Press Release
Wave Audio by Nio Life Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Audio and Sound Equipment Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Nio Life for audio and sound equipment design
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Wave Audio by Nio Life has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Audio and Sound Equipment Design category. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
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.
About Wave Audio
Wave is a portable Bluetooth speaker with a flowing, wave-like form. The shape recalls sound waves moving through the air. A double-sided woven fabric covers the body and reflects light and shadow in changing ways. A full-range loudspeaker with a rare-earth neodymium magnet drive, an ultra-thin anodized aluminum cone and a 58 mm passive radiator produce the sound. Control buttons sit on the top, and two units can be paired wirelessly. An elastic lanyard attaches the speaker to a bicycle or a backpack. The corrugated, non-slip surface makes the speaker easy to hold.
About Nio Life
NIO Life is NIO's original design lifestyle brand, integrating global design resources and collaborating with independent designers and top design schools in the UK, Italy, Scandinavia, and Asia to create a joyful lifestyle with products that represent progressive attitudes, good stories, and quality designs.
Award Record
Nio Life is a winner of 5 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. All of the awards belong to the 2021 - 2022 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/136350
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136350
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136350
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/327128
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Wave Audio
- Function
- Audio
- Category
- Audio and Sound Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Entertainment
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Steel Blue and Sea Green
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Nio Life
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #136350
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Wave Bluetooth Speaker features a flowing shape, outstanding sound quality and excellent sustainability. It is designed to simulate the sound wave in the air in the form of the fabric and ultimately return to the essence of sound. The double-sided woven surface of the fabric reflects different lights and shadow changes to increase the sense of movement. The high-performance full-range loudspeaker with strong magnetic drive made of NdFeB ensures immersive audio effects. The elastic lanyard attaches it easily to bicycles, backpacks, etc. Thanks to the corrugated shape and non-slip fabric surface, the product can be held comfortably in the hand.
- Inspiration
- The designer explored many possibilities in the early design and finally decided to seek inspiration from the nature of sound. The result is a visually dynamic, regularly repeating waveform that subtly combines the form and function of sound transmission.
- Research
- After 11 months of working with several designers, NIO Life's team of designers came up with more than 10 different designs, turning them over and over again in order to better present the design of Wave's sound waves. After the design is confirmed, the appearance and the shape have been adjusted for many times, while the angle of the surface wave and the process of the buttons were constantly optimized.
- Challenge
- The challenge in the design process is how to combine organic form with a reasonable layout of electronic components.
- Realization and Technology
- 2-inch ring rare-earth NdFeB high-intensity magnetically driven full-frequency speaker, ultra-thin anodized aluminum vibration cone, and 58mm circular passive radiator. The sound pressure is up to 90dB, and the low frequency goes down to 65Hz.
- Operation and Interaction
- Control buttons are on the top of the product and users can connect to audio devices through Bluetooth. TWS pairing speaker is also available, providing rich soundscapes.
- Project Duration and Location
- Opening of the project in 1.2020, first sale in 8.2021.
