Aiden Hwang

Jet Engine Speaker

A functional, flight-themed desk decoration

  • Industrial Design
  • Embedded Electronics
  • Audio
Year
2023
Tools
Autodesk Fusion, 3D printing
A board of jet-engine speakers: two turbine-shaped speakers on a pine base, wrapped in bent galvanized steel ribbon, beside build shots, a CAD exploded view and a hand-drawn exploded sketch of the same parts
Year
2023
Tools
Autodesk Fusion, 3D printing

This functional decoration was inspired by my love for aircraft. The bends holding each jet engine speaker in the air represent both aircraft wings and the flow of air around the engines.

I used Autodesk Fusion to model the speaker bodies, fitting the speaker electronics within them. All speaker body components were 3D printed. The bends are metal strips, resting on a wooden plank to ground the structure’s weight and tension.

A close view of one turbine face: many pale blue blades around a polished conical spinner, the steel ribbon curving past it and a room beyond
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A board of the finished work: two turbine-shaped speakers on a pine base wrapped in bent galvanized steel ribbon, beside build photographs, a CAD exploded view and a hand-drawn exploded sketch of the same parts