Urbano El Manillar Para Bicicletas by Mert Ali Bukulmez

Urbano El Manillar Para Bicicletas by Mert Ali Bukulmez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño de Accesorios Competition Category.

HierroAccesorio· 2020

Urbano El Manillar Para Bicicletas

by Mert Ali Bukulmez

Client: Nottingham Trent University

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Accesorio Category

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The Design

About Urbano El Manillar Para Bicicletas

Urbano es un innovador manillar & amp; bolsa de transporte para bicicletas. Tiene como objetivo llevar mucho peso con bicicletas de forma cómoda, fácil y segura en zonas urbanas. La forma única del manillar proporciona espacio para caber en la bolsa. La bolsa se puede sujetar fácilmente al manillar con la ayuda del gancho y las bandas de velcro. La colocación de la bolsa genera ventajas con la experiencia de conducción que es muy necesaria en las zonas urbanas. La barra también está diseñada para estabilizar la bolsa que ayuda a brindar una mejor experiencia de conducción al ciclista.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

Urbano El Manillar Para Bicicletas ha ganado el A' Design Award de Hierro, un reconocimiento prestigioso concedido a buenos diseños que cumplen los requisitos profesionales e industriales que se esperan de creaciones bien diseñadas. Los ganadores de Hierro demuestran gran habilidad, alta especialización, comprensión experta y capacidad creativa de sus creadores. Se espera que Urbano El Manillar Para Bicicletas sea una creación muy apreciada, admirada y querida, práctica e innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Hierro integra las mejores prácticas del sector y tiene características técnicas competentes unidas a conocimiento práctico y talento. Urbano El Manillar Para Bicicletas es respetado por su minuciosidad y está concebido para aportar mejoras en la calidad de vida que ayudan a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

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