Birdy اسپيکر by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award لوهه انعام in آڊيو ۽ آواز سامان ڊيزائن Competition Category.

لوههآڊيو پراڊڪٽس· 2023

Birdy اسپيکر

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award لوهه انعام Winner in آڊيو پراڊڪٽس Category

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The Design

About Birdy اسپيکر

بردي هڪ اسپيکر آهي جنهن ۾ پکيءَ جي شڪل وارو ڪنٽرول اسٽڪ لڳل آهي، جيڪو هٿ سان موسيقي جي پليبيڪ کي منظم ڪرڻ جي اجازت ڏئي ٿو. هيٺيون حصو ڪون شڪل وارو اسپيکر آهي، جنهن ۾ 5 وياٽ جا ٻه ڊرائيور ۽ ڊوئل چينل ڪلاس ڊي ائمپليفائر موجود آهن. ڪون جي مٿي واري حصي ۾ لڳل جوائي اسٽڪ سينسر پکيءَ جي مورتي جي حرڪت کي ٻنهي محورن تي محسوس ڪري ٿو. پکيءَ جي مورتي کي اڳيان يا پويان لوڏڻ سان آواز جي مقدار ۾ تبديلي اچي ٿي، جڏهن ته کاٻي يا ساڄي پاسي لوڏڻ سان اڳوڻو يا پويون گانو چونڊجي ٿو. بردي هڪ اسمارٽ هوم اسسٽنٽ جي طور تي پڻ ڪم ڪري ٿو، جيڪو پکين جي آوازن جو جواب ڏئي ٿو. اهو ڊزائين ماڻهن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي جي وچ ۾ هڪ فطري ۽ جذباتي رابطو پيدا ڪرڻ جي مقصد سان ٺاهيو ويو آهي.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award لوهه انعام

Birdy اسپيکر A' Design Award لوهه انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، معزز اعتراف جيڪو انهن سٺين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو جيڪي چڱيءَ طرح ڊزائين ڪيل تخليقن کان متوقع پيشه ورانه ۽ صنعتي گهرجون پوريون ڪن ٿيون. لوهه جا کٽيندڙ پنهنجي خالقن جي وڏي مهارت، اعليٰ ماهري، ماهرانه سمجھ ۽ تخليقي صلاحيت ڏيکارين ٿا. Birdy اسپيکر کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پياري تخليق هوندو جيڪو عملي ۽ جدت وارو آهي. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award لوهه انعام کٽيو آهي، صنعت جا بهترين طريقا گڏ ڪري ٿو ۽ علم ۽ صلاحيت سان ڳنڍيل قابل ٽيڪنيڪل خاصيتون رکي ٿو. Birdy اسپيکر جي سنجيدگيءَ ڪري عزت ڪئي وڃي ٿي ۽ اهو زندگيءَ جي معيار ۾ بهتري آڻڻ لاءِ ٺاهيل آهي جيڪا دنيا کي بهتر جڳهه بڻائڻ ۾ مدد ڪري ٿي.

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