Birdy Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Qeşê by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Qeşê by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Xelata A' Design Award a Hesinîn in Dîzayna Amûrên Deng û Awazê Competition Category.

HesinHilberên Dengî· 2023

Birdy Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Qeşê

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

Xelata A' Design Award a Hesinîn Winner in Hilberên Dengî Category

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The Design

About Birdy Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Qeşê

Dەقی Kتêب: Birdy qeşeyeke bi darikeke kontrolê ya bi şeklê teyrekê ye ku dihêle lêdana muzîkê bi dest were bi rêvebirin. Beşa jêrîn qeşeyeke bi şeklê konê ye ku du ajokerên 5W û amplîfayereke du-kanalî ya çîna D vedihewîne. Sensoreke joystick li serê konê tevgera figura teyr li ser her du eksan tespît dike. Xwazîna figura teyr bi pêş an paş dengbûyê saz dike, dema xwazîna wê bi çep an rast stranê pêşî an ya paşîn hildibijêre. Birdy her weha wek alîkarekî xaniyê aqilmend jî dixebite ku bersivê dide dengê teyran. Sêwirandin armanc dike ku girêdaneke sirûştî û hestyarî di navbera mirovan û teknolojiyê de biafirîne.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Hesinîn

Birdy Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Qeşê xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Hesinîn e, nasîneke bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên baş re tê dayîn, yên ku pêdiviyên pîşeyî û pîşesaziyê yên ku ji afirandinên baş hatine sêwirandin têne hêvîkirin tînin cih. Xelatgirên Hesinînê jêhatîbûna mezin, pisporiya bilind, têgihiştina pisporî û kapasîteya afirîner a afirînerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Birdy Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Qeşê afirandineke pir hatiye rêzgirtin, sitayişkirin û delal, pratîkî û nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Hesinînê serketî pratîkên çêtirîn ên pîşesaziyê yekgirtî dike û xwedî taybetmendiyên teknîkî yên jêhatî ye ku bi zanîn û jêhatîbûnê ve girêdayî ne. Birdy Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Qeşê ji ber baldariya xwe tê rêzgirtin û hatiye sêwirandin da ku kalîteya jiyanê baştir bike û alîkariya çêtirkirina dinyayê bike.

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