Bronze Audio and Sound Equipment Design · 2021
Follow Interactive Speaker
by Zebin Qiao
- A' Design Award 2021 Bronze Winner in Audio and Sound Equipment Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: Jdf
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 18,814
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About Follow Interactive Speaker
Follow is an interactive speaker shaped like a small bird. Music is played through a Bluetooth connection. The controls of a traditional music player are placed on the bird itself. Touching the head or the tail changes the track. One touch on the back saves the song, and the back turns red. Two touches pause or start the music. The bird moves along a track, so its position shows the progress of the song. The shell is made of ABS plastic by injection molding and is combined with fabric. The form is small and simple.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- As a music player, the highlight is to focus the button function of the traditional player on the bird itself. Users only need to touch the back of the bird to cut songs, collect and pause music and other requirements.At the same time, users can observe the position of the moving bird to judge the progress of the song, and judge whether the music is collectable by the color of the bird's back.The overall shape is small, the image of the bird and music player fit.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 170mm×55mm×95mm
- Tags
- Speaker, music, interaction, emotion
- Production Technology
- The shell is made of injection molding technology, and ABS plastic is used to combine the parts with the fabric.Touching part and track sliding are important functions of this product.
- Design Challenge
- How to skillfully solve the visualization of music progress, how to quickly collect music and judge whether the music is collected.
- Project Duration
- The project began in Tianjin in July 2020 and will be completed in Tianjin in September 2020.
- Operation Flow
- Music can be played through bluetooth. Users can touch the bird's head and tail to complete the function of song cutting.The music collection is completed by touching the back of the bird once, and the back turns red, that is, the music is regarded as collected;Continuously touch the back twice for pause and start music.When cutting a song, the bird automatically returns to its original point. As the song moves again, users can judge the progress of the music by the bird's position and judge whether the music is collectable by the color of the bird's back.
- Research
- Design a sound that can generate the most interactive emotions with users, and show the progress and collection of music in the most intuitive visual way.
- Inspiration
- Normal music player buttons are small, the collection of music from the phone to observe and select, inconvenient.Inspired by the movement that users often touch small animals, the bird shape is chosen to enable users to see that they want to subconsciously touch and then complete a series of functions.At the same time, the visual information of music collection and progress is conveyed to users through the change of bird's back color and bird's position.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #2: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #3: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #4: ZeBinQiao, 2020
Image #5: ZeBinQiao, 2020