Born out of a passion for music
Urbanears was founded in 2009 on one principle: to create things we like for people we love. Engineered in Stockholm, our philosophy has always combined what director Emelie Runnquist describes as ‘minimalistic form with extraordinary, playful functionality’.
Co-founder Oscar Axhede was and still is deeply immersed in club culture, and couldn’t resist the opportunity to create something unique for the community. Having launched the game-changing Plattan headphones, the team applied the same approach to a DJ-specific product. Adding a microphone and a cord remote, collapsible functionality and a palette of ever-changing colourways with a pared-back look moved basic headphone design on from a product which hadn't changed in 30+ years.