UnLimited Backpack (بیکپیک) by Kuan-Hua Chou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award برنجی انعام in سسٹین ایبل پروڈکٹس، پراجیکٹس ءِ گرین ڈیزائن Competition Category.
برنجسسٹین ایبل پروڈکٹ· 2020
UnLimited Backpack (بیکپیک)
Client: Kuan-hua Chou
A' Design Award برنجی انعام Winner in سسٹین ایبل پروڈکٹ Category
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About UnLimited Backpack (بیکپیک)
اَنلمیٹڈ یک بیکپیک قابلِ بازیافت انت کہ شہری سائیکلسوارانی واستہ ڈیزائن بوتگ۔ اے بیکپیک مکمل طور ءَ ضدِ آپ انت و اندازہ ءَ بدل کرگ ءَ بہر انت۔ یک کانسرتینا (چینمانند) ساخت ءَ بیک ءَ اجازہ دنت کہ نامنتظرہ چیزانی واستہ پھیل بہ بیت و ھمے وھد ءَ یک باریک شکل ءَ فشردہ بہ بیت کہ حرکت ءَ بہتر کنت۔ اَنلمیٹڈ تنہا یک مواد ءَ ساختگ بوتگ، یعنی یک ترموپلاستیک الاستومر قابلِ بازیافت کہ مختلف سطحانی سختی ءَ داراں انت، و ذریعہ گرمی جوش (heat welding) ءَ سیل بوتگ۔ اکثر بیکپیک چند مواد ءَ یکجا کننت و بازیافت کرگ ءِ واستہ گرانی انت۔ یک-مادہ ساخت ءَ خدمتی زندگی ءِ آخر ءَ دوبارہ استعمال و بازیافت ءِ واستہ سہولت دنت۔
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award برنجی انعام
UnLimited Backpack (بیکپیک) A' Design Award برنجی انعام ءِ ورگ آ انت، باز معزز اعتراف کہ تخلیقی صلاحیت، اختراع ءُ ذہانت گوں ممتاز بہترین ڈیزائناں دیگ بیت۔ برنج ءِ ورگ آ بھرپور مہارت ءِ ءُ نمایاں ڈولا تخلیقی شاہکار انت، کہ وتی ڈیزائنراں ءِ وسیع تجربہ، تخیل ءُ ہوشیاری ءِ تصدیق کننت۔ UnLimited Backpack (بیکپیک) چہ امید کنگ بیت کہ آ یک باز قدر کنگ بوتگیں، ساراہگ بوتگیں ءُ پیارکنگ بوتگیں چیز بیت، قابل ذکر حد ءَ پیشہ ورانہ ءُ جدت ءِ۔ ای ڈیزائن کہ A' Design Award برنجی انعام ءَ برتگ، فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن ءُ ٹیکنالوجی ءِ بہترین طریقہ شامل کنت ءُ ہورد تفصیلاں ءَ توجہ دیگ ءِ سببا شاندار انت۔ UnLimited Backpack (بیکپیک) ضرورتاں جوانیں ڈولا پورا کنت، خواہشاں ءَ ہنچیت، جذباں ءَ موہنت ءُ تجسس کشنت۔
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- UnLimited is a recyclable, fully waterproof and size adjustable backpack tailored to the needs of an urban slow cyclist. This project aims to demonstrate the unlimited and limited requirements of space and material through a daily backpack. It can both expand to accommodate unexpected items and compress to keep the backpack streamlined to allow for better mobility.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 290 mm x 410 mm x (20~150) mm, 860 g
- Tags
- backpack, material, exploration, sustainable, plastics, responsible consumption and production, slow cycling, commuting, unlimited, limited
- Production Technology
- The concept and production focus on concertina structure, material features and plastic production methods. Following the design philosophy for 'design of reduction', the backpack is sealed by heat welding and made of mono-material DuPont Hytrel, or similar recyclable thermoplastic elastomers with different levels of hardness. This feature is in stark contrast to the backpacks on the market today, which are multi-material and hard to recycle.
- Design Challenge
- How to bring DuPont Hytrel from industrial usages to daily life market is the first challenge of this project. Another barrier is to search suitable hardness and thickness for the concertina structure, which should provide an instantly positive user experience.
- Research
- The design research was conducted through material exploration firstly and discovering the target audience and market through survey, road observation and 1:1 interview.
- Inspiration
- Plastics that improve with age. The project is to design a product, with recyclable plastic, that is sustainable and creates a genuine bond with the user. An object that improves with age and counters some of the negative attributes often attributed to plastics such as cheap, transient and unemotional. Considering the longevity of a solution but also its place in a circular economy. What is its service life, how can it be reused, recycled or repurposed if it comes to the end of its useful life?
- Project Duration
- The material research started from visiting DuPont Geneva Innovation Center in October 2016. The concept development was implemented during the springs of 2017 and 2018 in London, following a release in the 2018 degree show at the Royal College of Art. The latest prototype was made in November 2019 in Tainan.
- Operation Flow
- Enough? Enough! UnLimited provides cyclists space depends on their needs. However, for the limitation of a bike, cyclists should not be a greedy user. They have to ensure the load they carry can keep their journey comfortable, not an obstacle. The project reflects balance and interaction between cyclists and their freedom of bringing as much as they can or as less as they can.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Kuan-hua Chou, 2018.
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Kuan-hua Chou
VIDEO CREDITS:
Filmmaker: Hiroki Yokoyama
Composer: Eternity Bro
Starring: Victoria Lynn-Hamilton, Anthony Fanna, Beatrice Maione
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