Transparent Turntable spins into the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024

This Transparent Turntable is the latest offering from Swedish audio brand Transparent, a company that has capably combined striking aesthetics with sonic brilliance, and has now been announced as one of our Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024 winners, showcased in the February issue.

Inspired by the seemingly unstoppable rise of the vinyl revival, Transparent has applied its meticulous industrial design approach to create a record player that’s fit to grace the finest contemporary interior. The turntable adheres to the company ethos of simplicity and repairability, with a modular design that allows for components to be replaced and upgraded as needed, just like the company’s speakers. 

The Stockholm-based company was founded by Per Brickstad, Martin Willers and Magnus Wiberg with circularity as a core principle. Its Turntable is made from solid aluminium, and a high-end Ortofon OM 5e MM cartridge is included. Apart from that, everything else is bespoke and custom-made. 

The mechanism is contained in a compact unit beneath the glass base, which itself sits on four pillars. These also form the supports for the glass dust cover, which is attached via special dampened hinges that keep it at whichever angle you desire. ‘For the first time there is now a dust cover that you will actually want to use in your Turntable,’ Brickstad says.

.Transparent notes that this product ‘marks a transformative moment in our journey,’ a way of ‘bridging the gap between analogue music and modern audio technology.’

Modular turntable, available in black or white, with pre-mounted Ortofon cartridge,

£1,100, by Transparent, Transpa.rent 

A version of this article appears in the February 2024 issue of Wallpaper* – dedicated to the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024 – available in print, on the Wallpaper* app on Apple iOS, and to subscribers of Apple News +. Subscribe to Wallpaper* today