Sirocco Pūkaiwhakatangi by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taputapu Oro me te Pūrere Oro Competition Category.

RinoHua Oro· 2024

Sirocco Pūkaiwhakatangi

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Hua Oro Category

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The Design

About Sirocco Pūkaiwhakatangi

Ko Sirocco he pūkaiwhakatangi maha-mahi, i whakaohohia tōna hoahoa e ngā rama Haina. He maia, he auaha hoki te hanganga. Mā te hoahoa motuhake o te hanganga pī, ka kawe, ka marara atu anō te oro, kātahi ka whakanui ake i te wheako kaiwhakamahi me te kounga puoro, ā, ka puta he wheako whakamahi rerekē me te wheako tirohanga rerekē mō te kaiwhakamahi. Ka taea hoki te peke, ā, ko te kiri o te pūkaiwhakatangi ka taea te rokiroki, he tūāmotu, he maha ngā āhua kiri, ka taea te whakakapi i ngā wā katoa e ai ki te āhua ngākau o te kaiwhakamahi me te taiao kāinga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Sirocco Pūkaiwhakatangi te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Sirocco Pūkaiwhakatangi he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Sirocco Pūkaiwhakatangi mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This speaker further conducts and diffuses sound through its unique honeycomb structure design, thereby further enhancing the user's experience and music quality.
This speaker is foldable. The speaker's shell is stowable and modular, and comes with a variety of shell shapes that can be replaced at any time according to the user's mood and home environment. Improve sound quality.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 180mm x Length 180mm x Height 350mm
Tags: Honeycomb, Modular, Warm, Natural, Retro, Humanized, High-Fidelity
Production Technology: The switch and volume adjustment part of the speaker adopts the retro horizontal sliding adjustment form. The main part uses a large number of wooden structures, and the foldable honeycomb structure at the upper end can be assembled and disassembled by rotation, making it easy to replace, store and clean.
Design Challenge: The challenge in the design process of this product was how to combine the honeycomb structure of the lantern with the speaker and have replaceable modular functions.
Research: Based on the traditional speaker, this product has a new design for its appearance and structure. It improves the sound quality through a unique honeycomb structure and adds replaceable modular functions, making it interesting.
Inspiration: This speaker is inspired by Chinese lanterns. The structure of the Chinese lantern is extracted and simplified, and its unique honeycomb structure is combined with the speaker to help improve the sound quality.
In addition, the Chinese lantern is foldable, and its application on the casing of the speaker makes it stowable and modular. It allows users to store it conveniently, and at the same time, it can be replaced with different appearances according to the user's preferences.
Project Duration: The project starts at Qingdao University of Technology in August 2023 and ends at Qingdao University of Technology in February 2024.
Operation Flow: This speaker can be connected to the user's mobile phone or computer and other devices via Bluetooth, or you can choose to connect with a data cable. The appearance and structure are inspired by the honeycomb structure of Chinese lanterns, which can improve the sound quality and make it easy to fold, store and replace.