Danish Fuel Pūoro Kawe by Rene Sundahl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Putanga Motuhake me te Hoahoa Ritenga Competition Category.

HiriwaPutanga Motuhake· 2023

Danish Fuel Pūoro Kawe

by Rene Sundahl

Client: Danish Fuel

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Putanga Motuhake Category

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The Design

About Danish Fuel Pūoro Kawe

He pūoro kawe a Danish Fuel i hangaia ki roto i tētahi kēne konganuku penehīni nō te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, kua whakahoutia. Ka tangohia te waikura tawhito me te peita mā te whakamahana i te oumu me te pupuhi kirikiri, kātahi ka paninitia te kēne ki te paura karakīhi kākāriki mōhinuhinu. Ko te papa o mua he papa rākau kua whakaāhuatia, me tētahi paparanga runga ōki kua whakapaoatia. Ko te pereti whakahaere, ngā waewae me ngā pereti tohu he konumohe kua whakamātaotia. Kei roto i te pūoro he pūoro reo hōhonu, he pūoro reo teitei, me tētahi whakakahaoro momo D. Ka whakatangihia te oro mā te Bluetooth, mā te taura āpiti rānei, ā, ka ahu mai te hiko i tētahi pūhiko, i te hiko o te whare rānei. Kei ia taputapu tōna ake nama tautuhi motuhake.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Danish Fuel Pūoro Kawe te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Danish Fuel Pūoro Kawe he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Danish Fuel Pūoro Kawe he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Many people have found that electronics don´t fit into interior design. Either a speaker is most likely ugly and plays good music or beautiful and plays poorly. The goal for this design is to create a portable speaker in which everyone should be spellbound with incredible design and renewable sound. To kick off the home interior style, and make enjoy the favorite smash hit wrapped in an Upcycled World War II fuel can. Personalized with unique ID no. The speaker is designed, selected, and Made in Denmark by a woman.
Dimensions & Packaging: Electronics:
- ciare 6.5” midrange neo woofer + 1” neo tweeter.
- Class D amplifier. 160w
- equalizer backend, DSP
- equalizer front. Bass + Treble.

Connection:
- bluetooth 5.3
- aux

Power:
- 160watts
- battery. LG 1860mh with BMS control / 72 hours playing time.
- limited to 95 db.

Measurements.:
- height 48cm / wide 35cm / dept 17cm.
- weight 7.2kg
Tags: Upcycle, speaker, homedecor, homedesign, interiordesign, limitededition
Production Technology: Materials:
- upcycled metal Jerry can. World War 2. Old rust and paint removed by furnace and sandblasting.
- color. Powder coating. Satin surface. Isapis green.
- molded plywood. 10 layers of 1mm veener + 1 top layer in Smoked Oak.
- anodized aluminium control plate + feet + marking plate + ID plate.
Design Challenge: Make good sound in an old metal world war 2 jerry can were a challenge. Dampening work took using various materials and testing to find the right acoustic sound. Sourcing and designing the parts and make it go along with the visuals - make the speaker practical and visual beauty. Not only the make the product capable to produce even just in a limited numbers was difficult.
Research: According to the most known brands among portable speakers it´s found that most of them are made by men with a technical background and to approach the hi-fi market rater than the woman who shall use it in their home. There was a gab in the market and we could not find any sustainable solution. A real craftman ship. Most speakers a bulk manufactured in thousand of numbers. To find a speaker that was beyond tech but a sculpture and piece of art did not excist.
Inspiration: The jerry can be designed back in 1937, to contain supplies for the armies. The allies nicknamed the Germans, Jerries, as slang for German. As the small Einheits-kanister was a German invention - thereby the name a jerry can. The allies duplicated the design and just before D-day in 1944 more than 21 million of Jerry cans were made. "Without these cans, it would have been impossible for our armies to cut their way across France at a lightning pace during the German blitz”. - President Roosevelt
Project Duration: September 2021 - december 2022 in Denmark, Jutland. Our first design was revealed at Salone Int. Del Mobile in 2014.
Operation Flow: Bluetooth and Aux. Powered by battery or 220v.
Patents: EU design rights to Seacreed Service A/S
Image Credits: Image #1, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022
Optional image #2, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022
Optional image #3, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022
Optional image #4, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022
Optional image #2, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022

Video credits: Waqas Naveed