GrandWizard Nag-unang Gimbuhaton: Dj Smartphone by Yu Hiraoka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 A' Design Award nga Pilak in Disenyo sa Digital ug Elektronikong Aparato Competition Category.
PilakElektroniks sa Konsyumer· 2016
GrandWizard Nag-unang Gimbuhaton: Dj Smartphone
by Yu Hiraoka
Client: Yu Hiraoka Design
A' Design Award nga Pilak Winner in Elektroniks sa Konsyumer Category
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The Design
About GrandWizard Nag-unang Gimbuhaton: Dj Smartphone
Teksto sa Libro: Ang GrandWizard smartphone nagpalapad sa mga kapabilidad sa musika sa naandang mga smartphone pinaagi sa pag-usab sa aparato ngadto sa usa ka portable nga DJ mixing station. Ang tin-aw ug dali masabtan nga mga kontrol sa wala ug tuo, nga ang matag usa gigahin sa managlahing track, nagtugot sa real-time nga pagsagol ug paghimo og remix. Ang gihiusa nga sistema nagtugot sa musika nga masagol ug ma-remix bisan kanus-a ug bisan asa moabut ang inspirasyon.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award nga Pilak
GrandWizard Nag-unang Gimbuhaton: Dj Smartphone usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Pilak, usa ka talagsaon kaayo nga prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa labing taas nga lebel, matahom, ug makadani nga mga disenyo. Ang mga mananaog sa Pilak labihan ka hayag ug mamugnaon nga mga buhat nga nagpakita sa bantogan nga kahanas, talento, ug kamatngon sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang GrandWizard Nag-unang Gimbuhaton: Dj Smartphone mahimong talagsaon nga buhat nga ipasigarbo, dako ang pagkapropesyonal ug lawom ang kabag-ohan. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Pilak usa ka labihan ka mamatikdan, gihangaan nga imbento nga mapuslanon ug nagpalapad sa mga utlanan sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya. GrandWizard Nag-unang Gimbuhaton: Dj Smartphone usa ka paglalang nga giinggit sa daghan, nga nagpukaw og mga tinguha, nagdala og positibo nga mga pagbati, ug nagsiga sa katingala ug paghangyo.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- GrandWizard smartphone goes beyond the MP3 playing functionality of other phones, turning the user into a real life mixmaster DJ!
Sure, there’s an app for that… but this is way more fun! The portable mixing station makes it possible to manipulate and produce remixes using intuitive right and left controls, each dedicated to a track. Make your own remixes while you’re on the go or at any time you’re inspired!
Bring it to a club or a party, or anywhere and play the remixes. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Size: (close) 165 x 60 x H16 mm / (open) 165 x 115 x H16 mm
- Tags
- Smartphone, Dj, Music, Sound, Contemporary, High tec
- Production Technology
- Material: aluminium
- Design Challenge
- The trend of digital devices is less physical switches, and more utilisation of touch panel.
However, these things make users feel less dynamism of utilisation. In order to realise more authentic djing performance, I designed the interface and layout based on a real dj turntable, but the interface is not as complicated as a dj turntable and they are very interactive with click wheels and touch panels. Since a dj set consists of three components and each of them has different function, I also designed this device which has three different components and three different main screens. It is a combination of both classic and contemporary interfaces, and it gives users a pleasure to learn and master it.
I made a mock-up model and had DJs to try it out. Based on their feedback, I modified the design in the process of development. - Research
- In the beginning of the project, I did research about new smartphone concepts and smartphone technologies for music.
- Inspiration
- Smartphones have taken the cell phone industry by storm. Coming packed with apps and features that make things seem just a touch away, it’s becoming an integral part of our life with each passing day. All these gadgets come packed with a great music player and speaker options, and many users enjoy listening tracks with them when they are out. And now there are even djing apps for music lovers to play remixes.
But there was one question which came to my mind. Do those apps really satisfy authentic DJs?
I have many DJ friends and they are all heavy smartphone users, but none of them play any of those djing apps even though they love performing in front of people.
I asked them why and they said they don’t like djing with smartphones because they don’t get the dynamic and authentic feelings of djing with them. But they wish to have a portable djing device to bring it to parties instead of bringing a big and heavy djing set. - Project Duration
- This work was developed in Milan in 2013.
- Operation Flow
- Click wheels can be used for mixing, while the screens on the side will lay out tracks for you to edit. There’s also the touch panel at the bottom that can bring an equalizer. This is basically a portable mixing station and if you slide the fader to the left you will manipulate one track on the left screen and doing that on the right will take your music making to the right side. And, the middle screen is where the magic of remixing happens.
GrandWizard is a great item for people who want to show off their expressions and stand out!
Even though the shape specialises in djing, it still is fully functional as a smartphone with touch panels on the upper body.
Also, these three screens enable you to manipulate three different applications at the same time. - Image Credits
- Yu Hiraoka Design
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