as a piece of work
inside its sculptural body lies an uncompromising acoustic system
the design philosophy eliminates excess
Virtuoso embeds heritage into contemporary design
project info:
name: Virtuoso
company: Vytrum
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