Tone Glaodhaire Gun Uèir Dachaigh by MrSmith Studio

Tone Glaodhaire Gun Uèir Dachaigh by MrSmith Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Uidheamachd Fuaim agus Claisneachd Competition Category.

AirgeadToraidhean Fuaim· 2020

Tone Glaodhaire Gun Uèir Dachaigh

by MrSmith Studio

Client: CONCRETAmente

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Toraidhean Fuaim Category

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The Design

About Tone Glaodhaire Gun Uèir Dachaigh

'S e glaodhaire gun uèir dachaigh a th' ann an Tone le bodhaig air a dhèanamh à concrait, stuth a chaidh a thaghadh airson a nàdair dhlùth a bheir seachad dùnadh daingean. Tha e uidheamaichte le dà ghlaodhaire làn-raoin agus aon fho-ghuthaire a bheir seachad toradh cumhachd leantainneach de 200W. Le bataraidhean togte a-steach agus Bluetooth, faodaidh Tone a bhith air a chur àite sam bith san taigh a' toirt seachad eòlas fuaim Hi-Fi. Faodaidh an dà chuid dath a' choncreit agus stuth a' phannail aghaidh is cùil a bhith air an gnàthachadh agus tha an griod alùmanaim aghaidh roghainneil air a chumail na àite tro mhagnetaichean.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Tha Tone Glaodhaire Gun Uèir Dachaigh air Duais Airgid A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean den chiad ìre, àlainn agus drùidhteach. Tha buannaichean Airgid nan obraichean anabarrach boillsgeach agus gu math cruthachail a nochdas sàr-eòlas, tàlant agus geurchuis an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Tone Glaodhaire Gun Uèir Dachaigh na obair mhìorbhaileach, na sàr-eisimpleir a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus gu domhainn ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Airgid A' Design Award na innleachd glè fhaicsinneach, ion-mholta a bhrosnaicheas crìochan ealain, saidheans, dealbhaidh agus teicneolais. Tha Tone Glaodhaire Gun Uèir Dachaigh na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran eud, a dhùisgeas miannan, a bheir faireachdainnean math agus a thogas iongnadh is miorbhail.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tone is a wireless home speaker with the body made in concrete.
The reason behind this is that concrete is perfect sound transmission, therefore is one of the best materials for this kind of purpose.
It is equipped with built on batteries, so you can bring it anywhere in your house and listen to your preferred songs with a high quality sound experience.
Both color of the concrete and material of front and back panel can be customised in order to provide to clients a custom made product.
An optional aluminum front grid is kept in place simply trough magnets.
Dimensions & Packaging: Channels 2.1
2x50w 4 inches Full-Range Drivers
1x100w 5.25 inches Subwoofer
Frequency response 35Hz 20KHz
Continuous power output 200W
Max. SPL 100dB
Bass reflex port on the back
Acoustically isolated midrange chambers
Bluetooth 4.0
Class-D Amps
Active Crossover
Battery 5500mah
Dimensions 490 x 206 x 260 mm
Weights 9Kg
Tags: speaker, audio, portable, hifi, concrete, design, MrSmith, wireless, bluetooth, sound, experience
Production Technology: Body is made with UHPC, Ultra High Performance Concrete. This particular concrete has very high mechanical characteristics that allows to reduce thickness of sections. In addition to that has a very fine grain and whiter color, related to standard concrete. Pigment can be added to the mix and this allows to have body of different colours.
Design Challenge: Main challenge in this project has been fitting 200W of power output in a small portable speaker.
We've made several prototypes and mockups before landing on the final version of the speaker.
Research: The aim of this project was to create the best sound experience in a wireless home speaker. We made a deep research on components in order to find the best solution for a deep, clear and powerful sound experience.
In addition to that, we made a research on materials with the purpose to find the best solution for the body and frame. Came out that concrete has great sound transmission properties. In order to reduce the total weight we opted for a specific kind of concrete that has high structural strength properties and allows thin sections.
Inspiration: Because of it high sound transmission characteristics and stiffness, concrete has been already used in high end speakers, but because of its weight, none of them are portable. Therefore the idea was to create the best sound experience in portable speaker segment, with a body made in concrete.
Project Duration: Project has bee entirely developed in MrSmith Studio headquarter in Milan. Started in June 2019 and has been released in February 2020
Operation Flow: Interaction is very simple. Power and Bluetooth buttons are on the back plate. Once paired with your phone you can play your favourite track experiencing high quality audio. Tone is equipped with built on batteries so you can bring it anywhere. Next to the pool or in your living, wherever you want to hear some good music.
Patents: MrSmith Studio
Team Members: MrSmith Studio
Image Credits: MrSmith Studio