Soundmotion 인터랙티브 음악 스피커 by Zhujun Pang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 철상 in 오디오 및 음향 장비 디자인 Competition Category.

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Soundmotion 인터랙티브 음악 스피커

by Zhujun Pang

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 오디오 제품 Category

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The Design

About Soundmotion 인터랙티브 음악 스피커

사운드모션(Soundmotion)은 장거리 연애를 하는 커플을 위해 디자인된 인터랙티브 음악 스피커입니다. 각 파트너가 하나의 기기를 소유하며, 모든 기기는 사운드모션 애플리케이션과 연동됩니다. 기기 상단을 설정된 위치로 슬라이딩하면 개인 감상 모드와 두 사람의 음악이 동시에 재생되는 공유 '커플 채널' 사이를 전환할 수 있습니다. 컬러 링을 통해 사용자는 이모지를 선택해 전송하며 자신의 감정을 표현할 수 있습니다. 기기의 크기는 110 x 160 x 110밀리미터입니다. 사운드모션은 음악 공유와 간결한 물리적 인터랙션을 결합하여 연인 사이의 존재감을 느낄 수 있도록 돕습니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Soundmotion 인터랙티브 음악 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. Soundmotion 인터랙티브 음악 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. Soundmotion 인터랙티브 음악 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: Soundmotion is a communication system crafted for long-distance relationship couple, aiming to foster seamless interaction through the integration of synchronized music listening and tangible engagement. The physical device is integrated with the Soundmotion application. By flipping the top of the device to different specific angles, users can choose between using the device as a regular music player or playing songs from the Couple channel and engaging in simple interactions with their partner.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length 110mm x Width 160mm x Height 110mm
Tags: Music sharing experience, Tangible interaction design, Long-distance relationship, Sound and Media, Multi-sensory Experience
Production Technology: Soundmotion utilizes the ESP8266 as its hardware platform to control the product's hardware and establish a connection with the Soundmotion server. This enables the transfer of emoji feedback data generated during user interaction, allowing Soundmotion to analyze the data using the Web API and provide personalized music recommendations for couples.
Design Challenge: The core challenge faced by this project is how to create a rich yet lightweight music-sharing experience for users. It aims to satisfy the entertaining aspect of couples' interaction while ensuring that such interactions do not pose a communication burden or disrupt their respective daily lives. Additionally, the project emphasizes emotional design, requiring simultaneous consideration across the dimensions of form, function, and interaction. It must meet the functional needs of emotional communication while providing users with a sense of presence and companionship from both the product's physical form and interactive feedback. The ultimate goal is to enhance the intimacy between couples through the design, fostering a stronger emotional connection.
Research: Exploring the use of music to facilitate implicit emotional communication between long-distance couples has emerged as a new design exploration space. Data collected through interviews and workshops conducted during the early stages of this design project indicate that music sharing can create daily topics for couples, provide a sense of presence through synchronized listening, and convey emotions and care through shared music. Therefore, this project aims to address the limitations in current research on long-distance intimate relationship technologies in the field of human-computer interaction, and explore how the combination of music sharing and explicit and implicit interactions can better help long-distance couples enhance their sense of intimacy.
Inspiration: Research shows music-sharing significantly contributes to maintaining and enhancing intimate relationships. Existing music players and streaming platforms, focused on individual experiences, rarely notice the potential of integrating the two aspects. Hence, Soundmotion is designed to deepen the connection between long-distance relationship couples through shared music experiences, enriched with a rich interactive design.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2023 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and finished in June 2023 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Operation Flow: Both partners in the couple each own a Soundmotion physical device, which is linked to their respective app accounts. Couples establish online and offline connections by jointly creating a Couple Channel in the app. Users can switch their status by sliding the device's top to a specific position, choosing between enjoying music individually or synchronizing with their partner in the Couple Channel. Additionally, users can express their emotions by selecting and sending emojis through the colored ring on the device.
Team Members: Zhujun Pang
Image Credits: Zhujun Pang, 2023