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ELEGY - A SUSTIANABLE SPEAKER

Blomgren, Matilda (2020) In Diploma work IDEL01 20201
Industrial Design
Abstract
I got the opportunity to do this Bachelor project together with the consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen. They gave me a task to design a sustainable Bluetooth speaker. After having many interviews with different experts, within Bang & Olufsen, and reading multiple pieces of literature concerning ecological design, I could define the term sustainability. I used my findings as a base for the project, and I focused on designing a speaker for a circular system.

In my process, I made use of sketches and paper models to visualize my concept. During this time, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Sweden, which stopped me from making a physical prototype. Instead, I made the final model in 3D. The result is a portable Bluetooth speaker, which is... (More)
I got the opportunity to do this Bachelor project together with the consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen. They gave me a task to design a sustainable Bluetooth speaker. After having many interviews with different experts, within Bang & Olufsen, and reading multiple pieces of literature concerning ecological design, I could define the term sustainability. I used my findings as a base for the project, and I focused on designing a speaker for a circular system.

In my process, I made use of sketches and paper models to visualize my concept. During this time, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Sweden, which stopped me from making a physical prototype. Instead, I made the final model in 3D. The result is a portable Bluetooth speaker, which is easy to disassemble and has a changeable expression. Because of this, the speaker is easily repaired, maintained, and updated, which will increase its lifetime. I call it Elegy.

Besides, designing a speaker, I made a concept of a circular business model for the product. The system includes an accessible repair and update service and a recycling center. The idea of the system is to reuse materials and parts from old and broken Bang & Olufsen speakers and thereby closing the loop. (Less)
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author
Blomgren, Matilda
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organization
course
IDEL01 20201
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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publication/series
Diploma work
report number
LUT-DVIDE/ EX--20/50473-SE
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ISRN
language
English
id
9019976
date added to LUP
2020-06-18 07:23:23
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2020-06-18 07:23:23
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  abstract     = {{I got the opportunity to do this Bachelor project together with the consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen. They gave me a task to design a sustainable Bluetooth speaker. After having many interviews with different experts, within Bang & Olufsen, and reading multiple pieces of literature concerning ecological design, I could define the term sustainability. I used my findings as a base for the project, and I focused on designing a speaker for a circular system.

In my process, I made use of sketches and paper models to visualize my concept. During this time, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Sweden, which stopped me from making a physical prototype. Instead, I made the final model in 3D. The result is a portable Bluetooth speaker, which is easy to disassemble and has a changeable expression. Because of this, the speaker is easily repaired, maintained, and updated, which will increase its lifetime. I call it Elegy.

Besides, designing a speaker, I made a concept of a circular business model for the product. The system includes an accessible repair and update service and a recycling center. The idea of the system is to reuse materials and parts from old and broken Bang & Olufsen speakers and thereby closing the loop.}},
  author       = {{Blomgren, Matilda}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Diploma work}},
  title        = {{ELEGY - A SUSTIANABLE SPEAKER}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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