Birdy Asasliq Function: Динамик (Colonka) by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy Asasliq Function: Динамик (Colonka) by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award تۆمۈر مۇكاپاتى in ئاۋدىئو ۋە ئاۋاز ئەسلىھەسى لايىھەلەش Competition Category.

تۆمۈرئاۋدىئو مەھسۇلاتلىرى· 2023

Birdy Asasliq Function: Динамик (Colonka)

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award تۆمۈر مۇكاپاتى Winner in ئاۋدىئو مەھسۇلاتلىرى Category

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The Design

About Birdy Asasliq Function: Динамик (Colonka)

Kitab Teksti: Birdy — qol bilen musiqa qoyulushini bashqurushqa bolidighan qush shekilidiki bashqurush tayaqchisi bar bir динамик (colonka). Asti qismi konus shekilliك بولۇپ، ئۇنىڭدا ئىككى دانە 5W درايۋېر ۋە قوش قانالliق D-класلىق كۈچەيتكۈچ ئورۇنلاشتۇرۇلغان. Konusning üstidiki joystick sensori qush figurisining ikki oq boyiche healrikitini bayqiyalaydu. Qush figurisini aldi-keynige tewritish awazning egiz-pesligini teñshep, ong-solgha tewritish bolsa aldinqi ياكى كېيىنكى ناخشىغا ئالماشتۇرىدۇ. Birdy shuningdek qush awazلىرىغا ئىنكاس قايتۇرىدىغان ئەقلىي ئۆي ياردەمچىسى سۈپىتىدىمۇ خىزمەت قىلىدۇ. Bu dizayn ئىنسانلار بىلەن تېخنولوگىيە ئارىسىدا تەبىئىي ۋە ھېسسىي باغلىنىش ھاسىل قىلىشنى مەقسەت قىلغان.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award تۆمۈر مۇكاپاتى

Birdy Asasliq Function: Динамик (Colonka) A' Design Award تۆمۈر مۇكاپاتىنىڭ غالىبى، بۇ ياخشى لايىھىلەنگەن ئىجادىيەتلەردىن ساقلىنىدىغان كەسپىي ۋە سانائەت تەلەپلىرىنى قاندۇرىدىغان ياخشى لايىھىلەرگە بېرىلىدىغان ئابرويلۇق ئېتىراپتۇر. تۆمۈر غالىبلىرى ياراتقۇچىلىرىنىڭ زور ماھارىتى، يۇقىرى ئالاھىدە كەسپىلىكى، مۇتەخەسسىسلەرچە چۈشەنچىسى ۋە ئىجادىي قابىلىيىتىنى نامايان قىلىدۇ. Birdy Asasliq Function: Динамик (Colonka) ناھايىتى قەدىرلىنىدىغان، ھەيرانلىق بىلەن كۆرۈلىدىغان ۋە سۆيۈلىدىغان، ئەمەلىي ھەم يېڭىلىقچان ئىجادىيەت بولۇشى ئۈمىد قىلىنىدۇ. A' Design Award تۆمۈر مۇكاپاتىنى يەڭگەن بۇ لايىھە كەسىپنىڭ ئەڭ ياخشى ئەمەلىيەتلىرىنى بىرلەشتۈرىدۇ ھەمدە بىلىم ۋە ئىستېدات بىلەن باغلانغان لاياقەتلىك تېخنىكىلىق ئالاھىدىلىكلەرگە ئىگە. Birdy Asasliq Function: Динамик (Colonka) ئەستايىدىللىقى بىلەن ھۆرمەتكە سازاۋەر بولۇپ، دۇنيانى تېخىمۇ ياخشى ئورۇنغا ئايلاندۇرۇشقا ياردەم بېرىدىغان تۇرمۇش سۈپىتىنى ياخشىلاشنى تەمىنلەش ئۈچۈن لايىھىلەنگەن.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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