Birdy Agbóhùn-ránṣẹ́ by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Birdy Agbóhùn-ránṣẹ́ by Leijing Zhou and Xin An is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Ohùn Competition Category.

IrinOhun-èlò Ohùn· 2023

Birdy Agbóhùn-ránṣẹ́

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Client: Zhejiang University

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-èlò Ohùn Category

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The Design

About Birdy Agbóhùn-ránṣẹ́

Birdy jẹ́ agbóhùn-ránṣẹ́ tí ó ní ọ̀pá ìdarí tí ó rí bí ẹyẹ, tí ó jẹ́ kí a lè ṣàkóso ìṣeré orin pẹ̀lú ọwọ́. Apá ìsàlẹ̀ rẹ̀ jẹ́ agbóhùn-ránṣẹ́ tí ó rí bí kónì, tí ó ní awakọ̀ méjì tí ó ní agbára 5W kọ̀ọ̀kan àti amplifaya kíláàsì D onígbọ̀nwọ́ méjì. Ẹ̀rọ ìdánimọ̀ jóìsítíìkì kan tí ó wà ní orí kónì náà ń rí ìṣíra ère ẹyẹ náà ní ìhà méjèèjì. Bí a bá tí ère ẹyẹ náà síwájú tàbí sẹ́yìn, èyí máa ń ṣàtúnṣe ìwọ̀n ariwo, nígbà tí títì rẹ̀ sí ọ̀tún tàbí òsì yóò yan orin tí ó kọjá tàbí èyí tí ó tẹ̀lé e. Birdy tún ń ṣiṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí olùrànlọ́wọ́ ilé ọlọ́gbọ́n tí ó ń dáhùn sí ohùn ẹyẹ. Ìdí àpẹẹrẹ yìí ni láti ṣẹ̀dá ìjápọ̀ àdánidá àti ti ìmọ̀lára láàrin ènìyàn àti iṣẹ́-ẹ̀rọ.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Birdy Agbóhùn-ránṣẹ́ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Birdy Agbóhùn-ránṣẹ́ yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Birdy Agbóhùn-ránṣẹ́ nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

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