Sony Personal Audio follows the development of portable listening devices, from early transistor radios through cassette players and later digital formats, showing how the category expanded across generations and use cases.
Sony Personal Audio: A Visual Journey
The devices that made music portable.
Inside the book.
Built from years of collecting and documenting Sony's audio devices, this project brings that material into a single volume that can be read, compared, and revisited over time.
The book is organized around product progression, using devices as anchors to show how design, technology, and listening habits changed over time without turning the content into a technical catalog.
Designed for print, with emphasis on image clarity, layout consistency, and pacing so each device can be viewed and understood without distraction.
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Images are sourced from official Sony promotional materials released throughout the company's history.
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