Cobble Nautaparlant Bluetooth per Eric Wu

Lo dissènh Cobble Nautaparlant Bluetooth per Eric Wu es un laureat autfo estimfo del prestigfo 2025 A' Design Award de Fèrre dins la Categoria de Competfo Electronica Grand Public.

FèrreElectronica Grand Public· 2025

Cobble Nautaparlant Bluetooth

per Eric Wu

Client : EW Design

Laureat del A' Design Award de Fèrre dins la Categoria Electronica Grand Public

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A prepaus de Cobble Nautaparlant Bluetooth

Cobble es un nautaparlant Bluetooth d'estagèra amb una interfàcia interactiva sus la susfàcia superiora. Quatre pivòts magnetics pòdon èsser plaçats segon de motius diferents sus una grasilha. Quand un motiu predefinit es acabat, lo nautaparlant jòga un perfil sonòr enregistrat, coma una boclada de sons de natura o de bruch blanc. Cobble fonciona tanben coma un nautaparlant Bluetooth normal per l'àudio venent d'un aparelh connectat. Lo plaçament dels pivòts fa pensar al jòc de tablièr Go e convida a un cort moment de concentracion tranquilla. Lo prototipe utiliza un bastiment de fusta, de panèls d'acrilic sablat e de bandas de lum LED.

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A prepaus del A' Design Award de Fèrre

Cobble Nautaparlant Bluetooth a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre, una reconeissença prestigiosa acordada a de bons designs que respondon a las exigéncias professionalas e industrialas esperadas de creacions plan concebudas. Los ganhaires del Fèrre demòstran una granda abilitat, una nauta especializacion, una comprenedura d'expèrt e la capacitat creativa de lors creators. S'espèra que Cobble Nautaparlant Bluetooth siá una creacion fòrça considerada, admirada e estimada, practica e innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre integra las melhoras practicas del sector e a de caracteristicas tecnicas competentas ligadas a un saber-far e a un talent. Per son rigor, Cobble Nautaparlant Bluetooth merita lo respècte e es destinat a aportar de melhoraments a la qualitat de la vida que ajudan a far del mond un luòc melhor.

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Proprietats Unicas: Cobble is a speaker with an interactive interface at the top. The user has access to 4 pegs that they can place in various patterns. When preset patterns connect, the speaker plays a saved tone. The speaker is made with the concept of "inadvertent mindfulness." Studies have found that the simple action of concentrating on one's actions offer moments of respite. By placing pegs, much like how one places stones in a Go game, the user enjoys a moment of peace.
Dimensions e Embalatge: 7 1/2" (width) * 7 5/16" (depth) * 2" (height)
Etiquetas: Speaker, Office, Mindfulness, Audio, Music
Tecnologia de Produccion: The prototype was constructed with a wooden casing with a four-panel construction. Sand-blasted acrylic panels are used to diffuse the lighting from LED light strips. The prototype control panel was made from an Arduino nano and will be replaced with more efficient chips in mass production. We experimented with various sensing methods and settled on magnetic sensing with Hall effect sensors as they appeared to be the most reliable.
Desaffo de Dissènh: The hardest part was figuring out the sweet spot of a big enough surface area and a compact enough footprint, the product being a shelf speaker after all. People wanted to engage with the interface but too much of it offered diminishing returns and research participants had more complaints of space constraints.
Recèrca: User research was conducted in collaboration with co-working spaces. We tested hypotheses like the following:
- How much spacing and how big do people prefer the pegs to be
- How many rows and columns work the best, offering novelty and comfort without overloading the user
- What footprint works the best without sacrificing too much room for interaction
Inspiracion: The design originated in a desire to question the prevalence of active mindfulness practices today. We have meditation apps, mindfulness sessions offered by corporations, and many more. While mindfulness is great, there are alternative activities that humans go to for similar purposes, without bearing the label of "mindfulness." Go, the Asian board game using stones, was a primary inspiration. What if we could have something built in that stimulates a sense of mindfulness, just like Go?
Durada del Projècte: Duration: 6 months
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Flux Operacional: The product behaves like a normal bluetooth speaker, so the user can connect to it with an end device and play whatever they want.

The unique interaction is that it can save and activate various sound profiles, which can be activated via placement of the magnetic pegs. The user would have to download a mobile app to change the default profiles, which are nature and white noise sound loops.
Membres de l'Equipa: Eric Wu
Crèdits d'Imatges: Photos: Eric Wu