Birdy Sesebediswa: Sebui by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Tšepe Dihlahiswa tsa Modumo · 2023

Birdy Sesebediswa: Sebui

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award 2023 in Dihlahiswa tsa Modumo
CLIENT: Zhejiang University
Estimated Number of Design Views: 16,701
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About Birdy Sesebediswa: Sebui

Mongolo wa Buka: Birdy ke sebui se nang le thupa ya taolo e etsweng sebopeho sa nonyana e etsang hore ho tsamaisa mmino ho ka laolwa ka letsoho. Karolo e tlase ke sebui sa sebopeho sa kwana se nang le didirisi tse pedi tsa 5W le seomeliswa sa mefokolo e habedi sa mofuta wa D. Sensara ya joystick e ka hodimo ho kwana e fumana motsamao wa setshwantsho sa nonyana ka mekgahlelo e mmedi. Ho sisinya setshwantsho sa nonyana ka pele kapa ka mora ho fetola bongata ba modumo, athe ho e sisinya ka nqane e nngwe kapa e nngwe ho kgetha pina e fetileng kapa e latelang. Birdy hape e sebetsa jwaloka mothusi wa lehae wa bohlale o arabelang mehoo ya dinonyana. Moralo o reretswe ho theha kamano ya tlhaho le ya maikutlo pakeng tsa batho le theknoloji.

About the Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award

Birdy Sesebediswa: Sebui ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang e fuoang meralo e metle e finyellang litlhoko tsa porofeshenale le tsa indasteri tse lebelletsoeng ho lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse entsoeng hantle. Bahapi ba Tšepe ba bontša bokhoni bo boholo, bokhethehi bo phahameng, kutloisiso ea litsebi le bokhoni ba boqapi ba baqapi ba bona. Birdy Sesebediswa: Sebui e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlahisitsoeng e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e sebetsang le e nang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa ea indasteri mme o na le litšobotsi tsa theknoloji tse nang le bokhoni tse amanang le tsebo le talenta. Ka lebaka la botlalo ba eona, Birdy Sesebediswa: Sebui e tšoanelehela tlhompho mme e entsoe ho fana ka ntlafatso ea bophelo e thusang ho etsa hore lefatše le be sebaka se molemo.

Press Kit

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.
Image Credits: Xin An