Or Joguina · 2020
MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Joguina de Trencaclosques
by Yoshiaki Ito
- A' Design Award d'Or 2020 in Joguina
- CLIENT: MoFU
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 77,065
- Verification code 1FB478D76E · Verify this award
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About MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Joguina de Trencaclosques
Morphits (anteriorment coneguts com a MoFU) són joguines transformables que també funcionen com a trencaclosques. Aquestes joguines amb forma cuboide surten lliscant de caixes tipus calaix i es despleguen per formar diversos animals com porcs, mones, tigres, hipopòtams i girafes. Cada animal té les seves pròpies característiques adorables i distintives, convertint-los en personatges encantadors. No obstant això, el veritable repte consisteix a plegar els Morphits de nou en la forma cuboide correcta, cosa que requereix enginy per resoldre el trencaclosques de fer-los encaixar amb precisió de tornada a les seves caixes.
About the A' Design Award d'Or
MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Joguina de Trencaclosques és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Or, un reconeixement immensament prestigiós concedit a dissenys de primera categoria, meravellosos i extraordinaris. Els guanyadors d'Or són creacions summament innovadores, molt visionàries i gloriosament enlluernadores que reflecteixen el prodigi, la saviesa i la destresa dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Joguina de Trencaclosques sigui un invent molt elogiat, pioner en tendències i monumental, que aporta un valor sense precedents. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Or és un projecte espectacular i respectat que beneficia molt i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Joguina de Trencaclosques crea sentiments intensos de desig, evoca passió, fomenta la creativitat i ens fascina.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- MoFU are transforming toys that are also brainteaser puzzles. Starting as identically shaped cuboids that slide out of boxes on drawers, each MoFU unfolds into a different kind of animal - pig, monkey, tiger, hippo, and giraffe. Each animal is its own character with cute and iconic features, but each is also a distinct puzzle. Folding a MoFU back into the correct cuboid shape so it can perfectly fit back into its box is a brainteasing challenge.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 85mm x 70mm x 60mm when folded in their 3D-printed boxes and at their most compact. Dimensions change with various poses. The maximum possible height is the fully unfolded giraffe at 370mm, and the minimum possible height is a fully recumbent monkey at 35mm.
- Tags
- Toys, Animals, Ecology, Recycled, Plastic, Geometric, Abstract, Transforming, Brainteaser, Puzzle
- Production Technology
- MoFU are 3D-printed using 100% recycled PET plastic from water bottles using selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printing. The 3D-printed pieces of the toy are united by elastic bands which run through the center of each piece. The pieces are finished with polyshot surfacing and deep-dye coloring for safe use by children and maximum lifespan.
- Design Challenge
- I had to think about the shape of each piece very carefully and how it could fit with its neighboring piece like a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Additionally all of the pieces had to be folded together into the rectangular shape of their box.
- Research
- Each piece of each toy had to be precisely shaped to fit with its neighboring piece like a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Pieces that approximate parts of an animal body must also be folded and nestled in a specific way, fitting perfectly together to revert to a cuboid shape.
Finding the perfect tension of the elastic bands was difficult as the pieces must freely rotate and fold, but not be at all loose. The holes bored for the bands had to be precise to the half-millimeter for the toy to function properly. - Inspiration
- Japanese origami, Kumiki puzzles, Transformers.
- Project Duration
- MoFU project development started in Brooklyn, NY in April 2018. The first animal, a pig, was created in May 2018; the monkey was finished in September 2018; the tiger in December 2018, the hippo in March 2019, and the giraffe in Jun 2019.
- Operation Flow
- MoFU emerge from identically shaped boxes, but each transforms into a different animal figure with articulated joints. Elastic bands form the animals' tendons and ligaments, allowing maximum transformability and infinite possible poses.
The toys are figurines, but they are also puzzles with varying degrees of difficulty. Folding them back into the correct cuboid shape so that they can fit back into their boxes ranges from simple for a child hippo to difficult for an adult monkey. - Patents
- Yoshiaki Ito
- Image Credits
- Photgrapes by Yoshiaki Ito, Video by Aria Wetzler and Yana Birykova
