Tone Caixa de Som Sem Fio Residencial by MrSmith Studio

Tone Caixa de Som Sem Fio Residencial by MrSmith Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Equipamentos de Áudio e Som Competition Category.

PrataProdutos de Áudio· 2020

Tone Caixa de Som Sem Fio Residencial

by MrSmith Studio

Client: CONCRETAmente

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Produtos de Áudio Category

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The Design

About Tone Caixa de Som Sem Fio Residencial

Tone é uma caixa de som sem fio residencial com corpo feito em concreto, material escolhido por sua natureza densa que proporciona um gabinete sólido. É equipada com dois alto-falantes full-range e um subwoofer que proporcionam uma potência contínua de 200W. Baterias integradas e Bluetooth permitem que a Tone seja posicionada em qualquer lugar da casa, proporcionando uma experiência sonora Hi-Fi. Tanto a cor do concreto quanto o material dos painéis frontal e traseiro podem ser personalizados, e a grade frontal de alumínio opcional é mantida no lugar por meio de ímãs.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Tone Caixa de Som Sem Fio Residencial conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Tone Caixa de Som Sem Fio Residencial seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Tone Caixa de Som Sem Fio Residencial é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Tone is a wireless home speaker with the body made in concrete.
The reason behind this is that concrete is perfect sound transmission, therefore is one of the best materials for this kind of purpose.
It is equipped with built on batteries, so you can bring it anywhere in your house and listen to your preferred songs with a high quality sound experience.
Both color of the concrete and material of front and back panel can be customised in order to provide to clients a custom made product.
An optional aluminum front grid is kept in place simply trough magnets.
Dimensions & Packaging: Channels 2.1
2x50w 4 inches Full-Range Drivers
1x100w 5.25 inches Subwoofer
Frequency response 35Hz 20KHz
Continuous power output 200W
Max. SPL 100dB
Bass reflex port on the back
Acoustically isolated midrange chambers
Bluetooth 4.0
Class-D Amps
Active Crossover
Battery 5500mah
Dimensions 490 x 206 x 260 mm
Weights 9Kg
Tags: speaker, audio, portable, hifi, concrete, design, MrSmith, wireless, bluetooth, sound, experience
Production Technology: Body is made with UHPC, Ultra High Performance Concrete. This particular concrete has very high mechanical characteristics that allows to reduce thickness of sections. In addition to that has a very fine grain and whiter color, related to standard concrete. Pigment can be added to the mix and this allows to have body of different colours.
Design Challenge: Main challenge in this project has been fitting 200W of power output in a small portable speaker.
We've made several prototypes and mockups before landing on the final version of the speaker.
Research: The aim of this project was to create the best sound experience in a wireless home speaker. We made a deep research on components in order to find the best solution for a deep, clear and powerful sound experience.
In addition to that, we made a research on materials with the purpose to find the best solution for the body and frame. Came out that concrete has great sound transmission properties. In order to reduce the total weight we opted for a specific kind of concrete that has high structural strength properties and allows thin sections.
Inspiration: Because of it high sound transmission characteristics and stiffness, concrete has been already used in high end speakers, but because of its weight, none of them are portable. Therefore the idea was to create the best sound experience in portable speaker segment, with a body made in concrete.
Project Duration: Project has bee entirely developed in MrSmith Studio headquarter in Milan. Started in June 2019 and has been released in February 2020
Operation Flow: Interaction is very simple. Power and Bluetooth buttons are on the back plate. Once paired with your phone you can play your favourite track experiencing high quality audio. Tone is equipped with built on batteries so you can bring it anywhere. Next to the pool or in your living, wherever you want to hear some good music.
Patents: MrSmith Studio
Team Members: MrSmith Studio
Image Credits: MrSmith Studio