ʻO Cobble Mea Leo Bluetooth na Eric Wu he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2025 A' Design Award Hao ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Mea Uila Kikohoʻe.

HaoMea Uila· 2025

Cobble Mea Leo Bluetooth

na Eric Wu

Mea Kūʻai: EW Design

Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Hao ma ka Māhele Mea Uila

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Mea Lanakila i Hōʻoia ʻIa

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Nānā ma A' Design Award Hoʻolaha Nūhou Hōʻailona Makana

Nā Waihoʻoluʻu

Ka Hoʻolālā

E Pili Ana iā Cobble Mea Leo Bluetooth

He mea leo puke Bluetooth ʻo Cobble me kahi ʻōnaehana launa pili ma ka ʻaoʻao luna. Hiki ke kau ʻia nā kui magnetika ʻehā i nā ʻano like ʻole ma luna o kahi papa hiʻohiʻona. Ke hoʻopau ʻia kekahi ʻano hiʻohiʻona i hoʻomākaukau mua ʻia, hoʻokani ka mea leo i kahi kaila kani i mālama ʻia, e like me ke kani o ke ʻano nohona a i ʻole ka leo keʻokeʻo hoʻopili mau. Hoʻohana pū ʻia ʻo Cobble ma ke ʻano he mea leo Bluetooth maʻamau no ke kani mai kahi polokalamu hoʻopili ʻia. ʻO ke kau ʻana o nā kui, hoʻomanaʻo ia i ka pāʻani papa ʻo Go, a kono i kekahi manawa pōkole o ka noʻonoʻo hāmau. Hoʻohana ka hoʻohālike mua i kahi pahu lāʻau, nā papa akalika i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ke one, a me nā kaula kukui LED.

Ka Hoʻomaikai

E Pili Ana i ka A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Cobble Mea Leo Bluetooth i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Cobble Mea Leo Bluetooth he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Cobble Mea Leo Bluetooth no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Ma Hope o ka Hoʻolālā

ʻEke Nūhou

Nā hōʻoia, nā lālā hui a me nā kikoʻī ʻenehana i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā.

Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa: Cobble is a speaker with an interactive interface at the top. The user has access to 4 pegs that they can place in various patterns. When preset patterns connect, the speaker plays a saved tone. The speaker is made with the concept of "inadvertent mindfulness." Studies have found that the simple action of concentrating on one's actions offer moments of respite. By placing pegs, much like how one places stones in a Go game, the user enjoys a moment of peace.
Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili: 7 1/2" (width) * 7 5/16" (depth) * 2" (height)
Nā Lepili: Speaker, Office, Mindfulness, Audio, Music
ʻEnehana Hana: The prototype was constructed with a wooden casing with a four-panel construction. Sand-blasted acrylic panels are used to diffuse the lighting from LED light strips. The prototype control panel was made from an Arduino nano and will be replaced with more efficient chips in mass production. We experimented with various sensing methods and settled on magnetic sensing with Hall effect sensors as they appeared to be the most reliable.
Pilikia Hoʻolālā: The hardest part was figuring out the sweet spot of a big enough surface area and a compact enough footprint, the product being a shelf speaker after all. People wanted to engage with the interface but too much of it offered diminishing returns and research participants had more complaints of space constraints.
Noiʻi: User research was conducted in collaboration with co-working spaces. We tested hypotheses like the following:
- How much spacing and how big do people prefer the pegs to be
- How many rows and columns work the best, offering novelty and comfort without overloading the user
- What footprint works the best without sacrificing too much room for interaction
Hoʻoulu Manaʻo: The design originated in a desire to question the prevalence of active mindfulness practices today. We have meditation apps, mindfulness sessions offered by corporations, and many more. While mindfulness is great, there are alternative activities that humans go to for similar purposes, without bearing the label of "mindfulness." Go, the Asian board game using stones, was a primary inspiration. What if we could have something built in that stimulates a sense of mindfulness, just like Go?
Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana: Duration: 6 months
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Kaʻina Hana: The product behaves like a normal bluetooth speaker, so the user can connect to it with an end device and play whatever they want.

The unique interaction is that it can save and activate various sound profiles, which can be activated via placement of the magnetic pegs. The user would have to download a mobile app to change the default profiles, which are nature and white noise sound loops.
Nā Lālā Hui: Eric Wu
Nā Kuleana Kiʻi: Photos: Eric Wu