2. Zen Stone Plus Digital Music Player
2007
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Anthony Oh, Eddy Toh, Yeo Chong Peng
The Zen Stone Plus is a compact MP3 player with
rounded edges reminiscent of a pebble. Its soft
curves, together with the circular operating field
and circular display, combine to form a harmoni-
ous design. The device weighs 21 grammes and
features an OLED display, which can show a
clock and the date. Additional features are an FM
radio with 32 programmable stations, a voice
recorder and a stopwatch. The user can assign a
shortcut key to an often-used function, which can
then be started at the touch of a button. The
relief-like surface of the operating buttons makes
them distinguishable by touch.
3. Zen Stone Digital Music Player
2007
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Anthony Oh, Eddy Toh, Yeo Chong Peng, Chong
Kin Fui, Gigi Cho
The Zen Stone is a digital MP3 player with a form
inspired by the natural, smooth curves of a
pebble. The small, lightweight device weighs
18.5 grammes, making it easy to carry and use.
Its operation has been simplified with the help of
a “skip folder” switch, which selects the next
folder. The device itself does not have a display;
instead, multicoloured LEDs display the charge
and play status. The surfaces of the operating
controls have a relief-style design enabling the
user to operate the player without having to look
at it. The Zen Stone communicates with current
PCs via a standard Mini-USB port without the
need to install additional software. The Zen Stone
is available in six high-gloss colours with a
storage capacity of 1 GB. With an operating time
of up to ten hours, it can play up to 250 songs.
4. Creative Zen Portable Media Player
2007
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Eddy Toh, Ong Chye Keong, Cho Chong Thiam
Creative Zen is a portable media player which
offers a wide range of multimedia functions. Its
pleasant look is the result of the rounded edges
and the corresponding operating buttons. The
colour screen displays photos in 16.7 million
colours. The player weighs 65 grammes and has a
maximum storage capacity of 32 GB, offering
space for 16,000 songs. The rechargeable battery
enables the user to play up to five hours of video or
30 hours of music.
5. Creative Muvo T100 Digital Music Player
2007
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Eddy Toh, Anthony Oh
Creative Muvo T100, a digital music player,
features a convenient thumbdrive that allows for the
ease of transfer of music and data without the need
of a separate cable. Comes in the size of 77.5 x
24.5 x 8.9 mm and weighs only 17.8 grammes.
Creative Muvo T100 is a perfect companion on the
move or exercising. Users can enjoy up to 10 hours
of continuous music playback. The controls are
ergonomically designed to allow the user to access
the player without looking at it. The MP3 player
features a one-touch bass button, letting music
lovers turn on the pulsating beat when their music
calls for it. Available with a memory storage of 2 GB
and 4 GB in 6 different glossy shades.
6. Zen Vision Portable Media Player
2005
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Eddy Toh, Adrian Wong, Tee Hock Ho
The Zen Vision is a portable digital media centre
for viewing both photos and video clips on its
3.7” TFT high-resolution LCD screen. Measuring
124.2 x 74.4 x 20.1 mm and weighing 239
grammes, its housing is made of a magnesium
alloy and is available in both black and white
colour schemes. It houses a 300GB hard disk
that can store up to 15000 songs, tens of thou-
sands of photos or up to 120 hours of digital
video files from digital cameras with ease. A
removable battery pack allows the user to double
the playtime. The Zen Vision features connectiv-
ity to home entertainment systems for viewing
photos and playing video clips on TV sets while a
built-in microphone allows for recording notes
and meetings.
7. Zen Vision:M Portable Media Player
2005
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Adrian Wong, Eddy Toh, Tan Jeng Khim, Chong
Kin Fui, Anthony Oh
The Zen Vision:M aims at providing all the digital
entertainment a user needs on the move. It is a
portable media player that can store up to 15000
songs, tens of thousands of photos or up to 120
hours of video clips on its 30GB hard disk. This
versatile player features an advanced colour
screen for movies and stills, a built-in micro-
phone, and its rechargeable battery allows
playback of up to 4 hours of video clips and 14
hours of music. A navigational interface com-
bines a vertical touch-sensitive strip along with
four surrounding mechanical buttons. The Zen
Vision:M also has a customisable shortcut button
for quick access to the specific features needed.
8. TravelSound 400
2005
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Tan Jeng Khim, Eddy Toh, Tee Hock Ho,
Ho Hua Chung
The TravelSound 400 is a portable speaker
system designed to give music lovers clear
audio sound from their MP3 players. The swivel
design offers a variety of listening angles for
delivering clear audio sound. With a compact
size of 161 x 42.8 x 67.8 mm and a weight of 273
grammes (without batteries), the product offers
convenient portability. The TravelSound 400
features two premium 1” titanium micro-drivers
for clear audio sound, with magnetically shielded
speakers, and up to 35 hours playtime with four
AAA batteries. A little travel box protects the unit
from wear and tear during travel.
9. Creative i-Trigue 3400
2004
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Eddy Toh
The i-Trigue 3400 is a desktop speaker system
with 2 satellite speakers and a subwoofer. The
titanium microdrivers with neodynium magnets
deliver superior highs while the 24-watt
subwoofer provides thumping bass. The satel-
lites are designed to be sleek and takes up
minimum table space. The wired remote control
not only provides convenience, it has auxilliary
input jacks that connects to music sources.
10. Creative HanZpad Tablet
2011
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Eddy Toh, Tan Jeng Khim
Intended for the Chinese OEM market, the Creative HanZpad tablet is
powered by the ZMS-40 system-on-chip (SoC) designed by our ZiiLabs
subsidary.
One of the key features of this platform is a proprietary "StemCell media
processing array" that boasts up to 96 programmable processing cores.
Together with the four 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A9 cores onboard.
At just 515g, the HanZpad is the lightest 10.1-inch tablet we know. This
is achieved with the use of magnesium alloy for the tablet body, making
it strong, ultralight, durable and high impact resistant to dents.
It comes with a front-facing HD camera, while the rear shooter is rated
at 12 megapixels and is capable of 720p HD video recording. The
HanZpad also comes with an accelerometer, gyroscope, assisted-GPS
and a digital compass. The screen has a 1,280 x 800 pixel resolution.
11. Creative Live Cam Series
2006
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Hong Qian, Eddy Toh, Wilfred Leong
The Live Cam IM Ultra, Live Cam IM and Live Cam
IM VGA is a roadmap series of webcam covering a
range of varying price points and features. Styling
cues were re-adapted from our previous Creative
Webcam series and refreshed to create segmented
categories using minimal tooling by cross-sharing
of parts.
12. Zen Stone and Zen Stone Plus with Speaker
2008
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Eddy Toh, Anthony Oh, Tan Jeng Khim
The Zen Stone and Zen Stone Plus with Speaker
series are the second generation and a continua-
tion of the original Zen Stone range. It comes with a
built-in speaker that sounds surprisingly loud for its
size. It spots a matt finish with the buttons having a
transparent depth layer creating an interesting
visual effect.
13. Zii Egg Software Development Kit
2008
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Eddy Toh, Anthony Oh
The Zii Egg Software Development Kit encom-
passes a multi-touch device, and many various
accessories that were designed for developers’
convenience. One unique innovation on the device
is a camera shutter button on the side thats armed
with a touch sensor for ‘image-focusing’ when the
finger touches the button prior to taking a photo.
14. Creative Sound Blaster Roar
2014
Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore
In-house design:
Eddy Toh, Vince Ang, Gigi Cho
The SoundBlaster Roar is a booklet-sized
portable Bluetooth wireless speaker. The
bi-amplified 5-driver design delivers uncompro-
misingly clear, high definition, and well-balanced
audio with a thumping bass. The unique orienta-
tion of the top-firing bass and mid-level driver
reduces the speaker’s center of gravity, thus
stabilizing it. Directing the audio upwards also
provides for a wider soundstage that does not
require the listener to be situated in the audio
sweet spot.
Jury’s comments
“As an example of industrial design, this is as
good as it gets. The execution of the design is
seamless and should be held as a benchmark for
others to follow.”