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Danish Fuel Coluna Portátil by Rene Sundahl
Danish Fuel Coluna Portátil by Rene Sundahl
Danish Fuel Coluna Portátil by Rene Sundahl
Danish Fuel Coluna Portátil by Rene Sundahl
Danish Fuel Coluna Portátil by Rene Sundahl

Prata Edição Limitada · 2023

Danish Fuel Coluna Portátil

by Rene Sundahl

  • A' Design Award de Prata 2023 in Edição Limitada
  • CLIENT: Danish Fuel
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 586,250
  • Verification code B930EA7083 · Verify this award
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About Danish Fuel Coluna Portátil

Danish Fuel é uma coluna portátil construída dentro de um jerrican metálico da Segunda Guerra Mundial reaproveitado. A ferrugem e a tinta antigas são removidas por tratamento em forno e jato de areia, sendo o bidão depois revestido a pó com um acabamento acetinado verde. O painel frontal é feito de contraplacado moldado com uma camada superior de carvalho fumado. A placa de comandos, os pés e as placas de identificação são de alumínio anodizado. A coluna integra um woofer, um tweeter e um amplificador de classe D. O som é reproduzido através de Bluetooth ou de um cabo auxiliar, e a alimentação provém de uma bateria ou da rede elétrica. Cada unidade possui um número de identificação único.

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Danish Fuel Coluna Portátil 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 Danish Fuel Coluna Portátil 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. Danish Fuel Coluna Portátil é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

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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

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