Gold Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design · 2023
Lux101 Toddler Carrier
by Luciroda
- A' Design Award 2023 Gold Winner in Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: Luciroda
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 57,204
- Verification code 583E5D841B · Verify this award
About Lux101 Toddler Carrier
Lux101 is a side hip seat baby carrier that holds a child sideways at the hip. The shoulder pad is shaped to spread the load over one shoulder and to reduce shoulder pain. The seat holds the legs in an open position that helps prevent hip dysplasia and lowers pressure on the thighs. The seat folds away when not in use and unfolds to seat the child, with a back pad for support. Soft polyester webbing allows quick length adjustment. Lux101 suits children from five months to five years and up to twenty kilograms.
The Lux101 Toddler Carrier by luciroda represents a distinguished achievement in contemporary juvenile product design, seamlessly merging functional innovation with aesthetic refinement in a manner that speaks to evolving standards within the parenting accessories category. This award-winning carrier system demonstrates sophisticated understanding of both ergonomic requirements and the visual expectations of design-conscious caregivers, presenting a harmonious synthesis of form and purpose. The compositional presentation strategically positions the product within an aspirational lifestyle context, where the carrier becomes an integrated element of a carefully curated personal aesthetic rather than merely utilitarian equipment. Technical merit manifests in the thoughtful material selection visible throughout, from the breathable mesh panels ensuring infant comfort to the substantial yet supple strap construction with contrast piping that provides both structural integrity and visual interest. The neutral ivory and black colorway exhibits remarkable versatility, complementing the sophisticated attire of the model while maintaining focus on the carrier's refined silhouette. One observes in the sleeping child a powerful testimonial to the carrier's comfort and security properties, the peaceful slumber serving as implicit validation of the design's success in its primary functional objective. The image invites contemplation of how contemporary design practice increasingly recognizes that objects serving intimate family functions deserve the same aesthetic consideration previously reserved for fashion and interior design, perhaps suggesting that the boundaries between these categories continue their productive dissolution.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- A baby carrier that holds a baby sideways. It is named the side hip seat because it holds a baby sideways. It is designed to disperse a lot of weight on one shoulder. It is made of a light and soft material, a seat design that can prevent hip dysplasia, and a detachable bag that can be stored. The key to the baby carrier is an efficient shoulder pad for sitting a baby sideways and a seat structure for sitting a baby. The shoulder pad is ergonomically designed to minimize shoulder pain, and the baby seat minimizes pressure on a baby's thighs and features a foldable back pad.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- It can be used for babies from 5 months to 5 years of age, and can be used up to a maximum load of 20Kg. 50mm webbing. Anti-slip seat. 3D MESH back pad, triple safety buckle, safety hook
- Tags
- luciroda, toddler carrier, baby carrier, hipseat, side hip seat
- Production Technology
- The goal of our baby carrier is to be able to sit down a baby quickly when he or she wants. In order to sit down a baby quickly, the webbing that adjusts the length should be soft. To make the length adjustment webbing smooth, we made a soft but strong webbing through a conditioner and heating work on polyester material
The mesh material used for the shoulder part uses a hexagonal structure with polyester material to have excellent weight distribution and strong durability. - Design Challenge
- Since a shoulder cushion should support a baby's weight only sidewards, it was difficult to choose a method and material to distribute the load on the shoulder. We solved the problem through the material method and ergonomic design of a shoulder cushion. In terms of a seat to sit down a baby, a baby's thigh is pressed depending on a baby's weight. And by making a baby's legs in the M position, a baby's hip dysplasia should be prevented. We put a lot of time and effort into the seat material and the seat design to satisfy this.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Korea in January 2019 and was completed in Korea in October 2022. Sales started in October 2022 at www.luciroda.com.
- Operation Flow
- The baby seat can be folded when not in use, and unfolded when in use to sit down a baby. We designed the baby seat to sit down a baby and the pad to support a baby's back like a chair when the seat is unfolded.
- Research
- In order to make it easier to hold a baby, we collected data such as the shape of a baby's legs, the wearer's pain area, and the time and number of times to hold a baby.
Through interviews with parents who actually bring up children, we set goals and looked for ways to solve them.
Based on the collected data, we did dummy doll tests on hundreds of seat designs, and recruited participants to observe parents and babies, and completed the baby carrier design. - Inspiration
- We wanted to make a baby carrier that carries like a bag and allows a baby to sit on as he or she wants. This is because as babies grow, the amount of time they are held is shortened and the number of times they are held increases.
We wanted to make a baby carrier with a stylish design that could hold and put down a baby as quickly as possible, while making it small in volume and widening a baby's view. It is the LUX101 side hip-seat that can satisfy all of these. - Image Credits
- Luciroda Design Team, 2022.
- Patents
- "Patented. 30-2019-0042165. KIM SUN HEE. 2019. Korean Intellectual Property Office."
"Trademark (2019) KIM SUN HEE."