Cobble Bluetooth zvočnik – avtor Eric Wu

Delo Cobble Bluetooth zvočnik avtorja Eric Wu je izjemno cenjeni dobitnik prestižne nagrade 2025 Železna nagrada A' Design Award v tekmovalni kategoriji Oblikovanje digitalnih in elektronskih naprav.

ŽeleznaZabavna elektronika· 2025

Cobble Bluetooth zvočnik

avtor/ica: Eric Wu

Naročnik: EW Design

Dobitnik nagrade Železna nagrada A' Design Award v kategoriji Zabavna elektronika

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Dizajn

O dizajnu Cobble Bluetooth zvočnik

Cobble je Bluetooth zvočnik za knjižno polico z interaktivnim vmesnikom na zgornji površini. Na mreži je mogoče v različnih vzorcih razporediti štiri magnetne zatiče. Ko je dokončan vnaprej določen vzorec, zvočnik predvaja shranjen zvočni profil, na primer zanko naravnih zvokov ali belega šuma. Cobble deluje tudi kot običajen Bluetooth zvočnik za predvajanje zvoka s povezane naprave. Razporejanje zatičev spominja na namizno igro go in povabi uporabnika k kratkemu trenutku tihe osredotočenosti. Prototip uporablja leseno ohišje, peskane akrilne plošče in LED svetlobne trakove.

Priznanje

O nagradi Železna nagrada A' Design Award

Cobble Bluetooth zvočnik je prejemnik Železne nagrade A' Design Award, prestižnega priznanja, ki se podeljuje dobrim oblikovanjem, ki izpolnjujejo profesionalne in industrijske zahteve, pričakovane od dobro zasnovanih stvaritev. Prejemniki Železne nagrade kažejo veliko spretnost, visoko specializacijo, strokovno razumevanje in ustvarjalne zmožnosti svojih ustvarjalcev. Od Cobble Bluetooth zvočnik se pričakuje, da bo visoko cenjena, občudovana in ljubljena stvaritev, ki je praktična in inovativna. To oblikovanje, nagrajeno z Železno nagrado A' Design Award, vključuje najboljše prakse panoge in ima kompetentne tehnične lastnosti, povezane s strokovnim znanjem in talentom. Zaradi svoje temeljitosti si Cobble Bluetooth zvočnik zasluži spoštovanje in je zasnovan tako, da zagotavlja izboljšave kakovosti življenja, ki pomagajo narediti svet boljši kraj.

V ozadju dizajna

Komplet za medije

Zasluge, člani ekipe in tehnične podrobnosti, ki jih je posredoval oblikovalec.

Edinstvene lastnosti: Cobble is a speaker with an interactive interface at the top. The user has access to 4 pegs that they can place in various patterns. When preset patterns connect, the speaker plays a saved tone. The speaker is made with the concept of "inadvertent mindfulness." Studies have found that the simple action of concentrating on one's actions offer moments of respite. By placing pegs, much like how one places stones in a Go game, the user enjoys a moment of peace.
Dimenzije in embalaža: 7 1/2" (width) * 7 5/16" (depth) * 2" (height)
Oznake: Speaker, Office, Mindfulness, Audio, Music
Proizvodna tehnologija: The prototype was constructed with a wooden casing with a four-panel construction. Sand-blasted acrylic panels are used to diffuse the lighting from LED light strips. The prototype control panel was made from an Arduino nano and will be replaced with more efficient chips in mass production. We experimented with various sensing methods and settled on magnetic sensing with Hall effect sensors as they appeared to be the most reliable.
Oblikovalski izziv: The hardest part was figuring out the sweet spot of a big enough surface area and a compact enough footprint, the product being a shelf speaker after all. People wanted to engage with the interface but too much of it offered diminishing returns and research participants had more complaints of space constraints.
Raziskave: User research was conducted in collaboration with co-working spaces. We tested hypotheses like the following:
- How much spacing and how big do people prefer the pegs to be
- How many rows and columns work the best, offering novelty and comfort without overloading the user
- What footprint works the best without sacrificing too much room for interaction
Inspiracija: The design originated in a desire to question the prevalence of active mindfulness practices today. We have meditation apps, mindfulness sessions offered by corporations, and many more. While mindfulness is great, there are alternative activities that humans go to for similar purposes, without bearing the label of "mindfulness." Go, the Asian board game using stones, was a primary inspiration. What if we could have something built in that stimulates a sense of mindfulness, just like Go?
Trajanje projekta: Duration: 6 months
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Potek delovanja: The product behaves like a normal bluetooth speaker, so the user can connect to it with an end device and play whatever they want.

The unique interaction is that it can save and activate various sound profiles, which can be activated via placement of the magnetic pegs. The user would have to download a mobile app to change the default profiles, which are nature and white noise sound loops.
Člani ekipe: Eric Wu
Zasluge za slike: Photos: Eric Wu