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Country Pick 2019 / / Student

45 - A Portable Speaker

  • Prizes
    Platinum in Media and Home Electronics/Consumer electronics and cameras
  • Lead Designer
    Bin Kai Lok
  • Project Link
  • University
    Lasalle College of The Arts
45 reminisces the classic Vinyl Player, maintaining its iconic affordance while translating it to a modern artefact. Similarly to the Vinyl Player, the angled protrusion (’Tone-Arm’) of 45 invites the user to give a slight press. The speaker which is connected via Bluetooth starts playing music. The speaker powers off when the ‘Tone-Arm’ is retracted. This subtle feature prompts and reminds the user to interact with 45 like the vinyl player.
Photo Credit: Bin Kai Lok