Dudo モジュラーシンセサイザー・トイ by Hsin Chen Lin and Zi Yun Hsu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 玩具・ゲーム・ホビー製品デザイン Competition Category.
銀玩具· 2023
Dudo モジュラーシンセサイザー・トイ
by Hsin Chen Lin and Zi Yun Hsu
Client: Dudo
A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 玩具 Category
- 76,511
- Verified Award Winner
- Verify Award Status for #148791
The Design
About Dudo モジュラーシンセサイザー・トイ
Dudoは、4歳から12歳の子どもを対象としたモジュラーシンセサイザー・トイです。Dudoは音と光の効果を組み合わせることで、遊びを通して基本的な音楽理論を学べるようにしています。シーケンス、波形変化、フィルタリング、リズム、アンプの5つのシンプルなモジュールで構成され、9通りの接続方法によって機能の拡張や複数人での使用が可能です。子どもの成長に合わせて難易度を上げていくこともできます。ドラムモジュールを叩くと静電容量センシングがドラム音を発生させます。素材には無毒性のプラスチックを使用し、サイズは子どもの人間工学に基づいて設計されています。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀賞
Dudo モジュラーシンセサイザー・トイは、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。Dudo モジュラーシンセサイザー・トイは、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。Dudo モジュラーシンセサイザー・トイは、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
- Dudo is an auditory and visual synthesizer designed for children aged 4-12 to learn music through playful, hands-on experience. Its difficulty level can increase with age, while its different connection methods allow for expanded functions and multiplayer mode. Dudo teaches basic music theory and synthesizer knowledge to stimulate children's creativity and imagination.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Sequencer:176x266x54
Wave change:67x154x82
Filter:82x93x142
Hub:58x188x32
Drum:91x91x81
Amplifier:95x112x94 - Tags
- music, toy, education, synth, kids
- Production Technology
- In terms of product size, it refers to children's human factors engineering and adjusts it to a size suitable for children's operation.
In the way of using drums, we choose to use capacitive sensing to trigger drum sounds through beating.
In terms of material, non-toxic plastic suitable for children is used. - Design Challenge
- During the design process, we not only spent a lot of effort on making the function, language, and music theory of Eurorack Modular Synthesizer into a range that children can understand but also thought about making it easier for children to operate and more tempting to them. As age grows, the difficulty level can be increased. The purpose is to make this combination of synthesizer toys accompany the children in their growth, so that synthesized music can be widely used for children to operate and play.
- Research
- This project conducts field research to examine children's exposure to music and proposes a new interactive model centered on "playing" to create a new way of musical enlightenment for children. We combines music learning experiences with today's children's needs for sound and light effects to create musical toy products that are novel and sensory-stimulating.We simplified the module interface into five basic modules. The project has a MIDI output for more advanced editing in the future.
- Inspiration
- Synthetic music has flourished in recent years. We found out that there is a lack of entry-level synthetic music tools on the market, so we want to design a toy that can be used as an enlightenment for children to synthesize music and can accompany children to grow up.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2022 and is still ongoing today. It is expected to be exhibited at the Young Designers' Exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan in May 2023.
- Operation Flow
- We have taken advantage of the free assembly of Eurorack Modular Synthesizer, allowing children to connect 9 different connection methods.
First, connect sequencer to hub and then to amplifier to create a melody with the sine wave.
Secondly, connect wave change and filter to switch between three different wave timbres and adjust the frequency of the cutoff to create your exclusive timbre.
Thirdly, connect drum to add rhythm to the melody that had been created.
Finally, you can choose to connect to MIDI output port of hub and input into the music editing software, so that the music you create can be upgraded and more advanced. - Team Members
- HSIN CHEN LIN
ZI YUN HSU
Sponsored
Explore Beyond Designers.org
Discover products, services and opportunities from our advertising partners.
More to Explore
Related Designs
Explore more award-winning designs from the same category, selected by merit.
