O deseño Cobble Altofalante Bluetooth de Eric Wu é un estimado gañador do moi prestixioso 2025 A' Design Award de Ferro na Categoría de Competición Deseño de Dispositivos Dixitais e Electrónicos.

FerroElectrónica de Consumo· 2025

Cobble Altofalante Bluetooth

de Eric Wu

Cliente: EW Design

Gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro na Categoría Electrónica de Consumo

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O Deseño

Sobre Cobble Altofalante Bluetooth

Cobble é un altofalante Bluetooth de estante cunha interface interactiva na superficie superior. Catro pezas magnéticas pódense colocar en diferentes patróns sobre unha grade. Cando se completa un patrón predefinido, o altofalante reproduce un perfil de son gardado, como un bucle de sons da natureza ou ruído branco. Cobble tamén funciona como un altofalante Bluetooth normal para reproducir audio dun dispositivo conectado. A colocación das pezas evoca o xogo de mesa Go e convida a un breve momento de concentración tranquila. O prototipo emprega unha carcasa de madeira, paneis de acrílico areados e tiras de luz LED.

O Recoñecemento

Sobre o A' Design Award de Ferro

Cobble Altofalante Bluetooth gañou o A' Design Award de Ferro, un recoñecemento prestixioso outorgado a bos deseños que cumpren os requisitos profesionais e industriais esperados de creacións ben deseñadas. Os gañadores Ferro demostran a gran habilidade, a alta especialización, a comprensión experta e a capacidade creativa dos seus creadores. Espérase que Cobble Altofalante Bluetooth sexa unha creación moi apreciada, admirada e querida que é práctica e innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as mellores prácticas do sector e ten características técnicas competentes ligadas ao saber facer e ao talento. Cobble Altofalante Bluetooth é respectado pola súa minuciosidade e está deseñado para proporcionar melloras na calidade de vida que axudan a facer do mundo un lugar mellor.

Detrás do deseño

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Créditos, membros do equipo e detalles técnicos proporcionados polo deseñador.

Propiedades Únicas: Cobble is a speaker with an interactive interface at the top. The user has access to 4 pegs that they can place in various patterns. When preset patterns connect, the speaker plays a saved tone. The speaker is made with the concept of "inadvertent mindfulness." Studies have found that the simple action of concentrating on one's actions offer moments of respite. By placing pegs, much like how one places stones in a Go game, the user enjoys a moment of peace.
Dimensións e Embalaxe: 7 1/2" (width) * 7 5/16" (depth) * 2" (height)
Etiquetas: Speaker, Office, Mindfulness, Audio, Music
Tecnoloxía de Produción: The prototype was constructed with a wooden casing with a four-panel construction. Sand-blasted acrylic panels are used to diffuse the lighting from LED light strips. The prototype control panel was made from an Arduino nano and will be replaced with more efficient chips in mass production. We experimented with various sensing methods and settled on magnetic sensing with Hall effect sensors as they appeared to be the most reliable.
Reto de Deseño: The hardest part was figuring out the sweet spot of a big enough surface area and a compact enough footprint, the product being a shelf speaker after all. People wanted to engage with the interface but too much of it offered diminishing returns and research participants had more complaints of space constraints.
Investigación: User research was conducted in collaboration with co-working spaces. We tested hypotheses like the following:
- How much spacing and how big do people prefer the pegs to be
- How many rows and columns work the best, offering novelty and comfort without overloading the user
- What footprint works the best without sacrificing too much room for interaction
Inspiración: The design originated in a desire to question the prevalence of active mindfulness practices today. We have meditation apps, mindfulness sessions offered by corporations, and many more. While mindfulness is great, there are alternative activities that humans go to for similar purposes, without bearing the label of "mindfulness." Go, the Asian board game using stones, was a primary inspiration. What if we could have something built in that stimulates a sense of mindfulness, just like Go?
Duración do Proxecto: Duration: 6 months
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Fluxo de Operacións: The product behaves like a normal bluetooth speaker, so the user can connect to it with an end device and play whatever they want.

The unique interaction is that it can save and activate various sound profiles, which can be activated via placement of the magnetic pegs. The user would have to download a mobile app to change the default profiles, which are nature and white noise sound loops.
Membros do Equipo: Eric Wu
Créditos das Imaxes: Photos: Eric Wu