Zikit Mécanisme De Changement De Diamètre Pour Caisse Claire by Oz Shenhar and Boaz Ken-Dror is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Instrument de Musique Competition Category.
BronzeInstrument de Musique· 2020
Zikit Mécanisme De Changement De Diamètre Pour Caisse Claire
by Oz Shenhar and Boaz Ken-Dror
Client: Zikit Drums
A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Instrument de Musique Category
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About Zikit Mécanisme De Changement De Diamètre Pour Caisse Claire
Le tambour est un instrument de musique passionnant, mais c'est aussi le seul instrument de musique à avoir une seule hauteur !!! Un batteur multijoueur ne peut pas jouer du rock reggae et du jazz avec la même caisse claire. Zikit Drums a conçu un mécanisme qui offre aux batteurs une expérience de jeu polyvalente sans être lié à un style de musique spécifique en modifiant le diamètre de la caisse claire en temps réel. Zikit a été conçu pour augmenter les possibilités des batteurs et leur donner de nouvelles opportunités acoustiques en créant un contenu unique.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Bronze
Zikit Mécanisme De Changement De Diamètre Pour Caisse Claire est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Zikit Mécanisme De Changement De Diamètre Pour Caisse Claire est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Zikit Mécanisme De Changement De Diamètre Pour Caisse Claire satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Zikit is an add-on device that can be installed in any 14" snare drum. It provides internal sleeves that sit under the drum head. Those sleeves can be controlled very accurately by the drummer. By moving them vertically up to the drum head they press on it from underneath. This action changes the "field" of the drum head, which makes the pitch go higher.
This action is so important for drummers since they can have the possibility to be the "designers" of their own identical sound.
This action happens instantly, and without changing anything in the original playing experience. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Suits all types of snare drums
Extremely easy to fit and remove
A real-time diameter change mechanism
Design your unique sounds
Smooth and responsive action gear drive
Minimalistic low weight design
Fits 10/8 lugs snare drums
Compatible with all brands and materials
Brilliant design made by superior quality and durability materials
Game changer drumming experience
Maximum versatility
6mm-thick, seamless extruded acrylic shell
Laser-engraved logo
Custom Zikit die-cast lugs - Tags
- Zikit Drums, A real-time diameter change mechanism, game changer drumming experience, Extremely easy to fit and remove
- Production Technology
- Most branded drum factories are using the classic combination of wood/metal shell and chrome finished hardware. Zikit Drums minimalistic design followed this concept to be naturally fit any existing drum.
- Design Challenge
- The most difficult challenge was to find the right configuration in which drummers will not have to change anything in their traditional playing experience and at the same time to give them a cool and good looking versatile device.
- Research
- Oz was an amateur drummer as a teenager. After working in several design studios and startups he decided to combine his skills as an innovator and his love for this exciting musical instrument - the drums.
Knowing that the best test for a new product is to get the end-user feedback, Oz traveled with the first prototype, meeting leading drummers across the globe, and after few months of collecting feedback, he came up with the best engineering solutions for each of the product challenges. - Inspiration
- Zikit solution inspired by the guitar frets where you can easily change your music style by setting your fingers differently on the guitar neck. Frets are a simple minimalistic, and ongoing solution that became a part of the musician's body language. Part of the design mission was to eliminate the problem without changing anything in the original playing experience of the drummer.
- Project Duration
- Zikit was founded on Nov-2018
- Operation Flow
- Installing Zikit is really quite easy.
The process shouldn’t take more than just a few minutes
First, take off both drum heads and place the Zikit jig gently on the top bearing edge.
Then tighten it from both shell sides to set the handle hinge, and adjust the handle gear using the supplied screw.
Turn your snare drum upside down and then take the pro-kit and slide it inside the snare drum shell. Use the supplied Hex key to tighten the clamps to the shell. You then turn the snare drum up, and take off the spacers and place the drum heads back in position.
It’s time now for an awesome new drumming experience. - Patents
- Patent No. US20190213982A1
- Team Members
- Oz Shenhar
Boaz Ken-Dror - Image Credits
- Main Image & images 1-4: 3D simulation and NetArt
All videos: 3D simulation and North Point Studio
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