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Birdy Reproduktor by Leijing Zhou and Xin An
Birdy Reproduktor by Leijing Zhou and Xin An
Birdy Reproduktor by Leijing Zhou and Xin An
Birdy Reproduktor by Leijing Zhou and Xin An
Birdy Reproduktor by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Železo Audio produkty · 2023

Birdy Reproduktor

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

  • Železná cena A' Design Award 2023 in Audio produkty
  • CLIENT: Zhejiang University
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 16,701
  • Verification code 0A48B07537 · Verify this award
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About Birdy Reproduktor

Book Text: Birdy je reproduktor s ovládací páčkou ve tvaru ptáčka, která umožňuje ovládat přehrávání hudby rukou. Spodní část tvoří kuželovitý reproduktor se dvěma 5W měniči a dvoukanálovým zesilovačem třídy D. Snímač joysticku v horní části kužele detekuje pohyb ptačí figurky v obou osách. Nakláněním ptáčka dopředu nebo dozadu se upravuje hlasitost, zatímco nakláněním doleva nebo doprava se vybírá předchozí nebo následující skladba. Birdy funguje také jako chytrý domácí asistent, který reaguje na ptačí zvuky. Cílem designu je vytvořit přirozené a emocionální spojení mezi lidmi a technologií.

About the Železná cena A' Design Award

Birdy Reproduktor je vítězem Železné ceny A' Design Award, prestižního uznání udělovaného dobrým designům, které splňují profesní a průmyslové požadavky očekávané od dobře navržených výtvorů. Železní vítězové prokazují velké dovednosti, vysokou specializaci, odborné porozumění a tvůrčí kapacitu svých tvůrců. Očekává se, že Birdy Reproduktor bude vysoce ceněným, obdivovaným a oblíbeným výtvorem, který je praktický a inovativní. Tento design, který získal Železnou cenu A' Design Award, integruje osvědčené postupy odvětví a má kompetentní technické vlastnosti spojené s know-how a talentem. Birdy Reproduktor je vážen pro svou důkladnost a je navržen tak, aby poskytoval zlepšení kvality života, která pomáhají činit svět lepším místem.

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Unique Properties
Birdy provides a more engaging way to control music playback. With its bird-shaped game stick, users can interact with their music in a unique and interesting way, making the experience feel more natural and intuitive. Designed to emulate the experience of touching and interacting with a live creature, Birdy provides a refreshing departure from traditional, lifeless speakers.
Dimensions & Packaging
The full height of the product is 316mm. The bottom cone speaker is 250mm high and the maximum diameter is 142mm.
Tags
Speaker, Emotional design, Bird, Bionics, Natural
Production Technology
The speaker features two 5W drivers with a dual-channel class D amplifier. On the top of the cone is a joystick sensor that detects the movement of the bird above it in both XY axes, thus controlling the music playback.
Design Challenge
The biggest challenge of the design is how to give an emotional connection to a technological artifact. We were inspired by the interaction between humans and birds, where birds have a natural connection to music. This led us to design Birdy, a speaker that offers a more natural and intuitive way to interact with technology, bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds.
Research
People communicate emotionally with their pets and we have studied various interactions between people and their pets and found that we were inspired by the interaction between humans and bird pets, where on the one hand birds have a natural connection to music and on the other hand their physical interaction between human and birds can be extracted as a way to control the music.
Inspiration
The design of Birdy is inspired by the way bird breeders often stroke and interact with their pets. The bird is located at the top and the bottom is a conical speaker. It is designed to foster emotional connections between users and the device, creating a more natural and seamless user experience.
Project Duration
The project started in March 2021 in Qingdao and finished in September 2022 in Ningbo.
Operation Flow
Users can control their music playback by swinging the bird-shaped game stick at the top, similar to a joystick. Swinging the bird backward or forward adjusts the volume, while swinging it left or right skips to the previous or next song. Additionally, Birdy is also a smart home assistant that responds to different bird calls.
Image Credits
Xin An

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