Birdy Kamachiq Rimay by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy Kamachiq Rimay by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Uyarina Llamkana Kamay Competition Category.

FierruUyarina Ruray· 2023

Birdy Kamachiq Rimay

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Uyarina Ruray Category

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The Design

About Birdy Kamachiq Rimay

Qillqasqa Simi: Birdy nisqaqa huk kamachiq rimaymi, pisqu tupuyniyuq kamachiq tawnayuq, chaywanmi makiwan takiyta kamachiy atikun. Ura kaq partinqa kunu tupuyniyuq kamachiq rimaymi, iskay 5W drivers-niyuq hinallataq iskay canal class D amplificador-niyuq. Kunu patapi huk joystick sensor-mi pisqu rikch'aypa kuyusqanta tarin, iskay ñanpi. Pisqu rikch'ayta ñawpaqman utaq qhipaman kuyuchisqaqa kamachiq rimaypa sonqonta (volumenta) allichanmi, ichaqa lluq'iman utaq pañaman kuyuchisqaqa ñawpaq takiyta utaq qatiq takiyta akllan. Birdy-qa huk yachaysapa wasi yanapaqhina llamk'anmi, pisqukunapa waqayninkunaman kutichispa. Kay kamachiy ruwayqa runakunapa hinallataq teknolojiapa ukhu kawsayninkuta, sunqumantapas hunt'a tinkuchiyta munan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu

Birdy Kamachiq Rimay A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. Birdy Kamachiq Rimay sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta Birdy Kamachiq Rimay yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.

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