Just last week, Apple announced a collaboration that would result in a limited-edition run of its popular Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker, designed in conjunction with Bulgarian fashion designer Kiko Kostadinov. But this week, the company is teasing yet another collaboration involving the Beats Pill – this time with Japanese graphic artist Verdy.
While the previously announced collaboration involved a completely custom Beats Pill speaker, this one takes a different approach, instead targeting a stand for the Beats Pill speaker that takes the form of Vear, a bear-like creature of Verdy’s design.
In mid-2024, Beats partnered with Verdy to develop a Vear Beats Pill stand in which the bear held the speaker in its hands. But this year, Vear is gobbling up the Beats Pill, as the bear appears to be holding the Beats Pill speaker inside of its cheeks.
In a post shared on Instagram on Monday, Verdy said limited quantities of the redesigned Vear Beats Pill speaker holder bundled with a Beats Pill speaker will be available for sale on Thursday, August 21st in-store only at Dover Street Market in London. But at an unspecified date later this year, it will be made available in the United States, China, and Japan.
Unlike the collaboration previously shown off with Kiko Kostadinov, the Beats Pill that comes bundled with Vear isn’t unique in any way from the standalone Beats Pill speaker that comes off any retail store’s shelf. With that in mind, the collaboration is merely for the Vear Beats Pill holder as opposed to the speaker itself.
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