Tone 무선 홈 스피커 by MrSmith Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 은상 in 오디오 및 음향 장비 디자인 Competition Category.

은오디오 제품· 2020

Tone 무선 홈 스피커

by MrSmith Studio

Client: CONCRETAmente

A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 오디오 제품 Category

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The Design

About Tone 무선 홈 스피커

Tone은 견고한 인클로저를 제공하는 밀도 높은 특성으로 인해 선택된 소재인 콘크리트로 제작된 본체를 가진 무선 홈 스피커입니다. 200W의 연속 출력을 제공하는 2개의 풀레인지 스피커와 1개의 서브우퍼가 장착되어 있습니다. 내장 배터리와 블루투스를 통해 Tone은 집안 어디에나 배치 가능하며 하이파이 사운드 경험을 제공합니다. 콘크리트 색상과 전면 및 후면 패널의 소재를 맞춤 제작할 수 있으며, 선택 사양인 알루미늄 전면 그릴은 자석으로 고정됩니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 은상

Tone 무선 홈 스피커, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. Tone 무선 홈 스피커, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. Tone 무선 홈 스피커, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tone is a wireless home speaker with the body made in concrete.
The reason behind this is that concrete is perfect sound transmission, therefore is one of the best materials for this kind of purpose.
It is equipped with built on batteries, so you can bring it anywhere in your house and listen to your preferred songs with a high quality sound experience.
Both color of the concrete and material of front and back panel can be customised in order to provide to clients a custom made product.
An optional aluminum front grid is kept in place simply trough magnets.
Dimensions & Packaging: Channels 2.1
2x50w 4 inches Full-Range Drivers
1x100w 5.25 inches Subwoofer
Frequency response 35Hz 20KHz
Continuous power output 200W
Max. SPL 100dB
Bass reflex port on the back
Acoustically isolated midrange chambers
Bluetooth 4.0
Class-D Amps
Active Crossover
Battery 5500mah
Dimensions 490 x 206 x 260 mm
Weights 9Kg
Tags: speaker, audio, portable, hifi, concrete, design, MrSmith, wireless, bluetooth, sound, experience
Production Technology: Body is made with UHPC, Ultra High Performance Concrete. This particular concrete has very high mechanical characteristics that allows to reduce thickness of sections. In addition to that has a very fine grain and whiter color, related to standard concrete. Pigment can be added to the mix and this allows to have body of different colours.
Design Challenge: Main challenge in this project has been fitting 200W of power output in a small portable speaker.
We've made several prototypes and mockups before landing on the final version of the speaker.
Research: The aim of this project was to create the best sound experience in a wireless home speaker. We made a deep research on components in order to find the best solution for a deep, clear and powerful sound experience.
In addition to that, we made a research on materials with the purpose to find the best solution for the body and frame. Came out that concrete has great sound transmission properties. In order to reduce the total weight we opted for a specific kind of concrete that has high structural strength properties and allows thin sections.
Inspiration: Because of it high sound transmission characteristics and stiffness, concrete has been already used in high end speakers, but because of its weight, none of them are portable. Therefore the idea was to create the best sound experience in portable speaker segment, with a body made in concrete.
Project Duration: Project has bee entirely developed in MrSmith Studio headquarter in Milan. Started in June 2019 and has been released in February 2020
Operation Flow: Interaction is very simple. Power and Bluetooth buttons are on the back plate. Once paired with your phone you can play your favourite track experiencing high quality audio. Tone is equipped with built on batteries so you can bring it anywhere. Next to the pool or in your living, wherever you want to hear some good music.
Patents: MrSmith Studio
Team Members: MrSmith Studio
Image Credits: MrSmith Studio