Birdy Kõlar by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Rauaauhind A' Design Award in Audio- ja heliseadmete disain Competition Category.

RaudAudiotooted· 2023

Birdy Kõlar

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

Rauaauhind A' Design Award Winner in Audiotooted Category

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The Design

About Birdy Kõlar

Book Text: Birdy on kõlar linnukujulise juhtpulgaga, mis võimaldab muusika esitamist käega juhtida. Alumine osa on koonusekujuline kõlar kahe 5W draiveri ja kaksikkanaliga D-klassi võimendiga. Koonuse ülaosas asuv juhtkanga andur tuvastab linnukujulise elemendi liikumist mõlemal teljel. Linnukuju ette- või tahapoole kallutamine reguleerib helitugevust, samas kui vasakule või paremale kallutamine valib eelmise või järgmise loo. Birdy toimib ka nutika koduassistendina, mis reageerib linnulaulule. Disaini eesmärk on luua loomulik ja emotsionaalne side inimeste ja tehnoloogia vahel.

The Recognition

About the Rauaauhind A' Design Award

Birdy Kõlar on Rauaauhinna A' Design Award võitja, prestiižikas tunnustus, mis antakse headele disainidele, mis vastavad professionaalsetele ja tööstuslikele nõuetele, mida oodatakse hästi disainitud töödelt. Raudvõitjad näitavad oma loojate suurt oskust, kõrget spetsialiseerumist, asjatundlikku mõistmist ja loomingulist võimekust. Birdy Kõlar peaks olema kõrgelt hinnatud, imetletud ja armastatud looming, mis on praktiline ja uuenduslik. See Rauaauhinna A' Design Award võidudisain ühendab tööstuse parimaid tavasid ning tal on pädevad tehnilised omadused, mis on seotud oskusteabe ja andega. Birdy Kõlar on austatud oma põhjalikkuse eest ning on loodud pakkuma elukvaliteedi parandusi, mis aitavad teha maailma paremaks paigaks.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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.
Team Members: Leijing Zhou
Xin An
Image Credits: Xin An