Sirocco Isikhulumi by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Imikhiqizo Yomsindo Competition Category.

InsimbiImikhiqizo Yomsindo· 2024

Sirocco Isikhulumi

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Imikhiqizo Yomsindo Category

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The Design

About Sirocco Isikhulumi

I-Sirocco isikhulumi esinezinhloso eziningi, umklamo waso uphefumulelwe amalantern aseShayina. Inesibindi futhi iyintsha esakhiweni. Ngomklamo wesakhiwo sehhansi lenyosi osihlukile, siphucula futhi sisabalalise umsindo, ngaleyo ndlela kwenyusa ulwazi lomsebenzisi nekhwalithi yomculo, futhi kuletha abasebenzisi ulwazi lokusetshenziswa oluhlukile kanye nolwazi lokubona. Iyasonteka futhi, kanti igobongo lesikhulumi liyagcineka futhi lihleleke ngezingxenye, elinamagobongo amaningi ezimo, angashintshwa nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ngokwesimo somoya womsebenzisi nemvelo yasekhaya.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

Sirocco Isikhulumi 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. Sirocco Isikhulumi 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. Sirocco Isikhulumi iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube 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.