Sirocco Колона by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Желязна награда A' Design Award in Дизайн на аудио и звукова техника Competition Category.

ЖелязоАудио продукти· 2024

Sirocco Колона

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited

Желязна награда A' Design Award Winner in Аудио продукти Category

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The Design

About Sirocco Колона

Sirocco е многофункционална колона, чийто дизайн е вдъхновен от китайски фенери. Тя е смела и иновативна по структура. Чрез уникалния дизайн със сотова структура, тя допълнително провежда и дифузира звука, като по този начин допълнително подобрява потребителското изживяване и качеството на музиката и предоставя на потребителите различно потребителско и визуално изживяване. Тя също е сгъваема, а корпусът на колоната е складируем и модулен, с множество форми, които могат да бъдат сменяни по всяко време в съответствие с настроението на потребителя и домашната обстановка.

The Recognition

About the Желязна награда A' Design Award

Sirocco Колона е носител на Желязната награда A' Design Award — престижно признание, присъждано на добри дизайни, които отговарят на професионалните и индустриалните изисквания, очаквани от добре проектирани творения. Желязните победители демонстрират голямо умение, висока специализация, експертно разбиране и творчески капацитет на своите създатели. Очаква се Sirocco Колона да бъде високо ценено, възхищавано и обичано творение, което е практично и иновативно. Този дизайн, спечелил Желязната награда A' Design Award, интегрира най-добрите отраслови практики и притежава компетентни технически характеристики, свързани с ноу-хау и талант. Sirocco Колона се радва на уважение заради щателността си и предлага подобрения в качеството на живот, които помагат светът да стане по-добро място.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This speaker further conducts and diffuses sound through its unique honeycomb structure design, thereby further enhancing the user's experience and music quality.
This speaker is foldable. The speaker's shell is stowable and modular, and comes with a variety of shell shapes that can be replaced at any time according to the user's mood and home environment. Improve sound quality.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 180mm x Length 180mm x Height 350mm
Tags: Honeycomb, Modular, Warm, Natural, Retro, Humanized, High-Fidelity
Production Technology: The switch and volume adjustment part of the speaker adopts the retro horizontal sliding adjustment form. The main part uses a large number of wooden structures, and the foldable honeycomb structure at the upper end can be assembled and disassembled by rotation, making it easy to replace, store and clean.
Design Challenge: The challenge in the design process of this product was how to combine the honeycomb structure of the lantern with the speaker and have replaceable modular functions.
Research: Based on the traditional speaker, this product has a new design for its appearance and structure. It improves the sound quality through a unique honeycomb structure and adds replaceable modular functions, making it interesting.
Inspiration: This speaker is inspired by Chinese lanterns. The structure of the Chinese lantern is extracted and simplified, and its unique honeycomb structure is combined with the speaker to help improve the sound quality.
In addition, the Chinese lantern is foldable, and its application on the casing of the speaker makes it stowable and modular. It allows users to store it conveniently, and at the same time, it can be replaced with different appearances according to the user's preferences.
Project Duration: The project starts at Qingdao University of Technology in August 2023 and ends at Qingdao University of Technology in February 2024.
Operation Flow: This speaker can be connected to the user's mobile phone or computer and other devices via Bluetooth, or you can choose to connect with a data cable. The appearance and structure are inspired by the honeycomb structure of Chinese lanterns, which can improve the sound quality and make it easy to fold, store and replace.