Oppo Enco Q1 无线耳机 by Oppo Industrial Design Division

Oppo Enco Q1 无线耳机 by Oppo Industrial Design Division is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 金奖 in 消费电子设计 Competition Category.

金消费电子· 2020

Oppo Enco Q1 无线耳机

by Oppo Industrial Design Division

Client: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.

A' Design Award 金奖 Winner in 消费电子 Category

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The Design

About Oppo Enco Q1 无线耳机

Oppo Enco Q1 是一款具备主动降噪功能的无线颈挂式耳机。颈带采用一体成型设计，表面浑然无缝，因此没有接缝会接触肌肤。长时间佩戴时不易积藏污垢，清洁也更为轻松。颈带以热塑性聚氨酯包胶成型，内嵌记忆钛合金丝，即使经过弯折与扭转后仍能恢复原有形态。耳塞配备双料注塑硅胶耳帽，可有效隔绝外界噪音。所有操控元件集中于一侧，三枚按键实现单手操作。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金奖

Oppo Enco Q1 无线耳机是 A' Design Award 金奖得主，这是授予一流、绝妙而杰出设计的极为崇高的认可。金奖得主是极具创新、极富远见且璀璨夺目的创作，反映出其设计师的天才、智慧与才干。预计Oppo Enco Q1 无线耳机将成为一项备受赞誉、引领潮流、气势恢宏的发明，带来前所未有的价值。这件赢得 A' Design Award 金奖的设计是一个壮观而受人敬重的项目，极大地造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Oppo Enco Q1 无线耳机激起强烈的渴望，唤起激情，鼓励创造力，令我们着迷。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Oppo Enco Q1 wireless noise cancelling headphones deliver great sound quality with high wearing comfort. The unibody and ergonomically designed neckband with its seamless sleek surface ensure all-day comfort and hygiene for users. The powerful hybrid active noise cancelling function allows users to enjoy crystal clear music without any unwanted ambient noise on-demand with a single press of a button.
Dimensions & Packaging: Neckband: width 165mm x height 171mm x 13.5mm,
earbud: width 18.2mm x height 12.5mm x depth 14.2mm
Tags: wireless neckband headphones, unibody design, integrated design, ergonomic design
Production Technology: The contoured shape neckband is over-molded thermoplastic polyurethane with a built-in memory titanium alloy thread, allowing us to establish a strongly built quality neckband that can retain its shape despite bending and twisting. The earbuds are reinforced with Polycarbonate - Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene composite, housing with stainless steel outer plate. The in-ear silicone ear tips are double injection-molded to ensure dual firmness with comfort and form an additional physical barrier to seal out noise.
Design Challenge: First of all, the design needs to balance the form and functionality, ensuring ergonomic comfort, ease of use and portability. Secondly, since Oppo Enco Q1 was the first model of the Oppo Enco family, it had to establish its own product identity and radiate the Oppo Enco design value through a unique form and design language.
Research: The design team conducted rounds of user interviews, focus groups and workshops to identify the main user scenario and user needs. The ambient noise while listening to music had been the top pain points for wireless headphones through research, which then led to a clearer brief of designing an active noise cancelling wireless headphones for daily use. Several rounds of mockups were later tested with our targeted customer audience to validate the design.
Inspiration: When it comes to wireless neckband headphones, the wearing experience of the neckband has been very crucial, as it is constantly in contact with the skin. Therefore, the design team wished to design a unibody and high-built quality neckband where there are no seams touching the skin, thus reducing trapped dirt after extended use and allowing easy maintenance.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2018 in Shenzhen, China and was released in September 2019.
Operation Flow: All controls are placed on the same side, allowing single-handed operation for users. The interaction is kept simple with only 3 buttons: the multi-function button to control power and Bluetooth pairing; volume buttons to control volume and switch songs; the mode button to activate noise cancelling function and switch between 3 immersive sound modes.
Team Members: Oppo Industrial Design Division