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Flowo Machina da scrive digitale by Jody Del Bianco
Flowo Machina da scrive digitale by Jody Del Bianco
Flowo Machina da scrive digitale by Jody Del Bianco
Flowo Machina da scrive digitale by Jody Del Bianco
Flowo Machina da scrive digitale by Jody Del Bianco

Ferru Elettronica di Cunsumu · 2022

Flowo Machina da scrive digitale

by Jody Del Bianco

  • A' Design Award di Ferru 2022 in Elettronica di Cunsumu
  • CLIENT: Jodinskylab
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 32,511
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About Flowo Machina da scrive digitale

Flowo hè una machina da scrive digitale cuncepita per scrive senza distrazioni. A forma ricorda una machina da scrive classica, cù un corpu principale cilindricu neru chì face pensà à u rullu di carta. Un schermu e-ink curvatu mostra u testu digitatu, è una memoria interna guarda i documenti. Una tastiera retroilluminata s'allarga da u corpu principale. Duie manette laterali rimpiazzanu i vechji buttoni di carta: a manetta manca permette di navigà in u menu, mentre chì a manetta diritta face scorre u documentu, linea per linea o pagina per pagina. U corpu principale hè fattu di plastica ricicata tramindui stampaghju per iniezione.

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Flowo Machina da scrive digitale hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Flowo Machina da scrive digitale sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Flowo Machina da scrive digitale hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

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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.

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