Dandelion Seed Speaker Light by Mohammad Mahdi Najafi

Dandelion Seed Speaker Light by Mohammad Mahdi Najafi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Digital and Electronic Device Design Competition Category.

IronConsumer Electronics· 2021

Dandelion Seed Speaker Light

by Mohammad Mahdi Najafi

Client: Najafi Design Studio

A' Design Award Winner in Consumer Electronics Category

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The Design

About Dandelion Seed Speaker Light

Dandelion Seed is a speaker with an integrated light. The design is based on respect for plants as living beings. The form refers to three stages of a dandelion life: seed, growing and death. A hollow glass ball is made by glass blowing and holds batteries and LED lights. Magnetic field technology gives the ball a sense of levitating above the base. Sound is spread in 360 degrees, and a device can be connected by Bluetooth. The music played by the speaker is presented as a symbol of the silent sound of the plant. The soft light is intended to help people relax.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Dandelion Seed Speaker Light is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Dandelion Seed Speaker Light is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Dandelion Seed Speaker Light is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: NeutralSymmetry: Both DirectionsBackground: Left and Right

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The quality sound of a 360-degree speaker beside a soft light, creating a sense of levitating by the magnetic field technology, makes this design unique. A combination of the user's feelings and technology turned this design indelible. In addition to an exceptional function, this product helps people reveal the tensions and stress.
Dimensions & Packaging: 150 mm x 150 mm x 280 mm, Light Speaker, Magnetic field technology.
Tags: Light, speaker, Nature, Dandelion, seed, levitating speaker.
Production Technology: A hollow glass ball is made by glass-blowing with five holes for batteries and LED lights, and a bottom hole is a place for a magnet to create a magnetic field. There is a small black sponge ball that has is a six-way piece inside of it for tightening the pipes.
Design Challenge: One of the main challenges of this design was emphasized that the glass ball being one piece, to the consultations with a glassblower was decided to make the glass ball with the blowing method. To enter the small black ball into the glass ball, the glassblower recommended using a flexible material like a sponge so the central black ball is made with a sponge that can be pressed and entered into the glass ball.
Research: Some researchers have been done on the magnetic field technology, glass-blowing. Due to the increasing stress in human lives, this design can help people to wind down their minds.
Inspiration: The design of this product is based on respect for plants as living beings that human beings ignore. It's been tried to create meaning to this design, that people reflect it in their lives. This product includes the three levels of a dandelion's life: seed, growing, and death.
This product has been used the reversing method, not in its form but its philosophy.
The music will be playing on this speaker is a symbol of the silent sound of the plant. The lifting ball as a moving object can represent this design as a living creature.
Project Duration: It started in Esfahan, Iran in October 2020 and finished in December 2020.
Operation Flow: You can connect your device to this speaker Via Bluetooth technology. To charge the light's battery is needed connecting the ball to the port on the base. One of the main traits is protecting the interior ball with external cover in unexpected situations as a power outage.
Image Credits: Image#1: Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed, 2020
Image#2: Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed 2020
Image#3: Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed, 2020
Image#4: Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed, 2020
Image#5: Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed, 2020