Perak Edisi Terbatas · 2023
Danish Fuel Speaker Portabel
by Rene Sundahl
- A' Design Award Perak 2023 in Edisi Terbatas
- CLIENT: Danish Fuel
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 586,250
- Verification code B930EA7083 · Verify this award
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About Danish Fuel Speaker Portabel
Danish Fuel adalah speaker portabel yang dibangun di dalam jeriken logam Perang Dunia Kedua hasil daur guna (upcycle). Karat dan lapisan cat lama dihilangkan melalui perlakuan tungku dan sandblasting, kemudian jeriken tersebut dilapisi bubuk (powder coating) dengan sentuhan akhir hijau satin. Panel depan terbuat dari kayu lapis cetak dengan lapisan atas kayu ek asap (smoked oak). Pelat kontrol, kaki, dan pelat penanda menggunakan aluminium anodisasi. Speaker ini dilengkapi woofer, tweeter, dan amplifier kelas D. Suara diputar melalui Bluetooth atau kabel auxiliary, sedangkan daya bersumber dari baterai atau listrik jala-jala. Setiap unit memiliki nomor identifikasi yang unik.
About the A' Design Award Perak
Danish Fuel Speaker Portabel adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain kelas atas yang indah dan mengesankan. Pemenang Perak adalah karya yang sangat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan keahlian, bakat, dan ketajaman luar biasa para desainernya. Danish Fuel Speaker Portabel diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, etalase keahlian, sangat profesional, dan sangat inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini adalah penemuan yang sangat menonjol dan dikagumi yang bermanfaat bagi dan memajukan batas-batas seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi. Danish Fuel Speaker Portabel adalah kreasi yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif, dan memercikkan keheranan dan kekaguman.
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- Unique Properties
- Many people have found that electronics don´t fit into interior design. Either a speaker is most likely ugly and plays good music or beautiful and plays poorly. The goal for this design is to create a portable speaker in which everyone should be spellbound with incredible design and renewable sound. To kick off the home interior style, and make enjoy the favorite smash hit wrapped in an Upcycled World War II fuel can. Personalized with unique ID no. The speaker is designed, selected, and Made in Denmark by a woman.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Electronics:
- ciare 6.5” midrange neo woofer + 1” neo tweeter.
- Class D amplifier. 160w
- equalizer backend, DSP
- equalizer front. Bass + Treble.
Connection:
- bluetooth 5.3
- aux
Power:
- 160watts
- battery. LG 1860mh with BMS control / 72 hours playing time.
- limited to 95 db.
Measurements.:
- height 48cm / wide 35cm / dept 17cm.
- weight 7.2kg - Tags
- Upcycle, speaker, homedecor, homedesign, interiordesign, limitededition
- Production Technology
- Materials:
- upcycled metal Jerry can. World War 2. Old rust and paint removed by furnace and sandblasting.
- color. Powder coating. Satin surface. Isapis green.
- molded plywood. 10 layers of 1mm veener + 1 top layer in Smoked Oak.
- anodized aluminium control plate + feet + marking plate + ID plate. - Design Challenge
- Make good sound in an old metal world war 2 jerry can were a challenge. Dampening work took using various materials and testing to find the right acoustic sound. Sourcing and designing the parts and make it go along with the visuals - make the speaker practical and visual beauty. Not only the make the product capable to produce even just in a limited numbers was difficult.
- Research
- According to the most known brands among portable speakers it´s found that most of them are made by men with a technical background and to approach the hi-fi market rater than the woman who shall use it in their home. There was a gab in the market and we could not find any sustainable solution. A real craftman ship. Most speakers a bulk manufactured in thousand of numbers. To find a speaker that was beyond tech but a sculpture and piece of art did not excist.
- Inspiration
- The jerry can be designed back in 1937, to contain supplies for the armies. The allies nicknamed the Germans, Jerries, as slang for German. As the small Einheits-kanister was a German invention - thereby the name a jerry can. The allies duplicated the design and just before D-day in 1944 more than 21 million of Jerry cans were made. "Without these cans, it would have been impossible for our armies to cut their way across France at a lightning pace during the German blitz”. - President Roosevelt
- Project Duration
- September 2021 - december 2022 in Denmark, Jutland. Our first design was revealed at Salone Int. Del Mobile in 2014.
- Operation Flow
- Bluetooth and Aux. Powered by battery or 220v.
- Patents
- EU design rights to Seacreed Service A/S
- Image Credits
- Image #1, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022
Optional image #2, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022
Optional image #3, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022
Optional image #4, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022
Optional image #2, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022
Video credits: Waqas Naveed
