Black Hole Speaker by Arvin Maleki and Ayda Mohseni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Golden A' Design Award in Digital and Electronic Device Design Competition Category.
GoldConsumer Electronics· 2020
Black Hole Speaker
by Arvin Maleki and Ayda Mohseni
Client: Futuredge Design Studio
Golden A' Design Award Winner in Consumer Electronics Category
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About Black Hole Speaker
Black Hole designed on the base of modern intelligent technology, and it is a Bluetooth portable speaker. It could be connected to any mobile phone with different platforms, and there is a USB port for connecting to external portable storage. The embedded light could be used as a desk light. Also, the appealing look of Black Hole makes it so appeal homeware could be used in interior design.
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About the Golden A' Design Award
Black Hole Speaker is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Black Hole Speaker is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Black Hole Speaker creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
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Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
A black hole is a mysterious entity in space. The beautiful and amazing image of the black hole brings to mind the flow of a fluid. In my opinion, sound and music are also fluid currents in space that are released into the environment. So we tried to combine the technology and the beautiful appearance of the black hole to create a creative speaker that reflects sound with much better quality.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
Creating a new creative design with improved technology was our primary goal—design of a Bluetooth and portable speaker that can be charged wirelessly. The aesthetic appearance and the induction of the fantastic space of the black hole in the sky was the focus of the design. The significant usability of this product was essential for us.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
We are going to improve it and make it to become produced.
Grand Interview
Your innovative approach to merging cosmic aesthetics with audio technology in the Black Hole Speaker is captivating - could you elaborate on how the concept of streaming freely in space influenced your design decisions?
The concept of streaming freely in space inspired the Black Hole Speaker's hyperbolic form and embedded blue lights, symbolizing the vastness of the cosmos. By drawing on the mysterious nature of black holes, we designed the speaker to appear as if it is floating, seamlessly blending aesthetics with functionality. This concept aligns with the idea of limitless streaming, where audio flows effortlessly, just like waves in space.
The hyperbolic form and embedded blue lights in the Black Hole Speaker create a striking visual metaphor for infinite space - what were the technical challenges in achieving this balance between form and functionality?
Crafting the hyperbolic shape while ensuring optimal sound quality was a major challenge. The embedded blue lights not only enhance the visual appeal but also required precise integration to avoid affecting the acoustics. Balancing these elements involved multiple prototypes to achieve the perfect harmony between the cosmic aesthetic and the speaker’s functionality.
The Black Hole Speaker seamlessly integrates multiple functions, from portable audio to ambient lighting - how did you envision this convergence of features enhancing the user experience in modern living spaces?
Our goal was to create a multifunctional device that complements modern living spaces. By integrating a desk light with a portable speaker, we designed the Black Hole to serve as both a functional and decorative piece. This convergence of features transforms it into more than just a speaker; it becomes an interactive part of the user’s environment, adding both ambiance and practicality.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Black Hole designed on the base of modern intelligent technology, and it is a Bluetooth portable speaker. It could be connected to any mobile phone with different platforms, and there is a USB port for connecting to external portable storage. The embedded light could be used as a desk light. Also, the appealing look of Black Hole makes it so appeal homeware could be used in interior design.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Diameter 200mm, Height120mm, Wireless Portable Speaker, Synced-up mode
- Tags
- Wireless, portable, speaker, Nature, carved, black_hole, space.
- Production Technology
- Bluetooth technology has used for making Black Hole a portable device. Also, light ribbon and touch control panel are other significant features of it.
- Design Challenge
- Creating an appeal and useful device on the base of technology was so critical. Designing and implementing the form of Black Hole was the most challenging part of the process.
- Research
- The necessary information about nature formation and specifications gathered through the internet and books. The resource of aesthetics aspects and design issues are books and experts' knowledge.
- Inspiration
- The essence of Black Hole is streaming freely in space — the Black Hole designed like a mysterious and immanent existence. The extreme hyperbolic form of Black Hole and embedded blue lights in the center of the speaker evokes the infinite space. Intelligent technology as Bluetooth connection is used to make it easy to use as a portable speaker.
- Project Duration
- It started in Tehran, Iran in March 2019 and finished in May 2019.
- Operation Flow
- Black Hole could be connected to other devices like a mobile phone through Bluetooth technology — the media player control panel embedded in the body of it for controlling the media. Besides, a light pan has implanted in the center of it for providing environmental light.
- Team Members
- Ayda Mohseni
- Image Credits
- Image#1: Creator Arvin Maleki, Black Hole, 2019
Image#2: Creator Arvin Maleki, Black Hole, 2019
Image#3: Creator Arvin Maleki, Black Hole, 2019
Image#4: Creator Arvin Maleki, Black Hole, 2019
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