Flowo Digitalna pisaća mašina by Jody Del Bianco

Flowo Digitalna pisaća mašina by Jody Del Bianco is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Željezna nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Digitalnih i Elektronskih Uređaja Competition Category.

ŽeljezoPotrošačka Elektronika· 2022

Flowo Digitalna pisaća mašina

by Jody Del Bianco

Client: Jodinskylab

Željezna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Potrošačka Elektronika Category

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The Design

About Flowo Digitalna pisaća mašina

Flowo je digitalna pisaća mašina dizajnirana za pisanje bez ometanja. Oblik podsjeća na klasičnu pisaću mašinu, sa crnim cilindričnim glavnim tijelom koje podsjeća na valjak za papir. Zakrivljeni e-ink displej prikazuje otkucani tekst, a interna memorija pohranjuje dokumente. Tastatura sa pozadinskim osvjetljenjem proteže se od glavnog tijela. Dva bočna dugmeta zamjenjuju nekadašnja dugmad za papir: lijevo dugme kreće se kroz meni, dok desno dugme pomjera dokument red po red ili stranicu po stranicu. Glavno tijelo izrađeno je od reciklirane plastike postupkom injekcionog kalupljenja.

The Recognition

About the Željezna nagrada A' Design Award

Flowo Digitalna pisaća mašina je pobjednik Željezne nagrade A' Design Award, prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje dobrim dizajnima što ispunjavaju profesionalne i industrijske zahtjeve očekivane od dobro dizajniranih kreacija. Željezni pobjednici pokazuju veliku vještinu, visoku specijalizaciju, stručno razumijevanje i kreativne kapacitete svojih stvaralaca. Očekuje se da Flowo Digitalna pisaća mašina bude visoko cijenjena, voljena i njegovana kreacija koja je praktična i inovativna. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Željeznu nagradu A' Design Award integrira najbolje industrijske prakse i ima kompetentne tehničke karakteristike povezane sa znanjem i talentom. Flowo Digitalna pisaća mašina se poštuje zbog svoje temeljitosti i dizajniran je da pruži poboljšanja kvaliteta života koja pomažu da svijet postane bolje mjesto.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Flowo's design is inspired by the main parts of a classic typewriter, thus the keyboard, the paper roller and the side knobs that allow by rotation, to insert the paper and move it forward. The device consists of a main body which is black and cylindrical and recalls the old roller plus two side control knobs that are use as follows: the left knob allows navigation on the device's menu, while the right one allows to scroll the document moving from one row to the other or from one page to the following.the main body expands with a backlit keyboard that allows typing. Text is displayed on an e-ink screen located on the main body.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions: 330 x 165 x 40mm
Tags: flowo, typewriter, keyboard, e-ink display, recycled, eco-sustainable, e-paper
Production Technology: Recycled plastic injection molding for main body, e-ink display and other eco-plastic materials.
Design Challenge: The greatest difficulty was to give a new design to an object (the typewriter) by now consolidated over time but also no longer used. the main idea was to keep some parts of the flowo design that recalled the old typewriter but at the same time have a modern and functional design. the keyboard is very minimal, the display is curved to remember the old roller where the paper slides while the side knobs that were used to slide the paper are now used to navigate the menu and scroll the pages.
The materials used for the production of flowo are all eco-sustainable and the plastic used is recycled plastic to have a minimal environmental impact.
Research: the research that has been done for the Flowo design is essentially based on giving a modern and functional design to an object now in disuse like the old typewriter. the basis of the project was taken into account the simplicity of use like the old typewriter but at the same time using modern technology (e.g. paper was eliminated and an e-ink display and an internal memory were used to store documents ).
Inspiration: The idea at the foundation of Flowo (Flow Word) is to give new life to a tool such as the old typewriter that is no longer used nowadays. Thanks to computer, tablet smartphone we have never ending solutions to type and save our texts, notes or books. The issue when using these devices to type is that the quantity of information, inputs, notifications they can send affects the writer's ability to concentrate, even the more disciplined one's.Flowo is the concept of a modern typewriter intended for a sole purpose: type without distractions.
Project Duration: Location: Azzano Decimo (PN) - Italy
Procject duration: 1 month
Operation Flow: Works like an old typewriter. You type on the keyboard and the text is displayed in the curved e-ink display.
The left knob allows navigation on the device's menu (create new document, save document, open document ect.), while the right one allows to scroll the document moving from one row to the other or from one page to the following.
Team Members: Jody Del Bianco