Birdy Bozgorailua by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy Bozgorailua by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award in Audio eta Soinu Ekipamenduen Diseinua Competition Category.

BurdinaAudio Produktuak· 2023

Birdy Bozgorailua

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Audio Produktuak Category

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The Design

About Birdy Bozgorailua

Birdy txori-formako kontrol-makila duen bozgorailu bat da, eskuz musika-erreprodukzioa kudeatzeko aukera ematen duena. Beheko aldea kono-formako bozgorailu bat da, 5W-eko bi driver eta bi kanaleko D klaseko anplifikadore batez hornitua. Konoaren goiko aldean dagoen joystick sentsore batek txori-irudiaren mugimendua detektatzen du bi ardatzetan. Txori-irudia aurrera edo atzera kulunkatzeak bolumena doitzen du, eta ezkerrera edo eskuinera kulunkatzeak aurreko edo hurrengo abestia hautatzen du. Birdy etxe adimendun laguntzaile gisa ere funtzionatzen du, txorien deiei erantzunez. Diseinuak pertsonen eta teknologiaren arteko lotura natural eta emozionala sortzea du helburu.

The Recognition

About the Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award

Birdy Bozgorailua Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, ondo diseinatutako sorkuntzetatik espero diren eskakizun profesional eta industrialak betetzen dituzten diseinu onei ematen zaien aitorpen prestijiotsua. Burdin-mailako irabazleek beren sortzaileen trebetasun handia, espezializazio handia, adituen ulermena eta sormen-gaitasuna erakusten dituzte. Birdy Bozgorailua oso estimatua, miretsia eta maitea den sorkuntza izatea espero da, praktikoa eta berritzailea dena. Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu honek sektoreko praktika onenak integratzen ditu eta know-how-ari eta talentuari lotutako ezaugarri tekniko gaituak ditu. Birdy Bozgorailua zehaztasunagatik errespetatua den lana da, eta mundua leku hobea egiten laguntzen duten bizi-kalitatearen hobekuntzak eskaintzeko diseinatua dagoena.

Behind the Design

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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