Cobble 蓝牙音箱

设计师： Eric Wu

客户: EW Design

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Cobble是一款蓝牙书架音箱，顶面设有交互界面。四枚磁性棋钉可在网格上摆放出不同的图案。当摆出预设图案时，音箱便会播放已保存的声音方案，例如自然音效或白噪音循环。Cobble同样可作为普通蓝牙音箱，播放来自连接设备的音频。摆放棋钉的动作令人联想到围棋，邀请使用者享受片刻宁静的专注。原型采用木质外壳、喷砂亚克力面板与LED灯带。

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Cobble 蓝牙音箱是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Cobble 蓝牙音箱将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Cobble 蓝牙音箱因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

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独特属性: Cobble is a speaker with an interactive interface at the top. The user has access to 4 pegs that they can place in various patterns. When preset patterns connect, the speaker plays a saved tone. The speaker is made with the concept of "inadvertent mindfulness." Studies have found that the simple action of concentrating on one's actions offer moments of respite. By placing pegs, much like how one places stones in a Go game, the user enjoys a moment of peace.
尺寸与包装: 7 1/2" (width) * 7 5/16" (depth) * 2" (height)
标签: Speaker, Office, Mindfulness, Audio, Music
生产技术: The prototype was constructed with a wooden casing with a four-panel construction. Sand-blasted acrylic panels are used to diffuse the lighting from LED light strips. The prototype control panel was made from an Arduino nano and will be replaced with more efficient chips in mass production. We experimented with various sensing methods and settled on magnetic sensing with Hall effect sensors as they appeared to be the most reliable.
设计挑战: The hardest part was figuring out the sweet spot of a big enough surface area and a compact enough footprint, the product being a shelf speaker after all. People wanted to engage with the interface but too much of it offered diminishing returns and research participants had more complaints of space constraints.
研究: User research was conducted in collaboration with co-working spaces. We tested hypotheses like the following:
- How much spacing and how big do people prefer the pegs to be
- How many rows and columns work the best, offering novelty and comfort without overloading the user
- What footprint works the best without sacrificing too much room for interaction
灵感: The design originated in a desire to question the prevalence of active mindfulness practices today. We have meditation apps, mindfulness sessions offered by corporations, and many more. While mindfulness is great, there are alternative activities that humans go to for similar purposes, without bearing the label of "mindfulness." Go, the Asian board game using stones, was a primary inspiration. What if we could have something built in that stimulates a sense of mindfulness, just like Go?
项目周期: Duration: 6 months
Location: Rhode Island, United States
操作流程: The product behaves like a normal bluetooth speaker, so the user can connect to it with an end device and play whatever they want.

The unique interaction is that it can save and activate various sound profiles, which can be activated via placement of the magnetic pegs. The user would have to download a mobile app to change the default profiles, which are nature and white noise sound loops.
团队成员: Eric Wu
图片版权: Photos: Eric Wu