Shr.d Tourne-disque mural by Shiwen Huang

Shr.d Tourne-disque mural by Shiwen Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronze in Produits Audio Competition Category.

BronzeProduits Audio· 2021

Shr.d Tourne-disque mural

by Shiwen Huang

Client: Bruce Tao

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Produits Audio Category

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The Design

About Shr.d Tourne-disque mural

Shr.d est un tourne-disque mural conçu pour les intérieurs contemporains. L'appareil se fixe au mur et se raccorde à une source d'alimentation. Le disque vinyle se pose sur la face avant, et un levier rotatif déclenche la lecture. Un port USB situé sur le côté droit permet de lire d'autres fichiers musicaux, si bien que l'appareil fait également office de chaîne hi-fi domestique. Le corps est réalisé en ABS, un matériau résistant aux chocs et aux rayures, doté d'une grande stabilité dimensionnelle et d'une faible conductivité thermique. Shr.d mesure 32,5 cm de longueur, 7,9 cm de largeur et 28 cm de hauteur.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Shr.d Tourne-disque mural 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. Shr.d Tourne-disque mural 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. Shr.d Tourne-disque mural satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It is a vinyl record player design reimagined in a modern design style. This is the main obvious difference. In functionally, it is a music device that you can hang on the wall. Its elegant style and modern shape make it a beautiful accessory. Users can enjoy the beauty of vinyl music through shr.d. In addition, shr.d can also be used as a beautiful home stereo, users can play more music through usb.
Dimensions & Packaging: length 32.5cm x Width 7.9cm x Height 28cm
Tags: Vinyl, Player, Music, Wall Hanging, Traditional, Modern, Beautiful
Production Technology: Its base is made of ABS, and the heat conduction is slow enough to keep the user from feeling cold. ABS material has strong impact resistance, scratch resistance, dimensional stability, and other characteristics, at the same time both moisture-proof, corrosion resistance, easy processing, and other characteristics. ABS material is also very environmental protection, because of the use of environmental chemicals, so there is no toxicity and no smell, but also to electrical insulation, is a very safe material.
Design Challenge: This is an innovative design with a complex internal structure, and the machining qualification rate is the biggest challenge encountered by this project.
Research: Vinyl was the dominant music format in the 20th century. Because the sound quality of vinyl is the closest to the original sound without distortion, it feels more faithful and perfectly covers people of all ages. A vinyl record is a stereo black celluloid texture. In the development of all kinds of music recording materials such as record, tape, CD, vinyl record sound quality is closest to the original sound, is the pursuit of the realm of music lovers. Plenty of heavyweight performers, conductors, big bands, and vocalists made their debut on vinyl. It has a long life if it is properly preserved.
Inspiration: We get inspiration from the shape of modern products style. The vinyl record player is a music player in the very classical tradition. Our motive was to redesign the record player. So that it can be integrated into the modern home.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020 in Milan and finished in February 2021 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2021.
Operation Flow: First, take out shr.d and install it on the wall, fix it and connect the power supply and shr.d can be used normally. Then take out the user's favorite vinyl record on shr.d, pull the dial lever can play. In addition, there is a USB port on the right side of shr.d. At this point shr.d becomes a beautiful home stereo, users can connect to usb and play other favorite songs.
Team Members: Design leader: Guorong Wu, Designer: Shiwen Huang
Image Credits: Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)