Cobble مكبر صوت بلوتوث by Eric Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 جائزة A' Design Award الحديدية in تصميم الأجهزة الرقمية والإلكترونية Competition Category.

حديدالإلكترونيات الاستهلاكية· 2025

Cobble مكبر صوت بلوتوث

by Eric Wu

Client: EW Design

جائزة A' Design Award الحديدية Winner in الإلكترونيات الاستهلاكية Category

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The Design

About Cobble مكبر صوت بلوتوث

"كوبل" هو مكبر صوت بلوتوث من طراز مكبرات الرفوف، مزوّد بواجهة تفاعلية على سطحه العلوي. يمكن وضع أربعة أوتاد مغناطيسية بأنماط مختلفة على شبكة مربعات. وعند اكتمال نمط محدد مسبقًا، يشغّل المكبر ملفًا صوتيًا محفوظًا، مثل أصوات الطبيعة أو حلقة من الضوضاء البيضاء. كما يعمل "كوبل" كمكبر صوت بلوتوث عادي لتشغيل الصوت من أي جهاز متصل به. ويستحضر وضع الأوتاد لعبة "غو" اللوحية، ويدعو إلى لحظة قصيرة من التركيز الهادئ. ويستخدم النموذج الأولي هيكلًا خشبيًا وألواحًا أكريليكية معالجة بالسفع الرملي وشرائط إضاءة LED.

The Recognition

About the جائزة A' Design Award الحديدية

Cobble مكبر صوت بلوتوث هو فائز بجائزة A' Design Award الحديدية، وهي تقدير مرموق يُمنح للتصاميم الجيدة التي تلبّي المتطلبات المهنية والصناعية المنتظرة من الإبداعات حسنة التصميم. ويُظهر الفائزون بالحديدية مهارة كبيرة وتخصصًا عاليًا وفهمًا خبيرًا وقدرة إبداعية لدى صنّاعهم. ويُتوقع أن يكون Cobble مكبر صوت بلوتوث إبداعًا عالي التقدير ومحل إعجاب وحب، عمليًا ومبتكرًا. وهذا التصميم الفائز بجائزة A' Design Award الحديدية يدمج أفضل ممارسات القطاع، وله خصائص تقنية كفؤة ترتبط بالدراية والموهبة. ويحظى Cobble مكبر صوت بلوتوث بالاحترام لدقته، وقد صُمّم لتقديم تحسينات لجودة الحياة تساعد على جعل العالم مكانًا أفضل.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Cobble is a speaker with an interactive interface at the top. The user has access to 4 pegs that they can place in various patterns. When preset patterns connect, the speaker plays a saved tone. The speaker is made with the concept of "inadvertent mindfulness." Studies have found that the simple action of concentrating on one's actions offer moments of respite. By placing pegs, much like how one places stones in a Go game, the user enjoys a moment of peace.
Dimensions & Packaging: 7 1/2" (width) * 7 5/16" (depth) * 2" (height)
Tags: Speaker, Office, Mindfulness, Audio, Music
Production Technology: The prototype was constructed with a wooden casing with a four-panel construction. Sand-blasted acrylic panels are used to diffuse the lighting from LED light strips. The prototype control panel was made from an Arduino nano and will be replaced with more efficient chips in mass production. We experimented with various sensing methods and settled on magnetic sensing with Hall effect sensors as they appeared to be the most reliable.
Design Challenge: The hardest part was figuring out the sweet spot of a big enough surface area and a compact enough footprint, the product being a shelf speaker after all. People wanted to engage with the interface but too much of it offered diminishing returns and research participants had more complaints of space constraints.
Research: User research was conducted in collaboration with co-working spaces. We tested hypotheses like the following:
- How much spacing and how big do people prefer the pegs to be
- How many rows and columns work the best, offering novelty and comfort without overloading the user
- What footprint works the best without sacrificing too much room for interaction
Inspiration: The design originated in a desire to question the prevalence of active mindfulness practices today. We have meditation apps, mindfulness sessions offered by corporations, and many more. While mindfulness is great, there are alternative activities that humans go to for similar purposes, without bearing the label of "mindfulness." Go, the Asian board game using stones, was a primary inspiration. What if we could have something built in that stimulates a sense of mindfulness, just like Go?
Project Duration: Duration: 6 months
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Operation Flow: The product behaves like a normal bluetooth speaker, so the user can connect to it with an end device and play whatever they want.

The unique interaction is that it can save and activate various sound profiles, which can be activated via placement of the magnetic pegs. The user would have to download a mobile app to change the default profiles, which are nature and white noise sound loops.
Team Members: Eric Wu
Image Credits: Photos: Eric Wu