Object Series ラウドスピーカー by Sungjae Han is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 金賞 in オーディオ・サウンド機器デザイン Competition Category.

金オーディオ製品· 2023

Object Series ラウドスピーカー

by Sungjae Han

Client: Ballon de Paris

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

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The Design

About Object Series ラウドスピーカー

Object Seriesは、高品質な音の再現を目指して設計されたラウドスピーカーです。パイプ状の各音響ボックスは互いに独立しており、音同士が干渉することはありません。パイプ形状は内部での不規則な反射を抑え、音の歪みを最小限に留めます。音が反射する箇所にはビクーニャのウールを配しており、これは100年以上にわたって弦楽器を製作してきたフランスの一族が確立した技法に倣ったものです。束ねられたパイプは、花が咲き開くような姿を生み出します。Bluetooth、Wi-Fi、LANポート、USBポートを備え、デスクトップパソコンやノートパソコン、テレビとの接続が可能です。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金賞

Object Series ラウドスピーカーは、まさに素晴らしく傑出した第一級のデザインに授与される、計り知れないほど権威ある評価である A' Design Award 金賞の受賞作品です。金賞の受賞作品は、きわめて革新的で、先見性に富み、きらびやかに輝く創造物であり、デザイナーの天才性、叡智、卓越した技量を映し出しています。Object Series ラウドスピーカーは、最も称賛される、流行を牽引する記念碑的な発明であり、前例のない価値をもたらすことが期待されます。この A' Design Award 金賞を受賞したデザインは、壮観で尊敬されるプロジェクトであり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に大きく寄与し、それを前進させます。Object Series ラウドスピーカーは、強い欲求を生み出し、情熱を呼び覚まし、創造性を促し、私たちを引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The object series is a high-end speaker with a variety of technologies. The Vicuna technology developed by the Garell family, which has been producing string instruments for more than 100 years in France, has been applied to the object series to will give users a clearer and grander sound. The object series is designed separately to convey the original sound to the listener without interfering with each other's sounds. The shape of the pipes together like this has the appearance of a flower blooming.
Dimensions & Packaging: 420mm x 356mm x 1000mm (Object 6) / 420mm x 356mm x 670mm (Object 9) / Object 6 is designed so that a high-pitched twitter is located near the ear when the listener is sitting.
Tags: Vicuna Technology, Design Speaker, Flower Speaker, Artistic Speaker, Sound Equipment, Audio Equipment
Production Technology: Vicuna Technology: Vicuna wool, called the fiber of God, delicately disperses the density of sound with the rich air between the thin fibers. Founder Louis Garrell successfully placed a Vicuna Wool behind the strings of the instrument to release ultra-high and ultra-low notes and deliver the original sound in abundance. The object series applies this technology as it is, placing Vicuna wool where the sound is reflected, realizing the original sound with little distortion.
Design Challenge: Many design modifications have been made to make the structure of multiple pipes look more aesthetic. It also went through several trials and errors to apply Vicuna technology.
Research: The design began based on saving two soundboxes each on Twitter and Mid, and went through the process of finding the most optimized size and proportion both functionally and aesthetically. The audio speaker was produced by sharing tasks such as sketch process, material research, woodwork production, sound structure design, and exterior design.
Inspiration: The inspiration of the design is that it shows the structure itself, where multiple pipes are gathered for the original sound transmission. To make a good sound, the speaker should have fewer irregularly reflective corners. So, the soundbox is pipe shaped is the most ideal structure. Also, the object series is designed to keep each soundbox intact, minimizing sound distortion.
Project Duration: The project started in France in February 2022 and will be exhibited in SIGNIEL Busan, Korea in June 2023.
Operation Flow: The object series is equipped with Bluetooth 5.0, so high-quality sound sources can be transmitted without compressing them, and Wi-Fi technology is included, so you can play music with various applications. It is also equipped with an LAN line and a usb port, so it can work with computers, laptops, and televisions.
Team Members: Designer: Raphael Garell
Creative Director: Sungjae Han
Production team leader: Dongkyu Lee
Designer: Soohyun Lee
Designer: Jinwoon Jeong
Image Credits: Image #1, 5: Dongkyu Lee, Object 6, 2023.
Image #2, 3, 4: Dongkyu Lee, Object 9, 2023.