Birdy Kelliem by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Ħadid Prodotti Awdjo · 2023

Birdy Kelliem

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid 2023 in Prodotti Awdjo
CLIENT: Zhejiang University
Estimated Number of Design Views: 16,701
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About Birdy Kelliem

Birdy huwa kelliem b'lasta ta' kontroll fil-forma ta' għasfur li tippermetti li r-riproduzzjoni tal-mużika tiġi ġestita bl-idejn. Il-parti t'isfel hija kelliem b'forma ta' konu b'żewġ drivers ta' 5W u amplifikatur ta' klassi D b'żewġ kanali. Sensor joystick fil-quċċata tal-konu jirrileva l-moviment tal-figura tal-għasfur fuq iż-żewġ assi. Meta l-figura tal-għasfur tiġi mċaqilqa 'l quddiem jew lura, jiġi aġġustat il-volum, filwaqt li meta tiġi mċaqilqa lejn ix-xellug jew il-lemin, tintgħażel il-kanzunetta ta' qabel jew ta' wara. Birdy jaħdem ukoll bħala assistent għad-dar intelliġenti li jirrispondi għal għajjat tal-għasafar. Id-disinn huwa maħsub biex joħloq konnessjoni naturali u emozzjonali bejn in-nies u t-teknoloġija.

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid

Birdy Kelliem huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż mogħti lil disinji tajbin li jissodisfaw ir-rekwiżiti professjonali u industrijali mistennija minn ħolqien imfassal tajjeb. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Ħadid juru l-ħila kbira, l-ispeċjalizzazzjoni għolja, il-fehim espert u l-kapaċità kreattiva tal-ħallieqa tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Birdy Kelliem ikun ħolqien imqabbar ħafna, mammirat u maħbub li huwa prattiku u innovattiv. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Ħadid jintegra l-aħjar prattiki tal-industrija u għandu karatteristiċi tekniċi kompetenti marbuta mal-għarfien u t-talent. Birdy Kelliem huwa rispettat għall-eżattezza tiegħu u mfassal biex itejjeb il-kwalità tal-ħajja u jgħin jagħmel id-dinja post aħjar.

Press Kit

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.
Image Credits: Xin An