Cobble Spika ya Bluetooth by Eric Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Vifaa vya Dijitali na Elektroniki Competition Category.
ChumaElektroniki za Watumiaji· 2025
Cobble Spika ya Bluetooth
by Eric Wu
Client: EW Design
Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award Winner in Elektroniki za Watumiaji Category
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About Cobble Spika ya Bluetooth
Cobble ni spika ya Bluetooth ya kuwekwa kwenye rafu yenye kiolesura shirikishi juu ya uso wake. Vigingi vinne vya sumaku vinaweza kuwekwa katika mifumo tofauti kwenye gridi. Mfumo uliowekwa awali ukikamilika, spika hucheza wasifu wa sauti uliohifadhiwa, kama vile mzunguko wa sauti za asili au white noise. Cobble pia hufanya kazi kama spika ya kawaida ya Bluetooth kwa sauti kutoka kifaa kilichounganishwa. Kitendo cha kuweka vigingi kinakumbusha mchezo wa bao wa Go na kinaalika muda mfupi wa umakini kimya. Kielelezo cha awali kinatumia kasha la mbao, paneli za akriliki zilizopulizwa mchanga, na fito za taa za LED.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award
Cobble Spika ya Bluetooth 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. Cobble Spika ya Bluetooth 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. Cobble Spika ya Bluetooth 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
- Cobble is a speaker with an interactive interface at the top. The user has access to 4 pegs that they can place in various patterns. When preset patterns connect, the speaker plays a saved tone. The speaker is made with the concept of "inadvertent mindfulness." Studies have found that the simple action of concentrating on one's actions offer moments of respite. By placing pegs, much like how one places stones in a Go game, the user enjoys a moment of peace.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 7 1/2" (width) * 7 5/16" (depth) * 2" (height)
- Tags
- Speaker, Office, Mindfulness, Audio, Music
- Production Technology
- The prototype was constructed with a wooden casing with a four-panel construction. Sand-blasted acrylic panels are used to diffuse the lighting from LED light strips. The prototype control panel was made from an Arduino nano and will be replaced with more efficient chips in mass production. We experimented with various sensing methods and settled on magnetic sensing with Hall effect sensors as they appeared to be the most reliable.
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part was figuring out the sweet spot of a big enough surface area and a compact enough footprint, the product being a shelf speaker after all. People wanted to engage with the interface but too much of it offered diminishing returns and research participants had more complaints of space constraints.
- Research
- User research was conducted in collaboration with co-working spaces. We tested hypotheses like the following:
- How much spacing and how big do people prefer the pegs to be
- How many rows and columns work the best, offering novelty and comfort without overloading the user
- What footprint works the best without sacrificing too much room for interaction - Inspiration
- The design originated in a desire to question the prevalence of active mindfulness practices today. We have meditation apps, mindfulness sessions offered by corporations, and many more. While mindfulness is great, there are alternative activities that humans go to for similar purposes, without bearing the label of "mindfulness." Go, the Asian board game using stones, was a primary inspiration. What if we could have something built in that stimulates a sense of mindfulness, just like Go?
- Project Duration
- Duration: 6 months
Location: Rhode Island, United States - Operation Flow
- The product behaves like a normal bluetooth speaker, so the user can connect to it with an end device and play whatever they want.
The unique interaction is that it can save and activate various sound profiles, which can be activated via placement of the magnetic pegs. The user would have to download a mobile app to change the default profiles, which are nature and white noise sound loops. - Team Members
- Eric Wu
- Image Credits
- Photos: Eric Wu
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