Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wodlalo by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin

Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wodlalo by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Ithoyizi Competition Category.

InsimbiIthoyizi· 2021

Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wodlalo

by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin

Client: Size M design studio

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Ithoyizi Category

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The Design

About Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wodlalo

Ovo Melody uwuthoyizi womculo owakhelwe abadlali babo bonke ubudala, abanolwazi oluncane noma abangenalo nhlobo lwemculo. Amanodi abekwa emizileni, futhi ibhola elinesensa ye-magnethi ligubha phansi bese lifunda amandla e-magnethi yenodi ngayinye ukuze lihlonze isikeli somculo. Idatha bese ithunyelwa nge-Bluetooth kusiteshi esiyisisekelo, esidlala umsindo. Isisekelo sigcina izinsimbi zomculo ezahlukene, ngakho ithrampethi, ipiyano noma isigingci kungakhethwa ngokushintsha ingxenye engaphansi. Uphawu lwe-Braille luphawula ingxenye ngayinye kanye namakhadi ezimfundiso, ukuze nabantu abakhubazeke ngokubona nabo bakwazi ukwenza kabusha amaculo abawaziyo noma baqambe amasha.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wodlalo iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wodlalo ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. Ovo Melody Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wodlalo iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube 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