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Zikit Diameter Change Mechanism by Oz Shenhar and Boaz Ken-Dror Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Musical Instruments Design
Oz Shenhar and Boaz Ken-Dror honored for musical instruments design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Zikit Diameter Change Mechanism by Oz Shenhar and Boaz Ken-Dror, designed for Zikit Drums, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Musical Instruments Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Zikit Diameter Change Mechanism
The drum is an exciting music instrument, but they are also the only musical instrument that has one pitch!!! A multiplayer drummer cannot play Rock Reggae and Jazz using the same snare drum. Zikit Drums designed a mechanism that provides drummers a versatility playing experience without being bound to a specific music style by changing the diameter of the snare drum in real-time. Zikit designed to augment possibilities for drummers and giving them new acoustic opportunities in creating unique content.
About Oz Shenhar and Boaz Ken-Dror
Oz is working as a product designer since 2006, while he worked as a product manager for the R&D team of Aqua Creations (by the designer Ayala Zarfati) and designed the Mobile collection: "Grace 7 Mobile Light" & "Nana 200 Mobile Light". After he became a freelancer, he started specializes in patent development for conceptual consumer product design. He founded New-Create that designed a revolutionary technology for floating products and has 2 international patents on the technology concept. Since Oct-2018, he is the CEO of Zikit Drums, which also has a patent.
Award Record
Oz Shenhar and Boaz Ken-Dror is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Musical Instruments Design Award
The A' Musical Instrument Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good musical instruments by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to musical instrument designers, industrial designers, music instrument producers and acoustic engineers from all countries. Entries typically include guitars, pianos, violins, drums, saxophones and flutes. Awarded musical instrument designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/musical-instrument
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/101972
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/101972
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!101972
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/273977
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://y2u.be/xJIyHMbNmZg
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Zikit Diameter Change Mechanism
- Function
- Diameter Change Mechanism
- Category
- Musical Instruments Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Arts and Entertainment
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Silver, Gray and White Smoke
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Zikit Drums
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Oz Shenhar and Boaz Ken-Dror
- Country
- Israel
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #101972
Credits
- Team
- Oz Shenhar and Boaz Ken-Dror
- Image Credits
- Main Image & images 1-4: 3D simulation and NetArt All videos: 3D simulation and North Point Studio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Zikit is an add-on device that can be installed in any 14" snare drum. It provides internal sleeves that sit under the drum head. Those sleeves can be controlled very accurately by the drummer. By moving them vertically up to the drum head they press on it from underneath. This action changes the "field" of the drum head, which makes the pitch go higher. This action is so important for drummers since they can have the possibility to be the "designers" of their own identical sound. This action happens instantly, and without changing anything in the original playing experience.
- Inspiration
- Zikit solution inspired by the guitar frets where you can easily change your music style by setting your fingers differently on the guitar neck. Frets are a simple minimalistic, and ongoing solution that became a part of the musician's body language. Part of the design mission was to eliminate the problem without changing anything in the original playing experience of the drummer.
- Research
- Oz was an amateur drummer as a teenager. After working in several design studios and startups he decided to combine his skills as an innovator and his love for this exciting musical instrument - the drums. Knowing that the best test for a new product is to get the end-user feedback, Oz traveled with the first prototype, meeting leading drummers across the globe, and after few months of collecting feedback, he came up with the best engineering solutions for each of the product challenges.
- Challenge
- The most difficult challenge was to find the right configuration in which drummers will not have to change anything in their traditional playing experience and at the same time to give them a cool and good looking versatile device.
- Realization and Technology
- Most branded drum factories are using the classic combination of wood/metal shell and chrome finished hardware. Zikit Drums minimalistic design followed this concept to be naturally fit any existing drum.
- Operation and Interaction
- Installing Zikit is really quite easy. The process shouldn’t take more than just a few minutes First, take off both drum heads and place the Zikit jig gently on the top bearing edge. Then tighten it from both shell sides to set the handle hinge, and adjust the handle gear using the supplied screw. Turn your snare drum upside down and then take the pro-kit and slide it inside the snare drum shell. Use the supplied Hex key to tighten the clamps to the shell. You then turn the snare drum up, and take off the spacers and place the drum heads back in position. It’s time now for an awesome new drumming experience.
- Project Duration and Location
- Zikit was founded on Nov-2018
- Specifications
- Suits all types of snare drums Extremely easy to fit and remove A real-time diameter change mechanism Design your unique sounds Smooth and responsive action gear drive Minimalistic low weight design Fits 10/8 lugs snare drums Compatible with all brands and materials Brilliant design made by superior quality and durability materials Game changer drumming experience Maximum versatility 6mm-thick, seamless extruded acrylic shell Laser-engraved logo Custom Zikit die-cast lugs
- Keywords
- Zikit Drums, A real-time diameter change mechanism, game changer drumming experience, Extremely easy to fit and remove
