Take It Outside with Portable Wooden Speakers

Wooden speaker, $59.

If there is anything I miss about the pandemic shutdown—and there’s very little—it’s the musicians who performed in my neighborhood. Sometimes I would read about their concerts in advance online, but most of the time I’d be outside and hear the first few chords and follow them to a nearby porch. 

While it’s not exactly the same thing, the Bitti Gitti Design Workshop Wooden Speaker’s wood-grain casing blends well with front porches, backyards, and campsites, or anywhere else you take your music. Available from the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art’s Museum Shop, I like the clean simplicity of the black speaker, but the tie-dye options may better suit your groove.

Limited-edition marbled wooden speaker, $79.