WONDERBOOM Freestyle Collection is an ultimate mashup of music necessity and fashion accessory. Inspired by global music and fashion trends, the fashion-forward colors of the collection include:

• Concrete: Your look is everyday neutral but never basic. Concrete is inspired by urban texture, paint splashes and shadows.
• Avocado: Your style is subtle and understated. With Avocado, you’re always ready to “guac” and roll.
• Patches: You wear your heart on your sleeve and plaster your personality through patches and pins. Patches is a punch of personality to denim.
• Raspberry: You’re never afraid to go bold. Raspberry is fresh, hot and juicy.
• Unicorn: Magic is your middle name. Unicorn is a delightful color melt of pastels.

In launching the Freestyle collection, from March 18 - 22, 2018, Ultimate Ears takes its portable wireless speakers to the slopes of Tignes, France as the official name sponsor of the Freestyle Tour. This World Cup Final event showcases the greatest stars of superpipe as they compete for a Crystal Globe. The partnership underlines a shared passion of authenticity as skiing ‘freestyle’ is an athletic art of expression that is both bold, captivating and original.

“The new collection is all about expressing yourself,” said Charlotte Johs, general manager of Ultimate Ears. “You curate your playlist and personal style – why not have a speaker that reflects that style too? WONDERBOOM Freestyle Collection gives you big sound and the freedom to express your style in a trendy, tough and tiny speaker.”

WONDERBOOM Freestyle Collection complements the existing line of award-winning WONDERBOOM speakers, boasting the same crisp 360-degree sound with balanced bass. Waterproof and worry-proof, WONDERBOOM is IPX7 rated (so it can be immersed in water up to one meter for up to 30 minutes), drop-proof from up to five feet, floats on its own and sports a hanging loop so it can be easily attached to any bag. With up to 10-hour battery life and 100-foot wireless Bluetooth range, WONDERBOOM is the perfect companion for the shower, beach, music festival or pool party. The Ultimate Ears button on the top of the speaker lets you play, pause, skip and double up two WONDERBOOM speakers for double the fun.

WONDERBOOM received a 2017 GOOD DESIGN Award, presented to the most innovative industrial, product and graphic designs by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies.

Pricing and Availability

Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM Freestyle Collection is available now for pre-order at ultimateears.com. The collection will be available at select retail stores from February 26, 2018 for a suggested retail price of £89.99.

About Ultimate Ears

Ultimate Ears is transforming the way people experience music together, wherever life takes them. Ultimate Ears first revolutionized the way artists interact with their concert audiences by reinventing the on-stage monitor, turning it into a custom-fitted earphone. Today, Ultimate Ears, a brand of Logitech International, continues to bring music to life with its award-winning family of wireless speakers. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI). Learn more at www.ultimateears.com or connect with us on Instagram.

Inspired by pop culture, cartoons and illustrations, Reka spent more than a decade refining his emblematic aesthetic throughout Melbourne’s inner-suburb alleyways and train lines. Known for his clean and distinctive style, fusion of high and low art, and ability to change mediums and locations, Reka’s art can be seen from the streets of Japan, Paris, Brooklyn and Berlin to solo art shows around the world to a permanent collection in the National Gallery of Australia and, now, on the acoustic skin of UE BOOM 2.

“Reka has continued to redefine what street art is and where it lives,” said Charlotte Johs, general manager of Ultimate Ears. “Ultimate Ears believes there should be no boundaries as to where art can be seen and music can be heard. We’re lucky to work with an artist who complements our philosophy.”

UE continues to redefine customization in the industry. Since its inception, UE’s family of speakers have been designed with fabric skin. This fabric skin has made it possible to create more than 50 artist and custom edition speakers. By enlisting artists to create special limited-run artist editions, UE celebrates the natural harmonies between music and art by introducing them in tandem to the world.

“UE BOOM 2 Lost Time Limited Edition refers to crucial moments of self-reflection, which remind me of being lost in the moment,” Reka said. “Similarly, music can often be an escape, allowing us to transcend time and space, which made this collaboration with Ultimate Ears a natural fit.”

Pricing and Availability

A limited number of UE BOOM 2 Lost Time Edition speakers are expected to be available in North America, Australia and select countries in Europe beginning April 2016, for a suggested retail price of €199. For more information, please visit www.ultimateears.com. To find out more about Reka, please visit rekaone.com.

About James Reka

James Reka is a young, contemporary Australian graffiti and street artist based in Berlin, Germany. His origins lie in alleyways and train lines of Melbourne’s inner-suburbs where he spent over a decade refining his now-emblematic aesthetic. Reka’s works of art have come to represent the beginnings of a new style of street art: clean, unique and not necessarily “on the street.” Surrealist, abstracted creatures emerge from his mind, communicating through strong lines, dynamic movement and bold colors. With influences in pop culture, cartoons and illustration, Reka’s style has become known for its’ fusion of high and low art and represent a paradox between sharp design and graffiti, combined together with passion and spray paint.

Nychos’ distinctive style draws inspiration from his background growing up in a hunting family in Austria, coupled with his childhood interests in cartoons and heavy metal music. His reimagined anatomical dissections and cross sections have defined his work as an urban artist and his Rabbit Eye Movement – a movement Nychos started to nourish urban art.

“Through my art movement, I try to encourage urban art and those behind it,” Nychos said. “By collaborating with Ultimate Ears, it’s awesome to bring street art to a speaker that then brings music and ultimately creative inspiration to the world.”

Leading the way in customization since 2013, UE has been one of the only brands to bring art onto its products by working with stand-out artists, giving them an opportunity to use the acoustic skin as their canvas. Through such collaborations, Ultimate Ears celebrates mixing art and music by bringing them together, out in the world.

“Nychos is always finding ways to stay fresh and wild in his art; he doesn’t keep his art on a wall in a room; he takes it to the streets and shares it with people,” said Rory Dooley, general manager of Ultimate Ears. “We want people to do the same with their music by being bold and taking music everywhere. We’re thrilled to work with an artist who has the same vision.”

Pricing and Availability

A limited number of Rabbit Eye Movement Edition UE BOOM 2 speakers are expected to be available in North America and select countries in Europe beginning January 2016, for a suggested retail price of $199.99. For more information, please visit www.ultimateears.com. To find out more about Nychos, please visit https://rabbiteyemovement.at/.

About Nychos

The founder of Rabbit Eye Movement (REM), Nikolaus Nychos is an urban art and graffiti illustrator based in Vienna, Austria. Growing up in a hunting family and confronted with anatomy at a young age, coupled with his interest in cartoons and heavy metal, Nychos’ bold and distinctive style and use of cross sections of human and animal anatomies stand out. Originating as a street art concept in 2005, Nychos’ Rabbit Eye Movement has evolved into an homage to all the “Rabbits” active in the Urban Art Movement, independent of what kind of mission they are following. You can see more of Nychos’ distinctive style at https://rabbiteyemovement.at/ or follow Nychos on Twitter @nychos and Instagram @nychos.