{"id":19422,"date":"2023-07-10T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=19422"},"modified":"2023-07-25T04:57:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T04:57:12","slug":"interview-with-steve-ko-of-anaccord-electronic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-with-steve-ko-of-anaccord-electronic\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Steve Ko of Anaccord Electronic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Steve Ko assumes the role of general manager, lead product designer and the founding member of Annacord Electronic CO., Ltd, a professional audio products developer who first developed his acute sense of audio related products development from a young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winner interview with the 2023 NY Product Design Awards Winner \u2013 Steve Ko<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q1. Please give us a brief bio of yourself and your background.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am the general manager, lead product designer and founding member of Anaccord Electronic CO., Ltd, a professional audio products developer with offices and production facilities in Australia, Taiwan and China. As a second generation of a well-established audio speaker manufacturer.&nbsp; I had developed an acute sense of audio related products development at a very young age. However, I also understand that a really successful product design needs to stand the test in real business scenarios, the product has to be market driven. That&#8217;s why I decided to pursue a Bachelor of Commerce in Australia before I started Anaccord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q2. What made you become\/why did you choose to become a product designer?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born and raised as the 2nd generation of a well-established Taiwan Owned Audio Speaker Product manufacturer, I had learned a great deal in the &#8220;Audio Aspect&#8221; of what makes a good audio speaker product. But I always feel that the design in the current installation speaker market should also have more aesthetic appeal on the exterior design. That&#8217;s why I gathered a team with more than 20 years expertise to start Anaccord Electronic Technology as my lifetime passion to create great design, starting with Audio products and perhaps expanding to other aspects as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q3. Tell us more about your business\/company, job profile, and what you do.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anaccord Electronic Technology is a Australia, Taiwan &amp; China Based leading audio product developer of audio related products with offices and manufacturing facilities that stretched across Australia, Taiwan and China. Like power audio amplifiers and sound engineering solution for consumer electronic, business and industrial applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from overseeing the daily operations as a GM, I am also the lead designer in&nbsp; Anaccord &#8216;s Flagship product segment where each year or two, will lead a special project team to develop a flagship audio products as a &#8220;show of muscles&#8221; with our latest technology and design skills that goes beyond the need of quality sound but also in terms of&nbsp; durability, light weight, easy to install&nbsp; and a touch of aesthetic in the exterior design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winning Entry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RUBY XSpira is an IPX66 Waterproof Coaxial Wall Mount PA Speakers with superb audio performance and \u2026(Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/nydesignawards.com\/winner-info.php?id=971\" class=\"external\">NY Product Design Awards<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more about this <a href=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/interview-with-reina-mun-from-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> with Reina Mun from the United States, the Silver Winner of the 2023 NY Product Design Awards.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Ko assumes the role of general manager, lead product designer and the founding member of Annacord Electronic CO., Ltd, a professional audio products developer who<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":19506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[372],"tags":[360,488,382],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Interview with Steve Ko of Anaccord Electronic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Winner interview with 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