Birdy Garsiakalbis by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy Garsiakalbis by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Geležinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award in Garso ir garso įrangos dizainas Competition Category.

GeležinisGarso produktai· 2023

Birdy Garsiakalbis

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

Geležinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award Winner in Garso produktai Category

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The Design

About Birdy Garsiakalbis

Birdy – tai garsiakalbis su paukščio formos valdymo svirtimi, leidžiančia valdyti muzikos grojimą ranka. Apatinė dalis yra kūgio formos garsiakalbis su dviem 5 W garsiakalbio elementais ir dviejų kanalų D klasės stiprintuvu. Kūgio viršuje esantis vairalazdės jutiklis nustato paukščio figūrėlės judesį abiem ašimis. Pasukant paukščio figūrėlę į priekį arba atgal reguliuojamas garsumas, o pasukant į kairę arba dešinę pasirenkama ankstesnė arba kita daina. Birdy taip pat veikia kaip išmaniojo namo asistentas, reagojantis į paukščių čiulbėjimą. Šis dizainas sukurtas tam, kad tarp žmonių ir technologijų atsirastų natūralus ir emocinis ryšys.

The Recognition

About the Geležinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award

Birdy Garsiakalbis laimėjo Geležinį apdovanojimą A' Design Award, prestižinį pripažinimą, skiriamą geriems dizainams, atitinkantiems profesinius ir pramoninius reikalavimus, kurių tikimasi iš gerai suprojektuotų kūrinių. Geležies laureatai rodo didelius kūrėjų įgūdžius, aukštą specializaciją, ekspertinį supratimą ir kūrybinį gebėjimą. Tikimasi, kad Birdy Garsiakalbis bus aukštai vertinamas, žavimas ir brangus kūrinys, praktiškas ir novatoriškas. Šis Geležiniu apdovanojimu įvertintas dizainas integruoja geriausias pramonės praktikas ir turi kompetentingas technines savybes, susietas su patirtimi ir talentu. Birdy Garsiakalbis gerbiamas už kruopštumą ir sukurtas taip, kad gerintų gyvenimo kokybę ir padėtų padaryti pasaulį geresne vieta.

Behind the Design

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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