Urbano La Maneta Per A Bicicletes by Mert Ali Bukulmez

Urbano La Maneta Per A Bicicletes by Mert Ali Bukulmez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny d'Accessoris de Moda i Viatge Competition Category.

FerroAccessori· 2020

Urbano La Maneta Per A Bicicletes

by Mert Ali Bukulmez

Client: Nottingham Trent University

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Accessori Category

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The Design

About Urbano La Maneta Per A Bicicletes

Urbano és un innovador manillar i amp; bossa per portar bicicletes. Té l’objectiu de portar pes pesat amb bicicletes còmodament, fàcil i de forma segura a les zones urbanes. La forma única de la maneta proporciona espai per adaptar-se a la bossa. La bossa es pot fixar fàcilment a la barra de maneig amb l’ajut de les bandes de ganxo i velcro. La col·locació de la bossa genera avantatges amb una experiència de conducció molt necessària a les zones urbanes. La barra també està dissenyada per estabilitzar la bossa que ajuda a donar una millor experiència de conducció al ciclista.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Urbano La Maneta Per A Bicicletes és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro, un reconeixement prestigiós concedit a bons dissenys que compleixen els requisits professionals i industrials esperats de creacions ben dissenyades. Els guanyadors de Ferro demostren una gran habilitat, una alta especialització, una comprensió experta i la capacitat creativa dels seus creadors. Es preveu que Urbano La Maneta Per A Bicicletes sigui una creació molt apreciada, admirada i estimada que és pràctica i innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro integra les millors pràctiques del sector i té característiques tècniques competents lligades al coneixement i al talent. Urbano La Maneta Per A Bicicletes és respectat per la seva minuciositat i està pensat per oferir millores en la qualitat de vida que ajuden a fer del món un lloc millor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Urbano is an innovative handle-bar & carrying bag for bikes. It aims to carry heavy weight with bikes comfortably, easy and safely in urban areas. The handle-bar is universal and can fit on to any kind of bicycle. The bar is also designed to stabilize the bag that helps to give the better driving experience to the cyclist.
Dimensions & Packaging: The handle bar comes with multiple width options which depends on the shoulder width.
Tags: Urban, Fashion, Bag, Bicycle, Handlebar
Production Technology: All the materials and production techniques are included in submitted pdf document.
Design Challenge: Observations in London was a bit hard because I had travel around all the city to determine the problems that urban commuters encountering. It was actually fun to take all the pictures and to actually see the problems however it was a bit tiring activity to walk around the city for days.
Research: Quality literature review, an online survey, semi-structured interviews living in both London and Istanbul and an extensive observation studies are reported in submitted PDF documents. The deep research enabled me to set a design brief to apply a solution for the concerning problem.
Inspiration: The main inspiration of the project comes from urban life-style and its obstacles. With the growing world people are more tended to move to bigger cities and it causes congestion which causes delays in people's daily routines.The project aims to find a alternative solution for urban commuters. The brief is set up after the research process. Highly detailed research process supported with literature review, surveys and observational studies was the key point of the project.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2018 in Nottingham Trent University. After 3 months of research process, the actual designing process started and lasted for two months. Project ended in May 2018 in Nottingham Trent University.
Operation Flow: The handle-bar can be easily fitted on to any bike. The unique shape of the handle-bar provides space to fit the bag. The bag can be easily attached to handle-bar with the help of the hook and velcro bands. The placement of the bag generates advantages with driving experience. It allows much safer trip with weight balancing and also gives better control with the bike itself which is much needed in urban areas.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Mert Ali Bükülmez, 2018