Press Release
Zebin Qiao Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Follow Interactive Speaker in Audio and Sound Equipment Design
Zebin Qiao recognized for audio and sound equipment design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Follow Interactive Speaker by Zebin Qiao, designed for Jdf, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Audio and Sound Equipment Design category. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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.
Regarding Follow Interactive Speaker
Follow is an interactive speaker shaped like a small bird. Music is played through a Bluetooth connection. The controls of a traditional music player are placed on the bird itself. Touching the head or the tail changes the track. One touch on the back saves the song, and the back turns red. Two touches pause or start the music. The bird moves along a track, so its position shows the progress of the song. The shell is made of ABS plastic by injection molding and is combined with fabric. The form is small and simple.
About Zebin Qiao
A design enthusiast.Won dozens of awards such as the American Starfire award and Asian Industrial Design Competition.Look for connections between different things and bring a fresh perspective to the problem at hand.With interest and enthusiasm to design touching works, we believe that a good work should have its own personality to attract users, so that users will feel familiar with the product.
Award Record
With this recognition, Zebin Qiao is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Audio and Sound Equipment Design Award
The A' Audio Products Design Award is an international product design competition recognizing best audio equipment by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to audio product designers, sound equipment designers, industrial designers and product engineers from all countries. Entries typically include headphones, microphones, speakers, amplifiers, soundbars and turntables. Awarded audio products designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/audio-products
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/110390
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/110390
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!110390
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/284726
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Follow Interactive Speaker
- Function
- Interactive Speaker
- Category
- Audio and Sound Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Entertainment
- Colors
- Silver, Dark Gray, Light Gray, Gray and Thistle
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Jdf
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zebin Qiao
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #110390
Credits
- Team
- ZeBinQiao and KeXinZhang
- Image Credits
- ZeBinQiao, 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- As a music player, the highlight is to focus the button function of the traditional player on the bird itself. Users only need to touch the back of the bird to cut songs, collect and pause music and other requirements.At the same time, users can observe the position of the moving bird to judge the progress of the song, and judge whether the music is collectable by the color of the bird's back.The overall shape is small, the image of the bird and music player fit.
- Inspiration
- Normal music player buttons are small, the collection of music from the phone to observe and select, inconvenient.Inspired by the movement that users often touch small animals, the bird shape is chosen to enable users to see that they want to subconsciously touch and then complete a series of functions.At the same time, the visual information of music collection and progress is conveyed to users through the change of bird's back color and bird's position.
- Research
- Design a sound that can generate the most interactive emotions with users, and show the progress and collection of music in the most intuitive visual way.
- Challenge
- How to skillfully solve the visualization of music progress, how to quickly collect music and judge whether the music is collected.
- Realization and Technology
- The shell is made of injection molding technology, and ABS plastic is used to combine the parts with the fabric.Touching part and track sliding are important functions of this product.
- Operation and Interaction
- Music can be played through bluetooth. Users can touch the bird's head and tail to complete the function of song cutting.The music collection is completed by touching the back of the bird once, and the back turns red, that is, the music is regarded as collected;Continuously touch the back twice for pause and start music.When cutting a song, the bird automatically returns to its original point. As the song moves again, users can judge the progress of the music by the bird's position and judge whether the music is collectable by the color of the bird's back.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project began in Tianjin in July 2020 and will be completed in Tianjin in September 2020.
- Keywords
- Speaker, music, interaction, emotion
