Follow インタラクティブスピーカー by Zebin Qiao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅賞 in オーディオ・サウンド機器デザイン Competition Category.

銅オーディオ製品· 2021

Follow インタラクティブスピーカー

by Zebin Qiao

Client: Jdf

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in オーディオ製品 Category

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The Design

About Follow インタラクティブスピーカー

Followは小鳥をかたどったインタラクティブスピーカーです。音楽はBluetooth接続で再生されます。従来の音楽プレーヤーの操作機能は、この小鳥そのものに配置されています。頭または尾に触れるとトラックが切り替わります。背中に一度触れると曲が保存され、背中が赤く変わります。二度触れると音楽が一時停止または再生されます。小鳥はレール上を移動するため、その位置が曲の再生進行状況を示します。シェルはABS樹脂を射出成形で成形し、ファブリックと組み合わせています。フォルムは小さくシンプルです。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Follow インタラクティブスピーカーは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Follow インタラクティブスピーカーは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Follow インタラクティブスピーカーは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: As a music player, the highlight is to focus the button function of the traditional player on the bird itself. Users only need to touch the back of the bird to cut songs, collect and pause music and other requirements.At the same time, users can observe the position of the moving bird to judge the progress of the song, and judge whether the music is collectable by the color of the bird's back.The overall shape is small, the image of the bird and music player fit.
Dimensions & Packaging: 170mm×55mm×95mm
Tags: Speaker, music, interaction, emotion
Production Technology: The shell is made of injection molding technology, and ABS plastic is used to combine the parts with the fabric.Touching part and track sliding are important functions of this product.
Design Challenge: How to skillfully solve the visualization of music progress, how to quickly collect music and judge whether the music is collected.
Research: Design a sound that can generate the most interactive emotions with users, and show the progress and collection of music in the most intuitive visual way.
Inspiration: Normal music player buttons are small, the collection of music from the phone to observe and select, inconvenient.Inspired by the movement that users often touch small animals, the bird shape is chosen to enable users to see that they want to subconsciously touch and then complete a series of functions.At the same time, the visual information of music collection and progress is conveyed to users through the change of bird's back color and bird's position.
Project Duration: The project began in Tianjin in July 2020 and will be completed in Tianjin in September 2020.
Operation Flow: Music can be played through bluetooth. Users can touch the bird's head and tail to complete the function of song cutting.The music collection is completed by touching the back of the bird once, and the back turns red, that is, the music is regarded as collected;Continuously touch the back twice for pause and start music.When cutting a song, the bird automatically returns to its original point. As the song moves again, users can judge the progress of the music by the bird's position and judge whether the music is collectable by the color of the bird's back.
Team Members: ZeBinQiao
KeXinZhang
Image Credits: Image #1: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #2: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #3: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #4: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #5: ZeBinQiao, 2020