Wobbleshroom Gerät zur Sprunggelenkrehabilitation by Minkyu Seo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Eisen in Sportartikeldesign Competition Category.
EisenSportartikel· 2022
Wobbleshroom Gerät zur Sprunggelenkrehabilitation
by Minkyu Seo
Client: Minkyu Seo
A' Design Award in Eisen Winner in Sportartikel Category
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The Design
About Wobbleshroom Gerät zur Sprunggelenkrehabilitation
Wobbleshroom ist ein Balancetrainingsgerät, das die Sprunggelenke stärkt und zur Vorbeugung von Verletzungen beiträgt. Die Form ist vom Wackelbrett inspiriert und erinnert an einen Pilz. Durch das Auftreten auf die obere Platte wird das Gerät aktiviert: Es spielt Töne ab und lässt ausgewählte Ecken vibrieren, um den Nutzer anzuleiten, sich in diese Richtung zu neigen. Ein Übungsdurchgang dauert drei Minuten. Die Oberseite besteht aus weichem Polyurethanschaum für Griffigkeit und Dämpfung, der Korpus aus Acrylnitril-Butadien-Styrol. Das Gerät misst 55 mal 38 Zentimeter und wiegt 5 Kilogramm.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Eisen
Wobbleshroom Gerät zur Sprunggelenkrehabilitation ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Eisen, einer prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für gute Designs, die die beruflichen und industriellen Anforderungen erfüllen, die an gut gestaltete Schöpfungen gestellt werden. Eisen-Gewinner zeigen großes Können, hohe Spezialisierung, fachkundiges Verständnis und die kreative Kapazität ihrer Schöpfer. Von Wobbleshroom Gerät zur Sprunggelenkrehabilitation wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgeschätzte, bewunderte und geliebte Schöpfung ist, die praktisch und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Eisen prämierte Design integriert bewährte Branchenverfahren und weist kompetente technische Merkmale in Verbindung mit Know-how und Talent auf. Wobbleshroom Gerät zur Sprunggelenkrehabilitation wird für seine Gründlichkeit geschätzt und ist darauf ausgelegt, Verbesserungen der Lebensqualität zu liefern, die dazu beitragen, die Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Wobbleshroom is a prehabilitative device designed to prevent future ankle injuries by bringing Neuromuscular Training and Whole Body Vibration into our everyday life. The device utilizes sound and vibration to guide the user in which direction to move – always ensuring a safe, fun, and effective exercise routine that does not feel burdensome.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 55cm x 38cm, 5kg
- Tags
- Healthcare, Recreation, Gamification, Exercise, Fun
- Production Technology
- To improve grips to prevent a user from falling off while being on top of the device, the top of the Wobbleshroom is designed with soft PU foam. It is soft, cushiony, and provides enough rigidity, serving as a perfect material to address my need. The rest of the body is mostly designed with Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene.
- Design Challenge
- Challenge was to lower the bar of rehabilitative exercise so that it is readily accessible for all users in a safe, joyful way, ultimately with a goal of the product blending into the user's daily life without feeling like a chore. To make the breakthrough, I have interviewed the users and the experts in the field - including doctors from John Hopkins University, based on data collected on various functional mockups.
- Research
- The research initially began with ankle injuries. Though some may view them as minor incidents, they are highly likely to develop into permanently unstable ankles if improperly treated. After finding out that the primary way to prevent ankle injuries is by improving peroneal muscles, I set out ways to discover possible fitting exercise routines used by professional athletes. It was there that I came across neuromuscular training and whole-body vibration. Prior is an exercise often used by athletes, and later is a technique developed by NASA for astronauts to stimulate leg muscles and improve balance.
- Inspiration
- The main inspiration came from the wobble board, a widely used tool to improve one's core strength during rehabilitative exercise.
Additional inspiration came from interviews with experts - including a doctor at Johns Hopkins University. - Project Duration
- The project finished December of 2021 in California.
- Operation Flow
- The simple act of stepping on the Wobbleshroom activates the device. It would start to play music notes and vibrate specific corners of the upper plate (mushroom hat), guiding users to tilt their bodies accordingly. A single set completes after 3 minutes, which is just the safe amount of exercise one is expected to do a day.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Minkyu Seo
- Team Members
- Minkyu Seo
- Image Credits
- N/A
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