Sirocco Isithethi by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweZixhobo ze-Odiyo kunye neSandi Competition Category.

IntsimbiIimveliso ze-Odiyo· 2024

Sirocco Isithethi

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited

Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award Winner in Iimveliso ze-Odiyo Category

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The Design

About Sirocco Isithethi

ISirocco sisithethi esinenjongo ezininzi, esiphefumlelwe zizibane zaseChina kumzobo waso. Sinesibindi kwaye sinobukrelekrele kwisakhiwo saso. Ngomzobo wesakhiwo sobuthe olukhethekileyo, ludlulisa kwaye lusasaze isandi ngakumbi, ngoko ke luphucula amava omsebenzisi kunye nomgangatho womculo, kwaye luzise abasebenzisi amava okusetyenziswa kunye nokubonakalayo awohlukileyo. Sikwasongeka, kwaye iqokobhe lesithethi liyagcineka kwaye linezahluko eziguqukayo, lineentlobo zeqokobhe ezahlukeneyo, ezinokutshintshwa nangaliphi na ixesha ngokohlobo lwemvakalelo yomsebenzisi kunye nendawo yasekhaya.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award

Sirocco Isithethi 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. Sirocco Isithethi 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. Sirocco Isithethi iyahlonelwa ngenxa yenkcukacha yayo kwaye yacwangciselwa ukunika uphuculo lomgangatho wobomi olunceda ukwenza ihlabathi libe yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This speaker further conducts and diffuses sound through its unique honeycomb structure design, thereby further enhancing the user's experience and music quality.
This speaker is foldable. The speaker's shell is stowable and modular, and comes with a variety of shell shapes that can be replaced at any time according to the user's mood and home environment. Improve sound quality.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 180mm x Length 180mm x Height 350mm
Tags: Honeycomb, Modular, Warm, Natural, Retro, Humanized, High-Fidelity
Production Technology: The switch and volume adjustment part of the speaker adopts the retro horizontal sliding adjustment form. The main part uses a large number of wooden structures, and the foldable honeycomb structure at the upper end can be assembled and disassembled by rotation, making it easy to replace, store and clean.
Design Challenge: The challenge in the design process of this product was how to combine the honeycomb structure of the lantern with the speaker and have replaceable modular functions.
Research: Based on the traditional speaker, this product has a new design for its appearance and structure. It improves the sound quality through a unique honeycomb structure and adds replaceable modular functions, making it interesting.
Inspiration: This speaker is inspired by Chinese lanterns. The structure of the Chinese lantern is extracted and simplified, and its unique honeycomb structure is combined with the speaker to help improve the sound quality.
In addition, the Chinese lantern is foldable, and its application on the casing of the speaker makes it stowable and modular. It allows users to store it conveniently, and at the same time, it can be replaced with different appearances according to the user's preferences.
Project Duration: The project starts at Qingdao University of Technology in August 2023 and ends at Qingdao University of Technology in February 2024.
Operation Flow: This speaker can be connected to the user's mobile phone or computer and other devices via Bluetooth, or you can choose to connect with a data cable. The appearance and structure are inspired by the honeycomb structure of Chinese lanterns, which can improve the sound quality and make it easy to fold, store and replace.