Press Release
Sestetto Speaker Orchestra by Stefano I. Scarascia and Shyam F. Zonca Is Granted the Golden A' Design Award in Digital and Electronic Device Design
Stefano I. Scarascia and Shyam F. Zonca honored for digital and electronic device design by the international grand jury of the 2016 - 2017 A' Design Award & Competition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMO, Italy, April 19, 2017 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Digital and Electronic Device Design category for Sestetto Speaker Orchestra by Stefano I. Scarascia and Shyam F. Zonca, designed for Produzione IMpropria. The recognition forms part of the 2016 - 2017 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Golden A' Design Award
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
More About Sestetto Speaker Orchestra
An orchestral ensemble of speakers that play together like real musicians. Sestetto is a multi-channel audio system to play individual instrument tracks in separate loudspeakers of different technologies and materials dedicated to the specific sound case, among pure concrete, resonating wooden soundboards and ceramic horns. The mixing of tracks and parts comes back to be physically in the place of listening, like in a real concert. Sestetto is the chamber orchestra of the recorded music. Sestetto is directly self-produced by its designers Stefano Ivan Scarascia and Francesco Shyam Zonca.
About Stefano I. Scarascia and Shyam F. Zonca
Designer, musician and showman, his design work ranges from public transportation – including awards by BOMBARDIER Transportation, Italian State Railways and participation in Milan’s ATM tram and metro restyling - to especially musical instruments: the only way that since his childhood he found to not confuse the others too much. In the meantime he indeed studies, writes and plays music in live occasions and in studio, as soloist, sessionman and in group formations, on Italian and international stages. He use to play keys, strings, cymbals, percussions, winds, intercoms, mirrors ironing boards, ties and water heaters, but he generally prefers to play Music.
Award Record
With this recognition, Stefano I. Scarascia and Shyam F. Zonca is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Digital and Electronic Device Design Award
The A' Consumer Electronics Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good consumer electronics designs by leading brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to consumer electronics designers, consumer electronics brands, consumer electronics manufacturers and electronic product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include smartphones, laptops, televisions, cameras, headphones and smartwatches. Awarded consumer electronics designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/consumer-electronics
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/56634
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/56634
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!56634
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/171097
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://goo.gl/UT89p9
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
###
Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sestetto Speaker Orchestra
- Function
- Speaker Orchestra
- Category
- Digital and Electronic Device Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Light Gray, Dark Gray, Rosy Brown and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Produzione IMpropria
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Stefano I. Scarascia and Shyam F. Zonca
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2016 - 2017
- Design ID
- #56634
Credits
- Team
- Stefano Ivan Scarascia and Francesco Shyam Zonca
- Image Credits
- Photographer Marianna Milione, Stefano Ivan Scarascia, 2013.; Photographer Francesco Shyam Zonca, 2013.; Photographer Francesco Shyam Zonca, 2013. VIDEO CREDITS: Shooting Beniamino Sulfaro / Video Editing Stefano Ivan Scarascia / Soundtrack Stefano Ivan Scarascia, 2013.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- An orchestral ensemble of loudspeakers that play together like real musicians. Sestetto is a multi-channel audio system to play individual instrument tracks in separate loudspeakers of different materials and technologies dedicated to the specific sound case. The HiFi concrete speaker is especially suitable for drums and basses. The ceramic speaker can emphasizs wind instruments and voices through its ceramic horn. The wooden speaker puts in vibration the wooden soundboard itself, for acoustic string instrument. Sestetto is directly self-produced by its designers Stefano Ivan Scarascia and Francesco Shyam Zonca.
- Inspiration
- Sestetto is the chamber orchestra of the recorded music: the mixing of tracks and parts comes back to be physically in the place of listening, like in a real concert. From the majesty of the ceramic horn, the heat of the wooden soundboard, the fidelity of the concrete cabinet, Sestetto incorporates in a set more diverse methods of sound reproduction, for a continuous musical experimentation also in the listening experience.
- Research
- In the context of a deep self-production research at the Politecnico di Milano, the aim of Sestetto was to extend this approach also to the self-production of the listening experience. After investigating the alternative audio systems technical possibilities, it has been developed the electronic multi-channel device, in parallel to the typical sound properties of different materials and technologies for experimental sound combinations. The selected self-production processes massively influenced the final aspect of the product, with the aesthetic considerations on the historical audio devices and trends.
- Challenge
- The hardest part of this design activity has been finding rapid solutions for the self-development and especially the self-production processes, while maintaining the design and aesthetic quality typical of Hi-Fi audio devices.
- Realization and Technology
- The console case is handmade and finished of fir, walnut and mahogany. The speaker cabinets are molded in reinforced concrete. The ceramic horns are turned by hand by a ceramic artisan, while the wooden soundboards and boxes are made of fir and birch.
- Operation and Interaction
- Connect the console to the computer through the USB port and just play the multi-channel tune with a common music player software. Try and choose different speaker connections to experiment surprising combinations with the materials and the technologies. Adjust the dedicated volume for each instrument or voice channel and feel free to locate the individual speakers in the whole space.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2012 in Milan, Italy and finished in February 2013. It was exhibited in Fuorisalone del Mobile in April 2009, in XXI Triennale from June to September 2016, in Lambrate Fall Edition in October 2016. It appeared in Domus, Ottagono, Case e Stili and Interni magazines and web-zines.
- Specifications
- Console (USB connection, multi-channel digital-analog converter, six separate 30W amplifiers with dedicate controls, passive and active outputs, dimensions 280 mm x 250 mm x 250 mm) - Speakers (8 Ohm impedance, 30W power, dimensions 350 mm x 300 mm x 300mm) - Concrete Speakers (polypropylene mid-woofer speaker, tweeter speaker, two-Way Crossover, 8 liters closed cabinet of reinforced concrete) - Ceramic Speakers (midrange speaker, ceramic horn in a case of reinforced concrete) - Wooden Speakers (vibration transducer, soundboard of fir and birch in a case of reinforced concrete)
- Keywords
- multi-channel, audio, system, speaker, concrete, ceramic, wood, vibration, loudspeaker, orchestra
