Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Osisiseko: Itoyi Yomculo by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin

Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Osisiseko: Itoyi Yomculo by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lwamaThoyizi, iMidlalo kunye neeMveliso zokuZonwabisa Competition Category.

IntsimbiIthoyizi· 2021

Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Osisiseko: Itoyi Yomculo

by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin

Client: Size M design studio

Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award Winner in Ithoyizi Category

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The Design

About Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Osisiseko: Itoyi Yomculo

Isihloko Sencwadi: I-Ovo Melody lithoyi lomculo eyenzelwe abadlali bawo nawuphi na umlinganiselo weminyaka, abanolwazi oluncinci okanye abangenalo konke ulwazi ngomculo. Amanqaku abekwe kwiindlela zokuhamba, kwaye ibhola enesixhobo esizivayo esinamandla ombane iyagoqoza ihla ize ifunde amandla ombane kwinqaku ngalinye ukuze ichonge iphimbo lomculo. Le datha ithunyelwa nge-Bluetooth kwisikhululo esiziso, esidlala isandi. Isikhululo sinemixholo eyahlukeneyo yezixhobo zomculo, ngoko itrumpeti, ipiyano okanye isiginci zingakhethwa ngokutshintsha inxalenye engezantsi. Uphawu lweBraille lubekwe kwilungu ngalinye kunye namakhadi emiyalelo, ukuze nabantu abangaboniyo kakuhle nabo bakwazi ukuvelisa iingoma abazaziyo okanye baqambe ezintsha.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award

Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Osisiseko: Itoyi Yomculo ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo okunikwa imiyilo elungileyo eyanelisa iimfuno zobungcali neemveliso ezilindelekileyo kwimveliso ezicwangciswe kakuhle. Abaphumeleleyo beNtsimbi babonisa ubuchule obukhulu, ubuchule obuphezulu, ukuqonda kwengcali namandla okuyila abayili babo. Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Osisiseko: Itoyi Yomculo iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimveliso exatyiswa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo neyinto entsha. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award udibanisa iindlela ezilungileyo kakhulu zemboleko kwaye unezimpawu zobuchwephesha ezifanelekileyo ezidityaniswe nolwazi netalente. Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Osisiseko: Itoyi Yomculo iyahlonelwa ngenxa yenkcukacha yayo kwaye yacwangciselwa ukunika uphuculo lomgangatho wobomi olunceda ukwenza ihlabathi libe yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: By placing different nodes on the tracks, users can either recreate the music they heard before or make new music on their own.
The base contains different instruments, so by switching the bottom the music can be played by trumpet, piano, guitar etc. The designer wish to add a bit of fun when people stay home for the 14 days, during this epidemic.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 300mm x Depth 80mm x Height 390 mm
Tags: waronvirus, toydesign, visualdisibility, adesign, musictoy, stayhome
Production Technology: Each node has a magnet with a different strength, so the ball with a magnetic sensor inside can recognize the difference and judge the musical scale. After detecting, the ball transmits the data to the base station by Bluetooth to play music.
Design Challenge: Visual disable experience to the most challenging part of this project. Each part of the project are marked with braille notation. By trying the prototype, the team adjust the positions of braille, and show it as what present.
Research: The instructional cards are the musical scores of melodies in preset arrangements with movable square locators on each card to enable a visually impaired person to find the musical note on the card then to find the corresponding node to attach to the tracks.
Inspiration: This project started as a set of toy for anyone in any age/background to enjoy music, but it became much more than just a set of toy.
The concept of this project came from a well-known infant toy that put a ball on a track and the ball will slide down from the track.
Project Duration: The project started in 2019 in Taipei and planed to finish in Dec 2020.
Operation Flow: This toy instrument is made for preschool to adult players with little or no musical knowledge and specifically using braille notation it is for visually impaired person's enjoyment.
Team Members: Designers: Marco Guariglia, Jui Ju Lin
Engineers: Chih Hung Hsu, Keng Ju Lin, Ray Peng, Xerox Lin
Image Credits: Image #main: Marco Guariglia/2020/Taipei
Image #1: Marco Guariglia/2020/Taipei
Image #2: Marco Guariglia/2020/Taipei
Image #3: Marco Guariglia/2020/Taipei