Birdy Speaker by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy Speaker by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Wesi in Desain Peralatan Audio lan Swara Competition Category.

WesiProduk Audio· 2023

Birdy Speaker

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award Wesi Winner in Produk Audio Category

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The Design

About Birdy Speaker

Birdy iku speaker kanthi stik kontrol wangun manuk sing ngidini pamuteran musik dikendhalekaké kanthi tangan. Bagian ngisor arupa speaker wangun kerucut kanthi rong driver 5W lan amplifier kelas D dual-channel. Sensor joystick ing pucuk kerucut ndeteksi gerakan wangunan manuk ing loro sumbu. Ngayun-ayun wangunan manuk maju utawa mundur bakal ngatur volume, dene ngayun-ayun menyang kiwa utawa tengen bakal milih lagu sadurungé utawa sabanjuré. Birdy uga bisa dianggo minangka asisten smart home sing tanggap marang swara manuk. Desain iki digawé kanggo nyiptakaké sesambungan sing alami lan emosional antarane manungsa lan teknologi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Wesi

Birdy Speaker menang A' Design Award Wesi, pangenalan sing prestisius sing diparingake marang desain sing apik sing nyukupi kabutuhan profesional lan industri sing dikarepake saka ciptaan sing dirancang kanthi apik. Pemenang Wesi nuduhake katrampilan sing gedhe, spesialisasi sing dhuwur, pangerten ahli lan kapasitas kreatif para penciptane. Birdy Speaker dikarepake dadi ciptaan sing dihargai banget, dikagumi lan ditresnani sing praktis lan inovatif. Desain sing menang A' Design Award Wesi iki nggabungake praktik industri sing paling apik lan nduweni ciri teknis sing kompeten sing disambung karo kawruh lan bakat. Birdy Speaker diajeni amarga ketelitiane lan dirancang kanggo nyedhiyakake paningkatan kualitas urip sing mbiyantu ndadekake donya panggonan sing luwih apik.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Birdy provides a more engaging way to control music playback. With its bird-shaped game stick, users can interact with their music in a unique and interesting way, making the experience feel more natural and intuitive. Designed to emulate the experience of touching and interacting with a live creature, Birdy provides a refreshing departure from traditional, lifeless speakers.
Dimensions & Packaging: The full height of the product is 316mm. The bottom cone speaker is 250mm high and the maximum diameter is 142mm.
Tags: Speaker, Emotional design, Bird, Bionics, Natural
Production Technology: The speaker features two 5W drivers with a dual-channel class D amplifier. On the top of the cone is a joystick sensor that detects the movement of the bird above it in both XY axes, thus controlling the music playback.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge of the design is how to give an emotional connection to a technological artifact. We were inspired by the interaction between humans and birds, where birds have a natural connection to music. This led us to design Birdy, a speaker that offers a more natural and intuitive way to interact with technology, bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds.
Research: People communicate emotionally with their pets and we have studied various interactions between people and their pets and found that we were inspired by the interaction between humans and bird pets, where on the one hand birds have a natural connection to music and on the other hand their physical interaction between human and birds can be extracted as a way to control the music.
Inspiration: The design of Birdy is inspired by the way bird breeders often stroke and interact with their pets. The bird is located at the top and the bottom is a conical speaker. It is designed to foster emotional connections between users and the device, creating a more natural and seamless user experience.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2021 in Qingdao and finished in September 2022 in Ningbo.
Operation Flow: Users can control their music playback by swinging the bird-shaped game stick at the top, similar to a joystick. Swinging the bird backward or forward adjusts the volume, while swinging it left or right skips to the previous or next song. Additionally, Birdy is also a smart home assistant that responds to different bird calls.
Team Members: Leijing Zhou
Xin An
Image Credits: Xin An