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Danish Fuel ᱤᱫᱤ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱯᱤᱠᱚᱨ by Rene Sundahl

Danish Fuel ᱤᱫᱤ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱯᱤᱠᱚᱨ by Rene Sundahl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱥᱤᱢᱤᱛ ᱥᱚᱝᱥᱠᱚᱨᱚᱱ Competition Category.


ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱥᱤᱢᱤᱛ ᱥᱚᱝᱥᱠᱚᱨᱚᱱ· 2023

Danish Fuel ᱤᱫᱤ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱯᱤᱠᱚᱨ

by Rene Sundahl

Client: Danish Fuel

A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱥᱤᱢᱤᱛ ᱥᱚᱝᱥᱠᱚᱨᱚᱱ Category

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The Design

About Danish Fuel ᱤᱫᱤ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱯᱤᱠᱚᱨ

ᱰᱮᱱᱤᱥ ᱯᱷᱩᱭᱮᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱤᱫᱤ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱯᱤᱠᱚᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱞᱟᱹᱲᱦᱟᱹᱭ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱩᱯᱥᱟᱭᱠᱚᱞ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱮᱰ ᱡᱮᱨᱤ ᱠᱮᱱ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱢᱚᱨᱪᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱚᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱮᱥ ᱛᱨᱤᱴᱢᱮᱱᱴ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱮᱱᱰᱵᱞᱟᱥᱴᱤᱝ ᱛᱮ ᱚᱪᱚᱜ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱠᱮᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹᱲ ᱥᱮᱴᱤᱱ ᱯᱷᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱛᱮ ᱯᱟᱣᱰᱚᱨ ᱠᱚᱴ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱯᱮᱱᱮᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱞᱰᱮᱰ ᱯᱞᱟᱭᱣᱩᱰ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱯᱚᱨᱚᱛ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱢᱚᱠᱰ ᱚᱠ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱠᱚᱱᱴᱨᱚᱞ ᱯᱞᱮᱴ, ᱡᱟᱝᱜᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱤᱱᱦᱟᱹ ᱯᱞᱮᱴ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱱᱚᱰᱟᱭᱡᱰ ᱮᱞᱩᱢᱤᱱᱤᱭᱚᱢ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱥᱯᱤᱠᱚᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱣᱩᱯᱷᱚᱨ, ᱢᱤᱫ ᱴᱣᱤᱴᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱞᱟᱥ ᱰᱤ ᱮᱢᱯᱞᱤᱯᱷᱟᱭᱚᱨ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱥᱟᱰᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱞᱩᱴᱩᱛᱷ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱚᱠᱥᱤᱞᱤᱭᱟᱨᱤ ᱠᱮᱵᱚᱞ ᱛᱮ ᱟᱸᱡᱚᱢᱚᱜᱼᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱵᱤᱡᱞᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱮᱴᱨᱤ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱢᱮᱱ ᱵᱤᱡᱞᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱧᱟᱢᱚᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱭᱩᱱᱤᱴ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱮᱠᱞᱟ ᱩᱯᱨᱩᱢ ᱮᱞ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ

Danish Fuel ᱤᱫᱤ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱯᱤᱠᱚᱨ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Danish Fuel ᱤᱫᱤ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱯᱤᱠᱚᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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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