Birdy Zvučnik by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy Zvučnik by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Гвоздена награда A' Design Award in Дизајн аудио и звучне опреме Competition Category.

ГвозденаАудио производи· 2023

Birdy Zvučnik

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

Гвоздена награда A' Design Award Winner in Аудио производи Category

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The Design

About Birdy Zvučnik

Birdy je zvučnik sa upravljačkom palicom u obliku ptice koja omogućava upravljanje reprodukcijom muzike rukom. Donji deo je zvučnik konusnog oblika sa dva drajvera od 5W i dvokanalnim klasa D pojačalom. Senzor tipa džojstik na vrhu konusa detektuje pokret ptičje figure po obe ose. Naginjanje ptičje figure napred ili nazad podešava jačinu zvuka, dok naginjanje levo ili desno bira prethodnu ili narednu pesmu. Birdy takođe funkcioniše kao pametni kućni asistent koji reaguje na ptičije glasove. Dizajn ima za cilj da stvori prirodnu i emocionalnu vezu između ljudi i tehnologije.

The Recognition

About the Гвоздена награда A' Design Award

Birdy Zvučnik је добитник Гвоздене награде A' Design Award, престижног признања које се додељује добрим дизајнима који испуњавају професионалне и индустријске захтеве очекиване од добро осмишљених творевина. Добитници Гвоздене награде показују велико умеће, високу специјализацију, стручно разумевање и креативне способности својих твораца. Очекује се да Birdy Zvučnik буде високо цењена, дивљена и вољена творевина која је практична и иновативна. Овај дизајн награђен Гвозденом наградом A' Design Award уграђује најбоље праксе индустрије и има компетентна техничка својства повезана са знањем и талентом. Захваљујући темељности, Birdy Zvučnik заслужује поштовање и осмишљен је да пружи побољшања квалитета живота која помажу да свет буде бољи.

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