Visual Audio: Samsung (re)humanizes sound in the digital age

Visual Audio is the name of a concept collection presented by Samsung at Milan Design Week 2026 at the end of April. A concept collection to explore the role of sound in contemporary design. A design fair, not a technology show, to remind us that the Korean manufacturer does not intend to market the products in this range, but simply to conduct an experiment and pose an open question about the physicality of audio, a quality once taken for granted but now lost with the advent of streaming and digital formats. The Visual Audio concept collection unveiled at Milan Design Week 2026 brings together several types of audio players equipped with screens of various shapes, notably displaying formats from yesteryear: a spinning vinyl record, a moving audio cassette… Enough to revive the experience. a little nobility to music, which today has become almost a disposable product, listened to one moment, forgotten the next.