Meet the Maker: Lucas Kawano of Kawanoaudio
The boutique earbud community is full of passionate creators, each with their own story. Some come from engineering backgrounds, others from woodworking or industrial design. Lucas Kawano, the founder of Kawano Audio, started somewhere much simpler – by taking...
The return of BLUR craftsman
It’s been almost a year since Wong Kuan Wae (黄冠维), the Singapore-based DIY audio craftsman behind the Blur earbuds posted anything earbud related. Looks like he was busy enjoying his life travelling. But the silence has been finally broken...
Meet Chang Maeng: Thailand’s Earbud Jeweler
Almost a year ago I stumbled across a self-promotion post by a Thai craftsman called Chang Maeng. A peek at his Facebook page revealed that this guy handcrafts metal earbud shells using jewelry-grade metal casting techniques, working with various metals...