Sirocco Speaker by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Basi in Produk Audio Competition Category.

BasiProduk Audio· 2024

Sirocco Speaker

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited

A' Design Award Basi Winner in Produk Audio Category

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The Design

About Sirocco Speaker

Sirocco adolah speaker multifungsi, nan rancangannyo diilhami dek lentera Cino. Desainnyo galak dan inovatif dalam strukturnyo. Malalui rancangan struktur sarang labah nan unik, alat iko labiah mangaliankan dan manyebuakan bunyi, hinggo labiah maningkekkan pangalaman pangguno dan kualitas musik, serta mambao pangalaman pemakaian dan pangalaman visual nan balainan kapado pangguno. Alat iko juo dapek dilipek, dan kuliknyo dapek disimpan serta modular, jo bantuak kulik nan baraneka ragam, nan dapek ditukar bilo-bilo sasuai jo suasano hati pangguno dan lingkungan rumahnyo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Basi

Sirocco Speaker adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Sirocco Speaker dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Sirocco Speaker dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.

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.