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Architone موسیقی سیکھنے کی ایپ by Jiaxing Yu and Wenqi Wu

Architone موسیقی سیکھنے کی ایپ by Jiaxing Yu and Wenqi Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award آہنی انعام in تعلیم، تدریسی امداد اور تربیتی مواد ڈیزائن Competition Category.


لوہاتعلیم· 2025

Architone موسیقی سیکھنے کی ایپ

by Jiaxing Yu and Wenqi Wu

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award آہنی انعام Winner in تعلیم Category

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The Design

About Architone موسیقی سیکھنے کی ایپ

روایتی موسیقی کی تعلیم اکثر تجریدی نظریات اور سمعی مہارتوں کی وجہ سے سیکھنے والوں کو الجھا دیتی ہے، جس سے ان کی دلچسپی اور تخلیقی صلاحیت میں کمی آتی ہے۔ Architone تجدیدی انداز میں تجریدی موسیقی کے نظریات کو بدیہی موسیقی کے بلاکس اور عمارتوں میں تبدیل کرتا ہے تاکہ سیکھنے والے دلچسپ تعامل کے ذریعے قدرتی طور پر علم حاصل کریں اور بالآخر انہیں خوبصورت موسیقی تخلیق کرنے کی قوت ملے۔ اس کا دوہرا موڈ ڈیزائن، لرننگ موڈ اور کریئیشن موڈ، تدریجی مہارت کی نشوونما کو سپورٹ کرتا ہے جبکہ تخلیقیت کو فروغ دیتا ہے۔ Architone ڈیزائن کی طاقت استعمال کرتے ہوئے ہر سیکھنے والے کو موسیقی کا معمار بناتا ہے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award آہنی انعام

Architone موسیقی سیکھنے کی ایپ A' Design Award آہنی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو ان اچھے ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا باوقار اعتراف ہے جو اچھی طرح ڈیزائن کی گئی تخلیقات سے متوقع پیشہ ورانہ اور صنعتی تقاضوں کو پورا کرتے ہیں۔ آہنی انعام کے فاتحین اپنے تخلیق کاروں کی عظیم مہارت، اعلیٰ تخصص، ماہرانہ فہم اور تخلیقی صلاحیت کو ظاہر کرتے ہیں۔ Architone موسیقی سیکھنے کی ایپ سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک نہایت قدر کی جانے والی، سراہی جانے والی اور عزیز تخلیق ہوگا جو عملی اور جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award آہنی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن صنعت کے بہترین طریقوں کو یکجا کرتا ہے اور مہارت اور ہنر سے جڑی ہوئی قابل تکنیکی خصوصیات رکھتا ہے۔ Architone موسیقی سیکھنے کی ایپ اپنی باریک بینی کی وجہ سے قابل احترام ہے اور معیار زندگی کی ایسی بہتری فراہم کرنے کے لیے ڈیزائن کیا گیا ہے جو دنیا کو ایک بہتر جگہ بنانے میں مدد دیتی ہے۔

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
ArchiTone innovatively transforms abstract music theory into intuitive musical blocks and buildings to help learners naturally acquire knowledge through engaging interaction and ultimately empowering them to create beautiful music. Its dual-mode design, Learning Mode and Creation Mode, supports incremental skill development while fostering creativity. ArchiTone uses the power of design to make every learner a musical architect.
Dimensions & Packaging
This application takes iPad Pro 13-inch as the template and refers to the official interface design specification of iOS. It is adaptable to many different resolutions and kinds of screens.
Tags
Music education, Learning platform, Music learning, App, Music
Production Technology
We carried out interviews with both music educators and music learners. After the interviews, we first created the interface prototype and low-fidelity design on Figma software and iterated through user testing. Then, we developed ArchiTone as an iPadOS application using SwiftUI that enables adaptive layouts and smooth animations.
Design Challenge
The most significant challenge in designing ArchiTone is bridging the gap between abstract music theory and intuitive, engaging learning experiences. In our interviews, we found that educators and learners alike desired a way to visualize music that would lower barriers to teaching and learning. Aiming at the above problems, we designed a visualization scheme for core music concepts in ArchiTone, representing them as interesting musical blocks and buildings. After more than 20 iterations, we are confident that we have done great things.
Research
At present, music education plays an important role in many aspects, such as reducing stress, enhancing creativity, and fostering collaborative skills. However, traditional methods often struggle to effectively convey abstract concepts and aural skills to learners. Through interviews with both educators and learners, we found three major challenges with existing learning softwares: the abstractness of music theory, the monotony of repetitive training, and the lack of integration between theory and practice. Therefore, we designed the ArchiTone, a platform for music theory learning and music praxis.
Inspiration
Music education has long been recognized for its profound impact on cognitive development, emotional regulation, and social inclusion. However, traditional approaches to music education often leave learners confused by abstract theories and aural skills. According to our formative interviews with educators and learners, we found three key pain points: the abstractness of music theory, the monotony of repetitive training, and the lack of purpose-driven integration. These challenges inspire us to design ArchiTone, an App for music theory learning and music praxis.
Project Duration
The project started in Hangzhou, China, in October 2023 and was completed in October 2024.
Operation Flow
ArchiTone includes two modes: Learning Mode and Creation Mode. Learning Mode is designed to progressively introduce chords and harmony structures. In this mode, there are multiple levels, starting with the fundamental chords and advancing to the more complex chords. In each level, learners first learn a new chord block alongside previously learned chord blocks through a musical composition, and then reinforce their understanding by reconstructing the musical building from shuffled blocks. Creation Mode allows learners to freely use the chords they have already learned to create new musical works. By customizing blocks and forming the building, they can apply the music theory flexibly to music praxis and achieve the goals of music education.
Patents
The above material comes from our own team.
Team Members
Creative Director: Jiaxing Yu
Designer: Wenqi Wu
Designer: Yuxuan Gao
Tutor: Kejun Zhang
Image Credits
Image #1: Creator, Jiaxing Yu, ArchiTone Main Image, 2025.
Image #2: Creator, Jiaxing Yu, ArchiTone All Modes, 2025.
Image #3: Creator, Jiaxing Yu, ArchiTone Learning Mode, 2025.
Image #4: Creator, Jiaxing Yu, ArchiTone Creation Mode, 2025.
Image #5: Creator, Jiaxing Yu, ArchiTone Learning Mode Details, 2025.

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