Architone 音楽学習アプリ by Jiaxing Yu and Wenqi Wu

Architone 音楽学習アプリ by Jiaxing Yu and Wenqi Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 教育・教材・研修コンテンツデザイン Competition Category.

鉄教育· 2025

Architone 音楽学習アプリ

by Jiaxing Yu and Wenqi Wu

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 教育 Category

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The Design

About Architone 音楽学習アプリ

従来の音楽教育は、抽象的な理論と聴覚スキルによって学習者を混乱させることが多く、興味や創造性を低下させてしまいます。Architoneは、抽象的な音楽理論を直感的な音楽ブロックと建築物に革新的に変換し、学習者が魅力的なインタラクションを通じて自然に知識を習得し、最終的に美しい音楽を創造できるようにします。学習モードと創作モードというデュアルモード設計により、段階的なスキル開発をサポートしながら創造性を育みます。Architoneはデザインの力を活用し、すべての学習者を音楽の建築家にします。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Architone 音楽学習アプリは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Architone 音楽学習アプリは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Architone 音楽学習アプリは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: ArchiTone innovatively transforms abstract music theory into intuitive musical blocks and buildings to help learners naturally acquire knowledge through engaging interaction and ultimately empowering them to create beautiful music. Its dual-mode design, Learning Mode and Creation Mode, supports incremental skill development while fostering creativity. ArchiTone uses the power of design to make every learner a musical architect.
Dimensions & Packaging: This application takes iPad Pro 13-inch as the template and refers to the official interface design specification of iOS. It is adaptable to many different resolutions and kinds of screens.
Tags: Music education, Learning platform, Music learning, App, Music
Production Technology: We carried out interviews with both music educators and music learners. After the interviews, we first created the interface prototype and low-fidelity design on Figma software and iterated through user testing. Then, we developed ArchiTone as an iPadOS application using SwiftUI that enables adaptive layouts and smooth animations.
Design Challenge: The most significant challenge in designing ArchiTone is bridging the gap between abstract music theory and intuitive, engaging learning experiences. In our interviews, we found that educators and learners alike desired a way to visualize music that would lower barriers to teaching and learning. Aiming at the above problems, we designed a visualization scheme for core music concepts in ArchiTone, representing them as interesting musical blocks and buildings. After more than 20 iterations, we are confident that we have done great things.
Research: At present, music education plays an important role in many aspects, such as reducing stress, enhancing creativity, and fostering collaborative skills. However, traditional methods often struggle to effectively convey abstract concepts and aural skills to learners. Through interviews with both educators and learners, we found three major challenges with existing learning softwares: the abstractness of music theory, the monotony of repetitive training, and the lack of integration between theory and practice. Therefore, we designed the ArchiTone, a platform for music theory learning and music praxis.
Inspiration: Music education has long been recognized for its profound impact on cognitive development, emotional regulation, and social inclusion. However, traditional approaches to music education often leave learners confused by abstract theories and aural skills. According to our formative interviews with educators and learners, we found three key pain points: the abstractness of music theory, the monotony of repetitive training, and the lack of purpose-driven integration. These challenges inspire us to design ArchiTone, an App for music theory learning and music praxis.
Project Duration: The project started in Hangzhou, China, in October 2023 and was completed in October 2024.
Operation Flow: ArchiTone includes two modes: Learning Mode and Creation Mode. Learning Mode is designed to progressively introduce chords and harmony structures. In this mode, there are multiple levels, starting with the fundamental chords and advancing to the more complex chords. In each level, learners first learn a new chord block alongside previously learned chord blocks through a musical composition, and then reinforce their understanding by reconstructing the musical building from shuffled blocks. Creation Mode allows learners to freely use the chords they have already learned to create new musical works. By customizing blocks and forming the building, they can apply the music theory flexibly to music praxis and achieve the goals of music education.
Patents: The above material comes from our own team.
Team Members: Creative Director: Jiaxing Yu
Designer: Wenqi Wu
Designer: Yuxuan Gao
Tutor: Kejun Zhang
Image Credits: Image #1: Creator, Jiaxing Yu, ArchiTone Main Image, 2025.
Image #2: Creator, Jiaxing Yu, ArchiTone All Modes, 2025.
Image #3: Creator, Jiaxing Yu, ArchiTone Learning Mode, 2025.
Image #4: Creator, Jiaxing Yu, ArchiTone Creation Mode, 2025.
Image #5: Creator, Jiaxing Yu, ArchiTone Learning Mode Details, 2025.