Follow Kaea Whakauru by Zebin Qiao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Taputapu Oro me te Pūrere Oro Competition Category.

ParahiHua Oro· 2021

Follow Kaea Whakauru

by Zebin Qiao

Client: Jdf

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Hua Oro Category

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The Design

About Follow Kaea Whakauru

Ko Follow he kaea whakauru kua hangaia kia rite ki tētahi manu iti. Ka whakatangihia te puoro mā roto i te hononga Bluetooth. Ko ngā mana whakahaere o tētahi kaipupuri puoro tuku iho kua whakanohoia ki runga i te manu tonu. Ko te pā atu ki te māhunga, ki te hiku rānei, ka huri i te riipene. Kotahi te pā ki te tuarā ka tiakina te waiata, ā, ka whero te tuarā. E rua ngā pā ka whakatā, ka tīmata rānei te puoro. Ka neke te manu i roto i tētahi ara, nā reira ko tōna tūnga e whakaatu ana i te ahunga whakamua o te waiata. Ko te anga i hangaia mai i te kirihou ABS mā te whakauru rewa (injection molding), ā, kua whakakotahihia ki te kākahu papanga. He iti, he māmā hoki te āhua.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Follow Kaea Whakauru te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Follow Kaea Whakauru he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Follow Kaea Whakauru i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: As a music player, the highlight is to focus the button function of the traditional player on the bird itself. Users only need to touch the back of the bird to cut songs, collect and pause music and other requirements.At the same time, users can observe the position of the moving bird to judge the progress of the song, and judge whether the music is collectable by the color of the bird's back.The overall shape is small, the image of the bird and music player fit.
Dimensions & Packaging: 170mm×55mm×95mm
Tags: Speaker, music, interaction, emotion
Production Technology: The shell is made of injection molding technology, and ABS plastic is used to combine the parts with the fabric.Touching part and track sliding are important functions of this product.
Design Challenge: How to skillfully solve the visualization of music progress, how to quickly collect music and judge whether the music is collected.
Research: Design a sound that can generate the most interactive emotions with users, and show the progress and collection of music in the most intuitive visual way.
Inspiration: Normal music player buttons are small, the collection of music from the phone to observe and select, inconvenient.Inspired by the movement that users often touch small animals, the bird shape is chosen to enable users to see that they want to subconsciously touch and then complete a series of functions.At the same time, the visual information of music collection and progress is conveyed to users through the change of bird's back color and bird's position.
Project Duration: The project began in Tianjin in July 2020 and will be completed in Tianjin in September 2020.
Operation Flow: Music can be played through bluetooth. Users can touch the bird's head and tail to complete the function of song cutting.The music collection is completed by touching the back of the bird once, and the back turns red, that is, the music is regarded as collected;Continuously touch the back twice for pause and start music.When cutting a song, the bird automatically returns to its original point. As the song moves again, users can judge the progress of the music by the bird's position and judge whether the music is collectable by the color of the bird's back.
Team Members: ZeBinQiao
KeXinZhang
Image Credits: Image #1: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #2: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #3: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #4: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #5: ZeBinQiao, 2020