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Fujita Urban Electric Bike by Linda Pang Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Bicycle Design
Linda Pang acknowledged for bicycle design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Bicycle Design category for Fujita Urban Electric Bike by Linda Pang, designed for Asia Kingston HK Limited. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Fujita Urban Electric Bike
Fujita Urban is an electric bicycle designed for daily rides in the city. The frame is made of aluminium 6061, which keeps the bicycle light and easy to handle in traffic. A lithium battery is fully integrated inside the central tube, so the bicycle looks like a traditional model and the battery is better protected against theft. Pedal assistance supports the rider, while a belt drive replaces the usual chain to reduce maintenance and noise. Large wheels and a linear frame complete the form. Charging takes a few hours.
About Linda Pang
Asia Kingston is a design and license company established in 2008. Their main target is to supply the global market and work closely with the manufacturing and production sectors. They are specialized in the design, development, and distribution of well-known licensee brands. Asia Kingston is committed to the best design ideas. Technology is developed internationally and the design concepts are primarily created in Europe. They constantly exhibit at major international trade shows in locations such as Shanghai, Las Vegas, Milano, Berlin and Frankfurt. The main partners have been brands like Nasa, Red Bull Racing, Alfa Romeo F1, Rover, Packard Bell, Acer, Elle, Hot Wheels and Barbie.
Award Record
This recognition makes Linda Pang a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2021 - 2022 to 2022 - 2023 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Bicycle Design Award
The A' Bicycle Design Award is an international bicycle design competition recognizing good bicycle designs by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to bicycle designers, industrial designers, vehicle designers and bicycle brands from all countries. Entries typically include mountain bikes, road bikes, hybrid bikes, cruiser bikes, folding bikes and electric bikes. Awarded bicycle designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/bicycle
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/144742
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/144742
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!144742
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/324851
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.fujitabike.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Fujita Urban Electric Bike
- Function
- Electric Bike
- Category
- Bicycle Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Automotive and Sports
- Colors
- White Smoke, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Silver and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Asia Kingston HK Limited
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Linda Pang
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #144742
Credits
- Team
- Monica Avena, Alessandra Barbieri, Lisa Barbieri and Marcella Vezzani
- Image Credits
- Asia Kingston, Fujita Urban frontal, 2023.; Asia Kingston, Fujita Urban frame, 2023.; Asia Kingston, Fujita Urban logo, 2023.; Asia Kingston, Fujita Urban belt drive, 2023.; Asia Kingston, Fujita Urban setting, 2023.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Fujita Urban is a unique electric bike which combines design and style with the knowledge of Fujita in the electric mobility world. This electric bike allows a speed moving around the city whilst keeping its essentiality and efficiency. It may seem just a refined and elegant bike at first glance, but the slim tube hides inside a lithium battery, allowing the rider to speed through city traffic with elegancy and dynamism.
- Inspiration
- Fujita has founded its own corporate identity on green mobility, particularly on electric bikes. This is the on-going mission of the company towards a greener business whilst pursuing top level in design and quality. The combination of these purposes can be perfectly expressed with the Fujita Urban: elegance, sustainability, minimalism, lightweight, simplicity, efficiency. This electric bike is inspired by and created for moving around the city in an environment-friendly way while being chic.
- Research
- The project has been developed to launch a high-quality and classy electric bike, which differentiates itself from the traditional ones thanks to its specifications and design. Indeed, the aim is to combine a detailed design with the green technology to create a product not only of great style but also of easy handling.
- Challenge
- The creative challenge of the Fujita Urban project was firstly to develop an electric bike which at first sight appears as a traditional bike whilst hiding a lithium battery inside the main tube. Secondly, the challenge was to convey to the final user its high-quality by highlighting the elegant frame through a modern design and a linear geometry. This project aims to increase e-bikes daily uses also around the traffic of the city, while improving its elegance as a means of high design.
- Realization and Technology
- The Fujita Urban was designed with the focus of reaching high levels of design and aesthetics through linear frame whilst keeping the pedal assistance and the environment-friendly aim. Thanks to the fully integrated battery, the thick tubes remind to a traditional bike, providing an aesthetics plus to the vehicle.
- Operation and Interaction
- The Fujita Urban is an electric bike characterized by elegant style, linear frame and slim tubes, designed for handling the daily rides in the city. It is easy for the user to move around the traffic on the saddle of the bike thanks to the big wheels and the ultra-light frame. Thanks to the fully integrated battery, the rider feels like riding a traditional bike whilst benefitting of the pedal assistance and feeling safer against theft as the battery is totally hidden inside the central tube. In few hours the Fujita Urban will be fully charged and ready for the next journey.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Milano (Italy) in April 2022. The product was display at IFA fair in Berlin (September 2022) and at CES Show in Las Vegas (January 2023). It is going to be distributed in the major countries all over the world.
- Specifications
- The dimensions of the electric bike are 178 cm (L) x 65cm (W) x 115cm (H). The maximum tolerable loading weight of the final user is 100 Kg. The Aluminum 6061 frame and the slim tubes make the bike ultra-light and aerodynamic in the traffic, along with the ease for the user to move freely the vehicle. The fully integrated battery improves the aesthetics of the bike and increases the protection of the battery from theft. Comparing with classic bike chain, the belt drive requires less maintenance, lasts longer, is quieter, lighter, more modern and high-end.
- Keywords
- Ebike, electric, bike, mobility, green, Fujita, urban, street, linear, elegant, style
