Cobble Ҳолати асосӣ: Баландгӯяки Bluetooth by Eric Wu

Cobble Ҳолати асосӣ: Баландгӯяки Bluetooth by Eric Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Ҷоизаи оҳании A' Design Award in Дизайни дастгоҳҳои рақамӣ ва электронӣ Competition Category.

ОҳанЭлектроникаи истеъмолӣ· 2025

Cobble Ҳолати асосӣ: Баландгӯяки Bluetooth

by Eric Wu

Client: EW Design

Ҷоизаи оҳании A' Design Award Winner in Электроникаи истеъмолӣ Category

40,651

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #167221

View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Cobble Ҳолати асосӣ: Баландгӯяки Bluetooth

Матни китоб: Cobble баландгӯяки рафии Bluetooth бо интерфейси интерактивӣ дар сатҳи болоӣ мебошад. Чор мехи магнитӣ метавонанд дар шаклҳои гуногун дар рӯи тӯрчаи торӣ гузошта шаванд. Вақте ки нақши пешакӣ муайяншуда пурра иҷро мешавад, баландгӯяк профили садои сабтшударо, аз қабили садои табиат ё садои сафед дар шакли даврӣ, пахш мекунад. Cobble инчунин ҳамчун баландгӯяки муқаррарии Bluetooth барои садои дастгоҳи пайвастшуда кор мекунад. Ҷойгиркунии мехҳо бозии тахтагии Горо ба ёд меорад ва лаҳзаи кӯтоҳи тамаркузи ором ва хомӯширо даъват мекунад. Намунаи аввалия аз ғилофи чӯбӣ, панелҳои акрилии рег-парронидашуда ва навори чароғҳои LED истифода мебарад.

The Recognition

About the Ҷоизаи оҳании A' Design Award

Cobble Ҳолати асосӣ: Баландгӯяки Bluetooth ғолиби Ҷоизаи оҳании A' Design Award аст, ки эътирофи обрӯманд буда, ба тарҳҳои хуб дода мешавад, ки талаботи касбӣ ва саноатиро, ки аз офаридаҳои хуб тарҳрезишуда интизор меравад, иҷро мекунанд. Ғолибони оҳан маҳорати бузург, ихтисоси баланд, фаҳмиши коршиносона ва иқтидори эҷодии офаринандагони худро нишон медиҳанд. Интизор меравад, ки Cobble Ҳолати асосӣ: Баландгӯяки Bluetooth офаридаи хеле қадршуда, мавриди таҳсин ва маҳбуб бошад, ки амалӣ ва навоварона аст. Ин тарҳи ғолиби Ҷоизаи оҳании A' Design Award беҳтарин амалияи соҳаро муттаҳид мекунад ва хусусиятҳои босалоҳияти фаннӣ дорад, ки бо донишҳои амалӣ ва истеъдод пайваст шудаанд. Cobble Ҳолати асосӣ: Баландгӯяки Bluetooth барои диққаткорияш эҳтиром мешавад ва барои таъмини беҳбудиҳои сифати зиндагӣ, ки ба беҳтар кардани ҷаҳон кумак мекунанд, тарҳрезӣ шудааст.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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