Birdy بنسټیز دنده: سپیکر by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy بنسټیز دنده: سپیکر by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 د اوسپنې A' Design Award جایزه in د آډیو او غږیزو تجهیزاتو ډیزاین Competition Category.

اوسپنهآډیو محصول· 2023

Birdy بنسټیز دنده: سپیکر

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

د اوسپنې A' Design Award جایزه Winner in آډیو محصول Category

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The Design

About Birdy بنسټیز دنده: سپیکر

د کتاب متن: بېردي یو سپیکر دی چې د مرغه په بڼه یو د کنټرول لرګی لري چې د موسیقۍ غږول د لاس په مرسته اداره کوي. لاندنۍ برخه د مخروط بڼې سپیکر دی چې دوه 5 واټه درایورونه او دوه چینلي کلاس D امپلیفایر لري. د مخروط سر ته یو جویسټیک سینسر د مرغه د مجسمې حرکت په دواړو محورونو کې تشخیصوي. د مرغه مجسمې مخته یا شاته ښورول د غږ کچه سمولي، پداسې حال کې چې کیڼ یا ښۍ لور ته یې ښورول د پخوانۍ یا راتلونکې سندرې غوره کولو لامل ګرځي. بېردي همدارنګه د یوه هوښیار کورني مرستیال په توګه هم کار کوي چې د مرغانو د غږونو ځواب ورکوي. دا ډیزاین د دې لپاره جوړ شوی چې د انسانانو او ټیکنالوژۍ ترمنځ یو طبیعي او احساساتي اړیکه رامنځته کړي.

The Recognition

About the د اوسپنې A' Design Award جایزه

Birdy بنسټیز دنده: سپیکر د اوسپنې A' Design Award جایزې ګټونکی دی، یوه ویاړلې پېژندنه چې ښو ډیزاینونو ته ورکول کېږي چې هغه مسلکي او صنعتي اړتیاوې پوره کوي چې له ښه ډیزاین شویو جوړښتونو څخه تمه کېږي. د اوسپنې ګټونکي د خپلو جوړوونکو لویه مهارت، لوړه تخصص، کارپوهانه پوهه او خلاقي وړتیا ښيي. له Birdy بنسټیز دنده: سپیکر څخه تمه کېږي چې یو ډېر ارزښتناک، ستایل شوی او ګران جوړښت وي چې عملي او نوښتګر دی. دا د اوسپنې A' Design Award جایزې ګټونکی ډیزاین د صنعت غوره کړنلارې یو ځای کوي او وړ تخنیکي ځانګړتیاوې لري چې له پوهې او استعداد سره تړلي دي. Birdy بنسټیز دنده: سپیکر د خپل دقت له امله درناوی کېږي او د ژوند د کیفیت داسې ښه والی وړاندې کولو لپاره ډیزاین شوی چې نړۍ یو ښه ځای ګرځولو کې مرسته کوي.

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