Danish Fuel Draagbare Luidspreker by Rene Sundahl

Danish Fuel Draagbare Luidspreker by Rene Sundahl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Zilver in Beperkte Oplage en Maatwerk Ontwerp Competition Category.

ZilverBeperkte Oplage· 2023

Danish Fuel Draagbare Luidspreker

by Rene Sundahl

Client: Danish Fuel

A' Design Award in Zilver Winner in Beperkte Oplage Category

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The Design

About Danish Fuel Draagbare Luidspreker

Danish Fuel is een draagbare luidspreker gebouwd in een geüpcyclede metalen jerrycan uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Oude roest en verf worden verwijderd door ovenbehandeling en zandstralen, waarna de jerrycan wordt gepoedercoat in een groene satijnen afwerking. Het frontpaneel is gemaakt van gevormd multiplex met een toplaag van gerookt eiken. De bedieningsplaat, voetjes en markeringsplaatjes zijn van geanodiseerd aluminium. De luidspreker bevat een woofer, een tweeter en een klasse D-versterker. Geluid wordt afgespeeld via Bluetooth of een auxkabel, en de stroom komt van een accu of netstroom. Elk exemplaar draagt een uniek identificatienummer.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Zilver

Danish Fuel Draagbare Luidspreker is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Zilver, een buitengewoon prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan topontwerpen die prachtig en indrukwekkend zijn. Winnaars in Zilver zijn enorm briljante en uiterst creatieve werken die de uitmuntende expertise, het talent en de scherpzinnigheid van hun ontwerpers illustreren. Danish Fuel Draagbare Luidspreker wordt verwacht een prachtig paradepaardje te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en diepgaand innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Zilver heeft gewonnen, is een hoogst opmerkelijke, bewonderde uitvinding die baat en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verlegt. Danish Fuel Draagbare Luidspreker is een zeer benijde creatie die verlangens oproept, positieve gevoelens brengt en verbazing en verwondering doet ontvlammen.

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