Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Audio and Sound Equipment Design Goes to Silver Siren Speaker by Jiaxing Guo
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Jiaxing Guo for audio and sound equipment design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Silver Siren Speaker by Jiaxing Guo has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Audio and Sound Equipment Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Silver Siren Speaker
Silver Siren is a handmade speaker project inspired by Siren the mythology. Sirens were dangerous creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. They were sometimes depicted as beautiful women, whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive. Silver Siren was designed to depict the imagery of the siren and the ocean.
About Jiaxing Guo
Sean Jiaxing Guo is a multidisciplinary designer and artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He received his BS in Product Design and BEng in Petroleum Engineering. With a keen focus on design and 3D creation, he has honed his craft through years of experience working in top-tier product design studios, interior design studios, and fabrication labs. Currently he is working as a co-founder of his design practice - Mackerel Design Studio (MD_S). Sean approaches his work at the intersection of design, art, and technology with a dynamic perspective. Each project is a canvas for him to challenge conventions. His bold and imaginative design solutions seamlessly blend form, function, and beauty.
Award Record
This recognition makes Jiaxing Guo 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/113494
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/113494
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!113494
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/290624
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://seanguo.ink/silver-siren
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
- Silver Siren Speaker
- Function
- Speaker
- Category
- Audio and Sound Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Entertainment
- Colors
- Light Steel Blue, Dark Slate Blue, Steel Blue, Dark Slate Gray and Cornflower Blue
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jiaxing Guo
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #113494
Credits
- Team
- Sean (Jiaxing) Guo and Fiorella (Lingxue) Xiao
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Sirens were dangerous creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. They were sometimes depicted as beautiful women, whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive. Enchanting but dangerous, isn’t Siren excellent imagery of a beautiful, mysterious speaker with a fluid, organic form? I tried to capture Sirens' moment leaning on the rock, singing and waiting for sailors as well as the color and the movement of ocean waves.
- Inspiration
- My inspiration is the Siren, which is the mythological creature in the sea. In Greek mythology, Sirens were dangerous creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. They were sometimes depicted as beautiful women, whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive. Enchanting but dangerous, isn’t Siren excellent imagery of a beautiful, mysterious speaker with a fluid, organic form? I tried to capture Sirens' moment leaning on the rock, singing and waiting for sailors—also the color and the movement of ocean waves.
- Research
- I looked into different art pieces and literature about the siren to feel and analyze the imageries of sirens. Then visualized them by a couple of sketches.
- Challenge
- During the development/realization phase, the challenge is how to make the organic form of the speaker and the layout of the internal electronics. I chose to make a section model, which is layers of MDF board, to lower the cost, and also, that would be an easy way to make the inner structure. For the internal electronics, I made a slide to easily take all the parts out of the main body if some components are broken.
- Realization and Technology
- I designed the form and the speaker/amplifier enclosures in Rhinoceros. Then laser cut MDF to make a section model. Glue pieces together and sand it to smooth. Then painted primer/automotive paints/clearcoat and assembled all the parts.
- Operation and Interaction
- There is a control penal on the side of the speaker. You could connect to your audio devices by Bluetooth or AUX cable.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Jan 2019 in Los Angeles and finished in August 2019.
- Specifications
- Width 266 mm x Depth 268 mm x Height 728 mm
- Keywords
- consumer electronics, industrial design, product design, speaker, audio
