Opus Cobble Altoparlans Bluetooth a designatore Eric Wu est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2025 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Categoria Certaminis Electronica Consumptoria.

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Cobble Altoparlans Bluetooth

a Eric Wu

Cliens: EW Design

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Categoria Electronica Consumptoria

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De Cobble Altoparlans Bluetooth

Cobble est altoparlans Bluetooth pro pluteo librorum, cuius superficies summa interfaciem interactivam habet. Quattuor clavi magnetici in variis formis super quadrata tabula collocari possunt. Cum forma praestituta perfecta est, altoparlans profilum sonorum servatum reddit, veluti seriem sonorum naturae vel strepitus albi in gyrum recurrentem. Cobble etiam ut altoparlans Bluetooth communis functionatur, sonos ex instrumento coniuncto reddens. Positio clavorum ludum tabularem Go in mentem revocat et momentum breve quietae contemplationis invitat. Exemplar prototypum thecam ligneam, tabulas acrylicas arena perfusas, et taenias luminis LED adhibet.

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De Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Cobble Altoparlans Bluetooth victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Cobble Altoparlans Bluetooth creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Cobble Altoparlans Bluetooth ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: 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.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: 7 1/2" (width) * 7 5/16" (depth) * 2" (height)
Notulae: Speaker, Office, Mindfulness, Audio, Music
Technologia Productionis: 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.
Provocatio Designandi: 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.
Investigatio: 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
Inspiratio: 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?
Duratio Operis: Duration: 6 months
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Cursus Operationis: 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.
Membra Turmae: Eric Wu
Agnitiones Imaginum: Photos: Eric Wu