Ovo Melody Kifaa cha Muziki by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Vinyago, Michezo na Bidhaa za Burudani Competition Category.
ChumaKinyago· 2021
Ovo Melody Kifaa cha Muziki
by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin
Client: Size M design studio
Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award Winner in Kinyago Category
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About Ovo Melody Kifaa cha Muziki
Ovo Melody ni kifaa cha muziki kilichoundwa kwa ajili ya wachezaji wa umri wowote wenye ujuzi mdogo au wasio na ujuzi wa muziki kabisa. Nodi huwekwa kwenye njia maalum, na mpira wenye kihisi cha sumaku (magnetic sensor) huviringika chini na kusoma nguvu ya sumaku ya kila nodi ili kutambua kiwango cha muziki (musical scale). Data hiyo kisha hutumwa kupitia Bluetooth hadi kituo cha msingi (base station), ambacho hucheza sauti husika. Kituo hicho kina uwezo wa kubeba ala mbalimbali za muziki, hivyo tarumbeta, piano au gitaa vinaweza kuchaguliwa kwa kubadilisha sehemu ya chini ya kifaa. Alama za maandishi ya Breli (Braille) zimewekwa kwenye kila kipengele na kwenye kadi za maelekezo, ili watu wenye ulemavu wa kuona nao waweze kuunda upya nyimbo wanazozifahamu au kutunga mpya.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award
Ovo Melody Kifaa cha Muziki ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima unaotolewa kwa miundo mizuri inayokidhi mahitaji ya kitaalamu na ya kiviwanda yanayotarajiwa kutoka kwa kazi zilizobuniwa vizuri. Washindi wa Chuma huonyesha ustadi mkubwa, utaalamu wa hali ya juu, uelewa wa kitaalamu na uwezo wa kibunifu wa waumbaji wao. Ovo Melody Kifaa cha Muziki inatarajiwa kuwa kazi inayothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambayo ni ya vitendo na bunifu. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora za tasnia na una sifa za kiufundi zenye uwezo zilizounganishwa na ujuzi na kipaji. Ovo Melody Kifaa cha Muziki inaheshimiwa kwa uangalifu wake na imebuniwa kutoa maboresho ya ubora wa maisha yanayosaidia kuufanya ulimwengu kuwa mahali bora zaidi.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- By placing different nodes on the tracks, users can either recreate the music they heard before or make new music on their own.
The base contains different instruments, so by switching the bottom the music can be played by trumpet, piano, guitar etc. The designer wish to add a bit of fun when people stay home for the 14 days, during this epidemic. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 300mm x Depth 80mm x Height 390 mm
- Tags
- waronvirus, toydesign, visualdisibility, adesign, musictoy, stayhome
- Production Technology
- Each node has a magnet with a different strength, so the ball with a magnetic sensor inside can recognize the difference and judge the musical scale. After detecting, the ball transmits the data to the base station by Bluetooth to play music.
- Design Challenge
- Visual disable experience to the most challenging part of this project. Each part of the project are marked with braille notation. By trying the prototype, the team adjust the positions of braille, and show it as what present.
- Research
- The instructional cards are the musical scores of melodies in preset arrangements with movable square locators on each card to enable a visually impaired person to find the musical note on the card then to find the corresponding node to attach to the tracks.
- Inspiration
- This project started as a set of toy for anyone in any age/background to enjoy music, but it became much more than just a set of toy.
The concept of this project came from a well-known infant toy that put a ball on a track and the ball will slide down from the track. - Project Duration
- The project started in 2019 in Taipei and planed to finish in Dec 2020.
- Operation Flow
- This toy instrument is made for preschool to adult players with little or no musical knowledge and specifically using braille notation it is for visually impaired person's enjoyment.
- Team Members
- Designers: Marco Guariglia, Jui Ju Lin
Engineers: Chih Hung Hsu, Keng Ju Lin, Ray Peng, Xerox Lin - Image Credits
- Image #main: Marco Guariglia/2020/Taipei
Image #1: Marco Guariglia/2020/Taipei
Image #2: Marco Guariglia/2020/Taipei
Image #3: Marco Guariglia/2020/Taipei
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