Sirocco Caixa de Som by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Ferro in Design de Equipamentos de Áudio e Som Competition Category.

FerroProdutos de Áudio· 2024

Sirocco Caixa de Som

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited

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

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The Design

About Sirocco Caixa de Som

Sirocco é uma caixa de som multifuncional cujo design é inspirado em lanternas chinesas. É ousada e inovadora em sua estrutura. Através do design único de estrutura alveolar, conduz e difunde ainda mais o som, aprimorando assim a experiência do usuário e a qualidade musical, proporcionando uma experiência de uso e visual diferenciada. É também dobrável, e o revestimento da caixa de som é armazenável e modular, com uma variedade de formatos de carcaça que podem ser substituídos a qualquer momento de acordo com o humor do usuário e o ambiente doméstico.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Sirocco Caixa de Som conquistou o A' Design Award de Ferro, um reconhecimento prestigiado atribuído a bons designs que cumprem os requisitos profissionais e industriais esperados de criações bem concebidas. Os vencedores do Ferro demonstram grande habilidade, elevada especialização, compreensão especializada e capacidade criativa dos seus criadores. Espera-se que Sirocco Caixa de Som seja uma criação muito considerada, admirada e estimada, prática e inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as melhores práticas do setor e tem características técnicas competentes associadas a conhecimento especializado e talento. Pela sua minúcia, Sirocco Caixa de Som merece respeito e destina-se a proporcionar melhorias na qualidade de vida que ajudam a tornar o mundo num lugar melhor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This speaker further conducts and diffuses sound through its unique honeycomb structure design, thereby further enhancing the user's experience and music quality.
This speaker is foldable. The speaker's shell is stowable and modular, and comes with a variety of shell shapes that can be replaced at any time according to the user's mood and home environment. Improve sound quality.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 180mm x Length 180mm x Height 350mm
Tags: Honeycomb, Modular, Warm, Natural, Retro, Humanized, High-Fidelity
Production Technology: The switch and volume adjustment part of the speaker adopts the retro horizontal sliding adjustment form. The main part uses a large number of wooden structures, and the foldable honeycomb structure at the upper end can be assembled and disassembled by rotation, making it easy to replace, store and clean.
Design Challenge: The challenge in the design process of this product was how to combine the honeycomb structure of the lantern with the speaker and have replaceable modular functions.
Research: Based on the traditional speaker, this product has a new design for its appearance and structure. It improves the sound quality through a unique honeycomb structure and adds replaceable modular functions, making it interesting.
Inspiration: This speaker is inspired by Chinese lanterns. The structure of the Chinese lantern is extracted and simplified, and its unique honeycomb structure is combined with the speaker to help improve the sound quality.
In addition, the Chinese lantern is foldable, and its application on the casing of the speaker makes it stowable and modular. It allows users to store it conveniently, and at the same time, it can be replaced with different appearances according to the user's preferences.
Project Duration: The project starts at Qingdao University of Technology in August 2023 and ends at Qingdao University of Technology in February 2024.
Operation Flow: This speaker can be connected to the user's mobile phone or computer and other devices via Bluetooth, or you can choose to connect with a data cable. The appearance and structure are inspired by the honeycomb structure of Chinese lanterns, which can improve the sound quality and make it easy to fold, store and replace.