Danish Fuel Bærbar høyttaler by Rene Sundahl

Danish Fuel Bærbar høyttaler by Rene Sundahl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award i Sølv in Begrenset Opplag og Spesialdesign Competition Category.

SølvBegrenset opplag· 2023

Danish Fuel Bærbar høyttaler

by Rene Sundahl

Client: Danish Fuel

A' Design Award i Sølv Winner in Begrenset opplag Category

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The Design

About Danish Fuel Bærbar høyttaler

Danish Fuel er en bærbar høyttaler bygget inn i en gjenbrukt jerrykanne i metall fra andre verdenskrig. Gammel rust og maling fjernes ved ovnsbehandling og sandblåsing, og kannen pulverlakkeres deretter i en grønn satengfinish. Frontpanelet er laget av formpresset kryssfiner med et topplag i røkt eik. Kontrollplaten, føttene og merkeplatene er i anodisert aluminium. Høyttaleren inneholder en basshøyttaler, en diskanthøyttaler og en klasse D-forsterker. Lyd spilles via Bluetooth eller en AUX-kabel, og strømmen kommer fra et batteri eller strømnettet. Hver enhet bærer et unikt identifikasjonsnummer.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Sølv

Danish Fuel Bærbar høyttaler er vinner av A' Design Award i Sølv, en usedvanlig prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles design i toppklassen som er nydelige og imponerende. Sølvvinnere er enormt briljante og usedvanlig kreative verk som viser designernes enestående ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighet. Danish Fuel Bærbar høyttaler forventes å være et praktfullt utstillingsverk som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonelt og dypt nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en svært bemerkelsesverdig, beundret oppfinnelse som gagner og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. Danish Fuel Bærbar høyttaler er et skaperverk mange misunner, som vekker ønsker, gir positive følelser og vekker undring og forundring.

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