Sestetto Natiq Orkestri by Stefano I. Scarascia and Shyam F. Zonca

Sestetto Natiq Orkestri by Stefano I. Scarascia and Shyam F. Zonca is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award Qızıl Mükafatı in İstehlak Elektronikası Competition Category.

Qızılİstehlak Elektronikası· 2017

Sestetto Natiq Orkestri

by Stefano I. Scarascia and Shyam F. Zonca

Client: Produzione IMpropria

A' Design Award Qızıl Mükafatı Winner in İstehlak Elektronikası Category

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The Design

About Sestetto Natiq Orkestri

Həqiqi musiqiçilər kimi bir yerdə oynayan natiqlərin bir orkestr ansamblı. Sestetto, fərdi alət musiqi parçalarını fərqli səs texnologiyasında və spesifik səs qutusuna həsr olunmuş materiallarda, səs betonunda rezonans doğuran taxta səs lövhələri və keramika buynuzları arasında çalmaq üçün çox kanallı bir səs sistemidir. Parçaların və hissələrin qarışması fiziki olaraq gerçək bir konsertdəki kimi dinləmə yerində olur. Sestetto qeyd olunan musiqinin kamera orkestridir. Sestetto, dizaynerlər Stefano Ivan Scarascia və Francesco Shyam Zonca tərəfindən birbaşa istehsal olunur.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Qızıl Mükafatı

Sestetto Natiq Orkestri A' Design Award Qızıl Mükafatının qalibidir; bu, birinci dərəcəli, möhtəşəm və görkəmli dizaynlara verilən son dərəcə nüfuzlu tanınmadır. Qızıl qaliblər dizaynerlərinin dahiliyini, müdrikliyini və məharətini əks etdirən son dərəcə yenilikçi, baxışlı və parıltısı göz qamaşdıran yaradıcılıq nümunələridir. Gözlənilir ki, Sestetto Natiq Orkestri misilsiz dəyər təqdim edən, çox tərif olunan, tendensiya yaradan və monumental ixtira olacaq. A' Design Award Qızıl Mükafatını qazanmış bu dizayn sənətin, elmin, dizaynın və texnologiyanın sərhədlərini genişləndirən və böyük fayda verən möhtəşəm, hörmət edilən layihədir. Sestetto Natiq Orkestri güclü istək hissləri yaradır, ehtiras oyadır, yaradıcılığı həvəsləndirir və bizi heyran edir.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: An orchestral ensemble of loudspeakers that play together like real musicians. Sestetto is a multi-channel audio system to play individual instrument tracks in separate loudspeakers of different materials and technologies dedicated to the specific sound case.
The HiFi concrete speaker is especially suitable for drums and basses.
The ceramic speaker can emphasizs wind instruments and voices through its ceramic horn.
The wooden speaker puts in vibration the wooden soundboard itself, for acoustic string instrument. Sestetto is directly self-produced by its designers Stefano Ivan Scarascia and Francesco Shyam Zonca.
Dimensions & Packaging: Console (USB connection, multi-channel digital-analog converter, six separate 30W amplifiers with dedicate controls, passive and active outputs, dimensions 280 mm x 250 mm x 250 mm)
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Speakers (8 Ohm impedance, 30W power, dimensions 350 mm x 300 mm x 300mm)
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Concrete Speakers (polypropylene mid-woofer speaker,
tweeter speaker,
two-Way Crossover,
8 liters closed cabinet of reinforced concrete)
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Ceramic Speakers (midrange speaker,
ceramic horn in a case of reinforced concrete)
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Wooden Speakers (vibration transducer,
soundboard of fir and birch in a case of reinforced concrete)
Tags: multi-channel, audio, system, speaker, concrete, ceramic, wood, vibration, loudspeaker, orchestra
Production Technology: The console case is handmade and finished of fir, walnut and mahogany.
The speaker cabinets are molded in reinforced concrete.
The ceramic horns are turned by hand by a ceramic artisan, while the wooden soundboards and boxes are made of fir and birch.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design activity has been finding rapid solutions for the self-development and especially the self-production processes, while maintaining the design and aesthetic quality typical of Hi-Fi audio devices.
Research: In the context of a deep self-production research at the Politecnico di Milano, the aim of Sestetto was to extend this approach also to the self-production of the listening experience. After investigating the alternative audio systems technical possibilities, it has been developed the electronic multi-channel device, in parallel to the typical sound properties of different materials and technologies for experimental sound combinations. The selected self-production processes massively influenced the final aspect of the product, with the aesthetic considerations on the historical audio devices and trends.
Inspiration: Sestetto is the chamber orchestra of the recorded music: the mixing of tracks and parts comes back to be physically in the place of listening, like in a real concert. From the majesty of the ceramic horn, the heat of the wooden soundboard, the fidelity of the concrete cabinet, Sestetto incorporates in a set more diverse methods of sound reproduction, for a continuous musical experimentation also in the listening experience.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2012 in Milan, Italy and finished in February 2013. It was exhibited in Fuorisalone del Mobile in April 2009, in XXI Triennale from June to September 2016, in Lambrate Fall Edition in October 2016. It appeared in Domus, Ottagono, Case e Stili and Interni magazines and web-zines.
Operation Flow: Connect the console to the computer through the USB port and just play the multi-channel tune with a common music player software. Try and choose different speaker connections to experiment surprising combinations with the materials and the technologies. Adjust the dedicated volume for each instrument or voice channel and feel free to locate the individual speakers in the whole space.
Team Members: Stefano Ivan Scarascia
Francesco Shyam Zonca
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Marianna Milione, Stefano Ivan Scarascia, 2013.
Image #2: Photographer Francesco Shyam Zonca, 2013.
Image #3: Photographer Francesco Shyam Zonca, 2013.
Image #4: Photographer Francesco Shyam Zonca, 2013.
Image #5: Photographer Francesco Shyam Zonca, 2013.
VIDEO CREDITS: Shooting Beniamino Sulfaro / Video Editing Stefano Ivan Scarascia / Soundtrack Stefano Ivan Scarascia, 2013.