Soundmotion Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Isweydaarsi Muusig oo Falgal ah by Zhujun Pang

Soundmotion Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Isweydaarsi Muusig oo Falgal ah by Zhujun Pang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Qalabka Dhageyska iyo Codka Competition Category.

BirAlaabta Codka· 2024

Soundmotion Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Isweydaarsi Muusig oo Falgal ah

by Zhujun Pang

Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Alaabta Codka Category

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The Design

About Soundmotion Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Isweydaarsi Muusig oo Falgal ah

Qoraalka Buugga: Soundmotion waa isweydaarsi muusig oo falgal ah oo loogu talagalay lammaanayaal ku jira xiriirro fog. Lammaane kastaa wuxuu leeyahay qalab keliya, oo qalab kastaana ku xidhan yahay barnaamijka Soundmotion. Sildhigga sare ee qalabka una jiitista goob la go'aamiyay ayaa u beddela u dhexeeya dhagaysiga gaarka ah iyo Kanaalka Lammaanaha ee la wadaago, halkaas oo heesuhu ku dhici doonaan isla waqti ahaan. Giraan midab leh ayaa u ogolaanaya isticmaalayaasha inay doortaan oo u diraan emoji-yo si ay u muujiyaan dareenkooda. Qalabku wuxuu le'eg yahay 110 oo milimitir jiho ah, 160 milimitir dherer, iyo 110 milimitir balac. Soundmotion waxa uu isku daraa wadaagista muusigga iyo falgal fudud oo taaban ah si loo taageero dareenka joogitaanka dhexmara lammaanayaasha.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award

Soundmotion Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Isweydaarsi Muusig oo Falgal ah waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf leh oo la siiyo naqshado wanaagsan oo buuxiya shuruudaha xirfadeed iyo kuwa warshadeed ee laga filayo hal-abuurro si wanaagsan loo naqshadeeyay. Guuleystayaasha Birta waxay muujiyaan xirfad weyn, takhasus sare, fahan khabiir iyo awood hal-abuur oo abuurayaashooda. Soundmotion Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Isweydaarsi Muusig oo Falgal ah waa hal-abuur la filayo inuu noqdo mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, wax ku ool ah oo cusub. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu isku daraa hab-dhaqannada ugu wanaagsan warshadda wuxuuna leeyahay sifooyin farsamo oo karti leh oo ku xiran aqoon iyo hibo. Dhammaystirkeeda awgeed, Soundmotion Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Isweydaarsi Muusig oo Falgal ah waa mudan ixtiraam, waxaana loo naqshadeeyay inay keento hagaajin nololeed oo ka caawisa in adduunka laga dhigo meel ka wanaagsan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Soundmotion is a communication system crafted for long-distance relationship couple, aiming to foster seamless interaction through the integration of synchronized music listening and tangible engagement. The physical device is integrated with the Soundmotion application. By flipping the top of the device to different specific angles, users can choose between using the device as a regular music player or playing songs from the Couple channel and engaging in simple interactions with their partner.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length 110mm x Width 160mm x Height 110mm
Tags: Music sharing experience, Tangible interaction design, Long-distance relationship, Sound and Media, Multi-sensory Experience
Production Technology: Soundmotion utilizes the ESP8266 as its hardware platform to control the product's hardware and establish a connection with the Soundmotion server. This enables the transfer of emoji feedback data generated during user interaction, allowing Soundmotion to analyze the data using the Web API and provide personalized music recommendations for couples.
Design Challenge: The core challenge faced by this project is how to create a rich yet lightweight music-sharing experience for users. It aims to satisfy the entertaining aspect of couples' interaction while ensuring that such interactions do not pose a communication burden or disrupt their respective daily lives. Additionally, the project emphasizes emotional design, requiring simultaneous consideration across the dimensions of form, function, and interaction. It must meet the functional needs of emotional communication while providing users with a sense of presence and companionship from both the product's physical form and interactive feedback. The ultimate goal is to enhance the intimacy between couples through the design, fostering a stronger emotional connection.
Research: Exploring the use of music to facilitate implicit emotional communication between long-distance couples has emerged as a new design exploration space. Data collected through interviews and workshops conducted during the early stages of this design project indicate that music sharing can create daily topics for couples, provide a sense of presence through synchronized listening, and convey emotions and care through shared music. Therefore, this project aims to address the limitations in current research on long-distance intimate relationship technologies in the field of human-computer interaction, and explore how the combination of music sharing and explicit and implicit interactions can better help long-distance couples enhance their sense of intimacy.
Inspiration: Research shows music-sharing significantly contributes to maintaining and enhancing intimate relationships. Existing music players and streaming platforms, focused on individual experiences, rarely notice the potential of integrating the two aspects. Hence, Soundmotion is designed to deepen the connection between long-distance relationship couples through shared music experiences, enriched with a rich interactive design.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2023 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and finished in June 2023 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Operation Flow: Both partners in the couple each own a Soundmotion physical device, which is linked to their respective app accounts. Couples establish online and offline connections by jointly creating a Couple Channel in the app. Users can switch their status by sliding the device's top to a specific position, choosing between enjoying music individually or synchronizing with their partner in the Couple Channel. Additionally, users can express their emotions by selecting and sending emojis through the colored ring on the device.
Team Members: Zhujun Pang
Image Credits: Zhujun Pang, 2023