JBL Flip 4 2020

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JBL Flip 4 (2020)

In this project we will inspect JBL Flip 4’s concepts design which is designed with 2020 technology and design trends. In this design we aimed to achieve different experiences like lighting effects , faded colours in addition to JBL’s sound experience. The lighting unit can be used not only functionally but also decoratively in product design and similar creative fields as an element that increases the value of the design. This detail gives different experiences for the user and also makes it easy to distinguish between other same level products in the market.

JBL brand only used for reference in this project. Can’t be use for commercial projects.

M.Yasin Türedi

Product & Computational Designer

2020 Trends Research / Concept Analysis

In the beginning of the new decade, design and technology getting more together than previous decades. New manufacturing methods and digital fabrication techniques are bringing us to new horizons of new design methods. Technology is taking a big role in determining new trends. We are expecting to see retro dystopian future, CGI, AI, and similar technological innovations keep being trends. Not only the design field but also different creative fields such as the music industry are affected by these trends. Synthwave is a perfect example of the music industry. In addition to that, we can also give an example in the movie industry such as Blade Runner movie too. But most important milestone happened was releasing of Cybertruck by Tesla. After this release people acknowledged what are the upcoming trends in the future. This breakthrough led to many different options for designers and artists who want to materialize their unusual ideas.

Before we started this project we searched some inspiring details about new trends of 2020 such as ambient, color combinations, new experiences, materials, etc.

Computational Design & Digital Fabrication

We decided to use the computational design method to identify different characteristic features for this product. First of all, we decided to create a pattern that gives the characteristic detail of this design. This pattern can be controlled easily by the designer. All units in this pattern display some characteristic features like scaling, rotating, and more. Therefore we can place necessary elements in the places we desire within the pattern. Computational design helps to generate aesthetic ways to control this pattern properly.

What Is Computational Design ?

Computational design is the application of computational strategies to the design process. While designers traditionally rely on intuition and experience to solve design problems, computational design aims to enhance that process by encoding design decisions using a computer language.

We will use Rhinoceros Grasshopper plugin to make JBL Flip 4 more efficient in usage fields we predetermine.

Pattern Evolution

This pattern generated from 10 steps for productivity and aesthetic looking. These steps used various attractor styles such as rotation scaling and morphing etc. Some factors as like branding, function buttons and surfaces affect the evolution of pattern differently. Thanks to computational design softwares allows us to control the pattern as we want without manual editing.