Slide Roller Pro Multifunctional Fitness by Daniel De Burgos Bengoechea is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award in Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Competition Category.
IronSporting Goods· 2024
Slide Roller Pro Multifunctional Fitness
by Daniel De Burgos Bengoechea
Client: Slide Roller PRO
A' Design Award Winner in Sporting Goods Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #156996The Design
About Slide Roller Pro Multifunctional Fitness
Slide Roller Pro is a multifunctional fitness device designed for training at home. The patented form combines the functions of up to 15 separate fitness devices in a single element. Body development, injury rehabilitation, muscle recovery and improved flexibility are all supported. The multi-grip design offers up to 20 grip positions and favours ergonomic use. Aluminium, foam and interchangeable silicone grips are used. The device measures 125 cm in length and 15 cm in diameter and weighs 5 kg. Slide Roller Pro is portable, easy to store and suited to all ages.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Slide Roller Pro Multifunctional Fitness is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Slide Roller Pro Multifunctional Fitness is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Slide Roller Pro Multifunctional Fitness is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The idea was to create a device with an innovative design with great functionality and beautiful aesthetics. To achieve this, a special design had to be found that allowed multiple grips and that the device could remain both horizontally and vertically.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
My goal was to achieve a multifunctional, aesthetic and simple design. The intention was to create a device that would adapt to the characteristics of all types of people.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
I would love to be able to license or sell the patent. My final goal is that the device can be sold on the market since I consider it to be a highly multifunctional device.
Grand Interview
Your innovative approach to combining multiple fitness functionalities into the Slide Roller Pro Multifunctional Fitness is remarkable - could you walk us through the creative journey that led to this integrated design solution during the pandemic restrictions?
I noticed that there were no multi-grip devices that could expand the entire body and that could also be dynamic and sliding, allowing for wide ranges of joint movement. It was also extremely important that the design be adaptable to all types of people, being ergonomic and easy to use.I started the design on paper and then I tested it with cardboard. After testing it effectively, we moved on to 3D, finishing with the physical prototype.
The Slide Roller Pro Multifunctional Fitness features an intriguing multi-grip design with holes for both hands and feet - what inspired this specific ergonomic configuration, and how does it enhance the user experience across different exercise types?
The user's grip experience was a key factor, so multiple grips with different curvatures are possible to facilitate said grips. One aspect that inspired the design was the curved physiognomy of our hands, therefore, I tried to adapt the grips to the physiognomy of the hand.
Given that the Slide Roller Pro Multifunctional Fitness replaces up to 15 different fitness devices, could you elaborate on the research and development process that enabled you to successfully integrate so many functionalities while maintaining the device's sleek aesthetic appeal?
The user's grip experience was a key factor, so multiple grips with different curvatures are possible to facilitate said grips. One aspect that inspired the design was the curved physiognomy of our hands, therefore, I tried to adapt the grips to the physiognomy of the hand.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Slide Roller Pro is an "all in one" patented device whose main advantage is the ability to replace up to 15 fitness devices. Its multifunctionality allows body development, injury rehabilitation, muscle recovery and improved flexibility.
Its innovative multi-grip design favors the user's ergonomics and offers up to 20 different grip possibilities, greatly expanding the exercise capacity and facilitating its use. Multifunctional, ergonomic, portable, easily storable device adapted for all ages. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Length: 125cm
Diameter: 15cm.
Weight: 5kg.
Materials: Aluminum, foam and stainless
Interchangeable silicone grips - Tags
- Fitness, sports, gym, health, rehabilitation, invention, patent, physiotherapy
- Production Technology
- The creation of the first sketch was manual in pencil and later we took it to 3D. Later the prototype was created and fortunately it worked perfectly, the materials chosen being safe and durable.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge of this project was to achieve a design and materials that managed to integrate the functional characteristics of numerous devices into a single element. The goal was to make the difficult easy combining aesthetics and functionality.
- Research
- The research began by observing the functionalities of the different fitness devices. Upon realizing that there were great limitations at a functional level since most were simply limited to the body development of very specific muscles, I decided to create a multifunctional device that not only developed the body but also allowed the rehabilitation of injuries, improved flexibility and muscle recovery.
- Inspiration
- As a result of the sports restrictions that arose during the pandemic, there were a series of limitations for carrying out sports activities in gyms, prioritizing exercise at home. Taking into account the specificity of different home sports equipment, I decided to create a unique element that would integrate the functional characteristics of the different devices to expand the possibilities of exercise at home. The goal was to create a device that combined aesthetics and functionality.
- Project Duration
- The project began in April 2020 and the prototype came into my hands in February 2021. The first prototype worked perfectly and all this development work has been carried out in Bilbao (Spain). In 2023 it was exhibited at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, winning the gold medal.
- Operation Flow
- The use of the Slide Roller Pro allows for better overall body development, achieving greater activation of muscle groups, improved flexibility and muscle recovery. In addition, its special design minimizes and prevents the risk of injury, allowing their rehabilitation.
Its design favors the performance of countless exercises, adapting to all types of users from beginners to advanced. It is a perfect complement for different fitness disciplines (Hiit, Bodybalance, Yoga, etc.). - Patents
- Patented, Patent no ES2894339
Patent holder: Daniel de Burgos 2020, Spain - Team Members
- Daniel de Burgos, Estibaliz Argote
- Image Credits
- Image credit: Daniel de Burgos, Estibaliz Argote
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