Danish Fuel ポータブルスピーカー by Rene Sundahl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 限定版・カスタムデザイン Competition Category.

銀限定版· 2023

Danish Fuel ポータブルスピーカー

by Rene Sundahl

Client: Danish Fuel

A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 限定版 Category

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The Design

About Danish Fuel ポータブルスピーカー

Danish Fuelは、第二次世界大戦時代の金属製ジェリカンをアップサイクルして製作されたポータブルスピーカーです。古い錆と塗装は焼成処理とサンドブラストによって除去され、その後ジェリカンにはグリーンのサテン仕上げによる粉体塗装が施されます。フロントパネルは成形合板製で、表層にはスモークドオークを使用しています。コントロールプレート、脚部、マーキングプレートはアルマイト処理されたアルミニウム製です。スピーカーにはウーファー、ツイーター、クラスDアンプが搭載されています。音声はBluetoothまたは補助ケーブルを通じて再生され、電源はバッテリーまたは商用電源から供給されます。各ユニットには固有の識別番号が刻まれています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀賞

Danish Fuel ポータブルスピーカーは、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。Danish Fuel ポータブルスピーカーは、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。Danish Fuel ポータブルスピーカーは、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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