Birdy Kifaa cha Sauti by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy Kifaa cha Sauti by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Vifaa vya Sauti na Vifaa vya Kusikiliza Competition Category.

ChumaBidhaa za Sauti· 2023

Birdy Kifaa cha Sauti

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award Winner in Bidhaa za Sauti Category

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The Design

About Birdy Kifaa cha Sauti

Maandishi ya Kitabu: Birdy ni spika yenye kijiti cha kudhibiti chenye umbo la ndege kinachoruhusu udhibiti wa muziki kwa mkono. Sehemu ya chini ni spika yenye umbo la koni ikiwa na drava mbili za wati 5 na kikuza sauti cha njia mbili cha aina ya class D. Sensa ya joystick iliyo juu ya koni hugundua mwendo wa umbo la ndege katika pande zote mbili. Kuyumbisha umbo la ndege mbele au nyuma hurekebisha kiwango cha sauti, wakati kuliyumbisha kushoto au kulia huchagua wimbo uliopita au unaofuata. Birdy pia hufanya kazi kama msaidizi wa nyumba mahiri anayeitikia sauti za ndege. Muundo huu umekusudiwa kuunda uhusiano wa asili na wa kihisia kati ya watu na teknolojia.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award

Birdy Kifaa cha Sauti 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. Birdy Kifaa cha Sauti 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. Birdy Kifaa cha Sauti 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: 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