Birdy Karnay by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Temir Mukofoti in Audio va Ovoz Uskunalari Dizayni Competition Category.

TemirAudio Mahsulotlar· 2023

Birdy Karnay

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award Temir Mukofoti Winner in Audio Mahsulotlar Category

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The Design

About Birdy Karnay

Birdy — bu qo'l orqali musiqa ijrosini boshqarish imkonini beruvchi qush shaklidagi boshqaruv tayoqchasiga ega karnaydir. Pastki qismi ikkita 5W drayver va ikki kanalli D klassidagi kuchaytirgichga ega konus shaklidagi karnaydan iborat. Konusning yuqori qismidagi joystik sensori qush figurasining ikki o'q bo'yicha harakatini aniqlaydi. Qush figurasini oldinga yoki orqaga tebratish tovush balandligini sozlaydi, chapga yoki o'ngga tebratish esa oldingi yoki keyingi qo'shiqni tanlaydi. Birdy shuningdek, qush chug'urlashlariga javob beradigan aqlli uy yordamchisi sifatida ham ishlaydi. Dizayn odamlar va texnologiya o'rtasida tabiiy va hissiy aloqa o'rnatishga qaratilgan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Temir Mukofoti

Birdy Karnay A' Design Award Temir Mukofotining g‘olibi bo‘lib, bu yaxshi loyihalangan ijodlardan kutiladigan kasbiy va sanoat talablariga javob beradigan yaxshi dizaynlarga beriladigan nufuzli e’tirofdir. Temir g‘oliblari o‘z yaratuvchilarining katta mahorati, yuksak ixtisosligi, mutaxassis tushunchasi va ijodiy salohiyatini namoyon etadi. Birdy Karnay yuqori qadrlanadigan, hayrat bilan qaraladigan va suyukli, amaliy hamda innovatsion ijod bo‘lishi kutiladi. A' Design Award Temir Mukofotini qo‘lga kiritgan ushbu dizayn soha eng yaxshi amaliyotlarini uyg‘unlashtiradi va bilim hamda iste’dod bilan bog‘langan layoqatli texnik xususiyatlarga ega. Birdy Karnay puxtaligi uchun hurmatga sazovor bo‘lib, dunyoni yaxshiroq joyga aylantirishga yordam beradigan hayot sifatini yaxshilashni taqdim etish uchun loyihalangan.

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