Birdy Wailesi ya Nyimbo by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Zipangizo za Mawu ndi Phokoso Competition Category.
ChitsuloZipangizo za Mawu· 2023
Birdy Wailesi ya Nyimbo
Client: Zhejiang University
Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award Winner in Zipangizo za Mawu Category
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The Design
About Birdy Wailesi ya Nyimbo
Birdy ndi wailesi ya nyimbo yokhala ndi ndodo yoyendetsera yopangidwa ngati mbalame yomwe imalola kusewera nyimbo kuyendetsedwa ndi dzanja. Gawo lakumunsi ndi wailesi yopangidwa ngati koni yokhala ndi ma drivers awiri a 5W ndi amplifier ya kalasi D yamitundu iwiri. Chizindikiritso cha joystick pamwamba pa koniyo chimazindikira kayendedwe ka chifanizo cha mbalame m'njira zonse ziwiri. Kupendekeza chifanizo cha mbalame kutsogolo kapena kumbuyo kumasintha kukweza kwa mawu, pamene kupendekeza kumanzere kapena kumanja kumasankha nyimbo yapitayo kapena yotsatira. Birdy imagwiranso ntchito ngati mthandizi wanzeru wa panyumba yemwe amayankha maliseche a mbalame. Kapangidwe kameneka kali ndi cholinga chopanga ubale wachilengedwe komanso wamalingaliro pakati pa anthu ndi ukadaulo.
The Recognition
About the Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award
Birdy Wailesi ya Nyimbo ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino omwe amakwaniritsa zofunika za akatswiri ndi za makampani zomwe zimayembekezeka kuchokera ku zolengedwa zopangidwa bwino. Opambana a Chitsulo amaonetsa luso lalikulu, ukatswiri wapamwamba, kumvetsetsa kwa akatswiri ndi mphamvu yolenga ya opanga awo. Birdy Wailesi ya Nyimbo akuyembekezeka kukhala cholengedwa choyamikiridwa kwambiri, chosirira ndi chokondedwa chomwe ndi chothandiza ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a makampani ndipo ali ndi makhalidwe a ukadaulo oyenerera olumikizidwa ndi chidziwitso ndi luso. Birdy Wailesi ya Nyimbo amalemekezedwa chifukwa cha kusamala kwake ndipo anapangidwa kuti apereke kukonza kwa moyo kumene kumathandiza kusandutsa dziko kukhala malo abwino.
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
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