Sirocco Speaker by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Wesi in Desain Peralatan Audio lan Swara Competition Category.

WesiProduk Audio· 2024

Sirocco Speaker

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited

A' Design Award Wesi Winner in Produk Audio Category

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The Design

About Sirocco Speaker

Sirocco minangka speaker multifungsi sing desainé diilhami déning lentera Tiongkok. Strukturé wani lan inovatif. Liwat desain struktur sarang tawon sing unik, speaker iki bisa nglebokaké lan nyebarake swara kanthi luwih apik, saéngga nambah pengalaman pangguna lan kualitas musik, sarta maringi pangguna pengalaman panggunaan lan visual sing béda. Saliyané iku, speaker iki uga bisa dilipat, lan cangkangé bisa disimpen lan modular, kanthi macem-macem wangun cangkang sing bisa diganti sawayah-wayah miturut swasana ati pangguna lan lingkungan omah.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Wesi

Sirocco 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. Sirocco 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. Sirocco 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: This speaker further conducts and diffuses sound through its unique honeycomb structure design, thereby further enhancing the user's experience and music quality.
This speaker is foldable. The speaker's shell is stowable and modular, and comes with a variety of shell shapes that can be replaced at any time according to the user's mood and home environment. Improve sound quality.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 180mm x Length 180mm x Height 350mm
Tags: Honeycomb, Modular, Warm, Natural, Retro, Humanized, High-Fidelity
Production Technology: The switch and volume adjustment part of the speaker adopts the retro horizontal sliding adjustment form. The main part uses a large number of wooden structures, and the foldable honeycomb structure at the upper end can be assembled and disassembled by rotation, making it easy to replace, store and clean.
Design Challenge: The challenge in the design process of this product was how to combine the honeycomb structure of the lantern with the speaker and have replaceable modular functions.
Research: Based on the traditional speaker, this product has a new design for its appearance and structure. It improves the sound quality through a unique honeycomb structure and adds replaceable modular functions, making it interesting.
Inspiration: This speaker is inspired by Chinese lanterns. The structure of the Chinese lantern is extracted and simplified, and its unique honeycomb structure is combined with the speaker to help improve the sound quality.
In addition, the Chinese lantern is foldable, and its application on the casing of the speaker makes it stowable and modular. It allows users to store it conveniently, and at the same time, it can be replaced with different appearances according to the user's preferences.
Project Duration: The project starts at Qingdao University of Technology in August 2023 and ends at Qingdao University of Technology in February 2024.
Operation Flow: This speaker can be connected to the user's mobile phone or computer and other devices via Bluetooth, or you can choose to connect with a data cable. The appearance and structure are inspired by the honeycomb structure of Chinese lanterns, which can improve the sound quality and make it easy to fold, store and replace.