Birdy 스피커 by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 철상 in 오디오 및 음향 장비 디자인 Competition Category.

철오디오 제품· 2023

Birdy 스피커

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 오디오 제품 Category

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The Design

About Birdy 스피커

버디(Birdy)는 새 모양의 컨트롤 스틱을 통해 손으로 음악 재생을 조작할 수 있는 스피커이다. 하단부는 5W 드라이버 두 개와 듀얼 채널 클래스 D 앰프를 갖춘 원뿔형 스피커로 구성된다. 원뿔 상단에 위치한 조이스틱 센서가 새 형상의 양방향 축 움직임을 감지한다. 새 형상을 앞뒤로 움직이면 음량이 조절되고, 좌우로 움직이면 이전 곡 또는 다음 곡이 선택된다. 또한 버디는 새 울음소리에 반응하는 스마트 홈 어시스턴트로도 작동한다. 이 디자인은 사람과 기술 사이에 자연스럽고 감성적인 연결을 만들어내는 것을 목표로 한다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Birdy 스피커, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Birdy 스피커, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Birdy 스피커, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

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