Birdy स्पीकर by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award लोह पुरस्कार in ऑडिओ आणि ध्वनी उपकरणे डिझाइन Competition Category.

लोहऑडिओ उत्पादने· 2023

Birdy स्पीकर

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award लोह पुरस्कार Winner in ऑडिओ उत्पादने Category

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The Design

About Birdy स्पीकर

बर्डी हा एक स्पीकर आहे ज्यामध्ये पक्ष्याच्या आकाराची नियंत्रण काठी असते, ज्यामुळे संगीत प्लेबॅक हाताने व्यवस्थापित करता येते. खालचा भाग हा शंकूच्या आकाराचा स्पीकर आहे, ज्यामध्ये दोन 5W ड्रायव्हर्स आणि ड्युअल-चॅनेल क्लास डी अॅम्प्लिफायर बसवलेले आहे. शंकूच्या वरच्या बाजूला असलेला जॉयस्टिक सेन्सर पक्ष्याच्या आकृतीची दोन्ही अक्षांवरील हालचाल टिपतो. पक्ष्याची आकृती पुढे किंवा मागे झुकवल्यास आवाजाची पातळी समायोजित होते, तर डावीकडे किंवा उजवीकडे झुकवल्यास मागील किंवा पुढील गाणे निवडले जाते. बर्डी हा एक स्मार्ट होम असिस्टंट म्हणूनही कार्य करतो, जो पक्ष्यांच्या आवाजांना प्रतिसाद देतो. या डिझाइनचा उद्देश माणूस आणि तंत्रज्ञान यांच्यात नैसर्गिक आणि भावनिक संबंध निर्माण करणे हा आहे.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award लोह पुरस्कार

Birdy स्पीकर हे A' Design Award लोह पुरस्काराचे विजेते आहे, उत्तम रीतीने रचलेल्या निर्मितींकडून अपेक्षित व्यावसायिक आणि औद्योगिक गरजा पूर्ण करणाऱ्या चांगल्या रचनांना दिला जाणारा प्रतिष्ठित सन्मान. लोह विजेते त्यांच्या निर्मात्यांचे मोठे कौशल्य, उच्च विशेषज्ञता, तज्ज्ञाची समज आणि सर्जनशील क्षमता दाखवतात. Birdy स्पीकर ही अत्यंत मानाची, कौतुकास्पद आणि जिव्हाळ्याची, व्यावहारिक आणि नाविन्यपूर्ण निर्मिती असेल अशी अपेक्षा आहे. ही लोह पुरस्कार जिंकलेली रचना उद्योगातील उत्कृष्ट पद्धती एकत्र करते आणि ज्ञान व प्रतिभेशी जोडलेले सक्षम तांत्रिक गुण बाळगते. Birdy स्पीकर परिपूर्णतेबद्दल आदरास पात्र आहे आणि जीवनाचा दर्जा सुधारून जग अधिक चांगले बनवण्यासाठी रचलेली आहे.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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