Birdy Kaiutin by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy Kaiutin by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Rautapalkinto A' Design Award in Audiotuotteet Competition Category.

RautaAudiotuotteet· 2023

Birdy Kaiutin

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

Rautapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Audiotuotteet Category

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The Design

About Birdy Kaiutin

Book Text: Birdy on kaiutin, jossa lintumainen ohjaustanko mahdollistaa musiikin toiston hallinnan käsin. Alaosa on kartiomainen kaiutin, jossa on kaksi 5W:n elementtiä ja kaksikanavainen D-luokan vahvistin. Kartion yläosassa oleva ohjaussauva-anturi tunnistaa lintuhahmon liikkeet molemmilla akseleilla. Lintuhahmon heiluttaminen eteen- tai taaksepäin säätää äänenvoimakkuutta, kun taas heiluttaminen vasemmalle tai oikealle valitsee edellisen tai seuraavan kappaleen. Birdy toimii myös älykotiavustajana, joka reagoi lintujen ääniin. Suunnittelun tarkoituksena on luoda luonnollinen ja tunteisiin vetoava yhteys ihmisten ja teknologian välille.

The Recognition

About the Rautapalkinto A' Design Award

Birdy Kaiutin on Rautapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään hyville designeille, jotka täyttävät hyvin suunnitelluilta luomuksilta odotetut ammatilliset ja teollisuuden vaatimukset. Rautavoittajat osoittavat tekijöidensä suurta taitoa, korkeaa erikoistumista, asiantuntevaa ymmärrystä ja luovaa kapasiteettia. Birdy Kaiutin:n odotetaan olevan korkeassa arvossa pidetty, ihailtu ja rakastettu luomus, joka on käytännöllinen ja innovatiivinen. Tämä Rautapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign yhdistää alan parhaita käytäntöjä, ja sillä on pätevät tekniset ominaisuudet, jotka yhdistyvät osaamiseen ja lahjakkuuteen. Birdy Kaiutin:a arvostetaan sen perusteellisuudesta, ja se on suunniteltu tarjoamaan elämänlaadun parannuksia, jotka auttavat tekemään maailmasta paremman paikan.

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