Shr.d 壁掛け式レコードプレーヤー by Shiwen Huang 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

Shr.d 壁掛け式レコードプレーヤー

by Shiwen Huang

Client: Bruce Tao

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

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The Design

About Shr.d 壁掛け式レコードプレーヤー

Shr.dは、現代の住まいのためにデザインされた壁掛け式レコードプレーヤーです。本体を壁面に固定し、電源に接続して使用します。前面にレコード盤をセットし、ダイヤル式レバーで再生を開始します。右側面のUSBポートにより他の音楽ファイルの再生も可能で、ホームステレオとしても機能します。ベースには、衝撃や傷に強く、寸法安定性に優れ、熱伝導が緩やかなABS樹脂を採用しています。Shr.dのサイズは、長さ32.5cm、幅7.9cm、高さ28cmです。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Shr.d 壁掛け式レコードプレーヤーは、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。Shr.d 壁掛け式レコードプレーヤーは、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。Shr.d 壁掛け式レコードプレーヤーは、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: It is a vinyl record player design reimagined in a modern design style. This is the main obvious difference. In functionally, it is a music device that you can hang on the wall. Its elegant style and modern shape make it a beautiful accessory. Users can enjoy the beauty of vinyl music through shr.d. In addition, shr.d can also be used as a beautiful home stereo, users can play more music through usb.
Dimensions & Packaging: length 32.5cm x Width 7.9cm x Height 28cm
Tags: Vinyl, Player, Music, Wall Hanging, Traditional, Modern, Beautiful
Production Technology: Its base is made of ABS, and the heat conduction is slow enough to keep the user from feeling cold. ABS material has strong impact resistance, scratch resistance, dimensional stability, and other characteristics, at the same time both moisture-proof, corrosion resistance, easy processing, and other characteristics. ABS material is also very environmental protection, because of the use of environmental chemicals, so there is no toxicity and no smell, but also to electrical insulation, is a very safe material.
Design Challenge: This is an innovative design with a complex internal structure, and the machining qualification rate is the biggest challenge encountered by this project.
Research: Vinyl was the dominant music format in the 20th century. Because the sound quality of vinyl is the closest to the original sound without distortion, it feels more faithful and perfectly covers people of all ages. A vinyl record is a stereo black celluloid texture. In the development of all kinds of music recording materials such as record, tape, CD, vinyl record sound quality is closest to the original sound, is the pursuit of the realm of music lovers. Plenty of heavyweight performers, conductors, big bands, and vocalists made their debut on vinyl. It has a long life if it is properly preserved.
Inspiration: We get inspiration from the shape of modern products style. The vinyl record player is a music player in the very classical tradition. Our motive was to redesign the record player. So that it can be integrated into the modern home.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020 in Milan and finished in February 2021 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2021.
Operation Flow: First, take out shr.d and install it on the wall, fix it and connect the power supply and shr.d can be used normally. Then take out the user's favorite vinyl record on shr.d, pull the dial lever can play. In addition, there is a USB port on the right side of shr.d. At this point shr.d becomes a beautiful home stereo, users can connect to usb and play other favorite songs.
Team Members: Design leader: Guorong Wu, Designer: Shiwen Huang
Image Credits: Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)