Silver Siren Ka Mea Haʻiʻōlelo by Jiaxing Guo

Silver Siren Ka Mea Haʻiʻōlelo by Jiaxing Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Lako Leo a me Mea Kani Competition Category.

KalaLako Leo· 2021

Silver Siren Ka Mea Haʻiʻōlelo

by Jiaxing Guo

Client: Jiaxing Guo

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Lako Leo Category

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The Design

About Silver Siren Ka Mea Haʻiʻōlelo

ʻO Silver Siren kahi papahana haʻi'ōlelo lima lima i hoʻoikaika ʻia e Siren the mythology. He mau mea weliweli nā Sirens nāna i hoʻowalewale i nā luina kokoke me kā lākou mau mele hoʻohiwahiwa a me nā leo hīmeni e moku moku ma kahakai pōhaku o ko lākou mokupuni. Hōʻike ʻia lākou i kekahi manawa he mau wahine maikaʻi, ʻaʻole wale ko lākou mau kino, he mea hoʻowalewale. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo Silver Siren e hōʻike i ke kiʻi o ka siren a me ke kai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Silver Siren Ka Mea Haʻiʻōlelo i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Silver Siren Ka Mea Haʻiʻōlelo he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Silver Siren Ka Mea Haʻiʻōlelo e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Sirens were dangerous creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. They were sometimes depicted as beautiful women, whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive. Enchanting but dangerous, isn’t Siren excellent imagery of a beautiful, mysterious speaker with a fluid, organic form? I tried to capture Sirens' moment leaning on the rock, singing and waiting for sailors as well as the color and the movement of ocean waves.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 266 mm x Depth 268 mm x Height 728 mm
Tags: consumer electronics, industrial design, product design, speaker, audio
Production Technology: I designed the form and the speaker/amplifier enclosures in Rhinoceros. Then laser cut MDF to make a section model. Glue pieces together and sand it to smooth. Then painted primer/automotive paints/clearcoat and assembled all the parts.
Design Challenge: During the development/realization phase, the challenge is how to make the organic form of the speaker and the layout of the internal electronics. I chose to make a section model, which is layers of MDF board, to lower the cost, and also, that would be an easy way to make the inner structure. For the internal electronics, I made a slide to easily take all the parts out of the main body if some components are broken.
Research: I looked into different art pieces and literature about the siren to feel and analyze the imageries of sirens. Then visualized them by a couple of sketches.
Inspiration: My inspiration is the Siren, which is the mythological creature in the sea. In Greek mythology, Sirens were dangerous creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. They were sometimes depicted as beautiful women, whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive. Enchanting but dangerous, isn’t Siren excellent imagery of a beautiful, mysterious speaker with a fluid, organic form? I tried to capture Sirens' moment leaning on the rock, singing and waiting for sailors—also the color and the movement of ocean waves.
Project Duration: The project started in Jan 2019 in Los Angeles and finished in August 2019.
Operation Flow: There is a control penal on the side of the speaker. You could connect to your audio devices by Bluetooth or AUX cable.
Team Members: Designer: Sean (Jiaxing) Guo
Photographer: Fiorella (Lingxue) Xiao