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Voronoi Polkupyöräkypärä by Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou

Voronoi Polkupyöräkypärä by Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award in Suojavarusteet Competition Category.


HopeaSuojavarusteet· 2020

Voronoi Polkupyöräkypärä

by Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou

Client: Yuefeng ZHOU,Zhecheng XU,Haiwei WANG

Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Suojavarusteet Category

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The Design

About Voronoi Polkupyöräkypärä

Kypärä on inspiroitu 3D Voronoi -rakenteesta, joka on laajalti levinnyt luonnossa. Parametrisen tekniikan ja bionikan yhdistelmällä polkupyöräkypärässä on parantava ulkoinen mekaaninen järjestelmä. Se eroaa perinteisestä hiutaleiden suojarakenteesta sen lyömättömässä bionisessa 3D-mekaanisessa järjestelmässä. Kun tämä rakenne osuu ulkoiseen voimaan, se osoittaa parempaa vakautta. Kevyyden ja turvallisuuden tasapainossa kypärä pyrkii tarjoamaan ihmisille mukavamman, muodikkaamman ja turvallisemman henkilökohtaisen suojan polkupyöräkypärän.

The Recognition

About the Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award

Voronoi Polkupyöräkypärä on Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, äärimmäisen arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään huippuluokan, upeille ja vaikuttaville designeille. Hopeavoittajat ovat äärimmäisen loistavia ja erittäin luovia teoksia, jotka havainnollistavat suunnittelijoidensa erinomaista asiantuntemusta, lahjakkuutta ja terävyyttä. Voronoi Polkupyöräkypärä:n odotetaan olevan ihana, esimerkillinen teos, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja syvästi innovatiivinen. Tämä Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign on erittäin merkittävä, ihailtu keksintö, joka hyödyttää taiteen, tieteen, designin ja teknologian rajojen laajentamista. Voronoi Polkupyöräkypärä on laajalti kadehdittu luomus, joka herättää haluja, tuo myönteisiä tunteita ja sytyttää hämmästystä ja ihmetystä.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
With a combination of parametric technique and bionics, the bicycle helmet has an excellent external mechanical system. It's different from traditional flake protection structure in its unabridged bionic 3D mechanical system. When hit by an external force, this structure shows better stability. The helmet's porous characteristic makes it possible to achieve a perfect balance of safety and lightness. And the helmet can get better air permeability and organic cool appearance.
Dimensions & Packaging
The helmet is still in the experimental test stage. It comes in 3 sizes. Shell is constructed from carbon kevlar and fiberglass resin with a polystyrene lining.
Tags
Helmet, Bicycle, VORONOI, Parametric, Bionics, Lightness, Stability
Production Technology
Main Material: Shell is constructed from carbon kevlar and fiberglass resin with a polystyrene lining.
Design Challenge
It's a key of appearance design to make the structure system adapt to cavity form. In the research process, we have to arrange data interaction mechanism between different algorithm units. Iteration and feedback of data lead to the rationality of final simulation results,
Research
With the parametric technique, we take mechanical simulation experiments of inner structure sampling points. Based on the simulation date, structure sampling points are rearranged properly, and the helmet finally gets an integrated structure system. Considering the convenience of parametric technique, we can directly control the density parameter of the whole structure system, and specification parameter of the supporting system. After mechanical simulation experiments of the latest structure, the result of simulation affects controls parameter, which promotes the helmet's adaptation to different users and usage scenarios.
Inspiration
The helmet is inspired by 3D Voronoi structure which is widely distributed in Nature, for example, the structure of the animal's bone, turtle shell, and even straw, etc. The structure is a natural consequence of natural evolution, which gives the organism perfect physical performance in aspects of lightness, stability and energy interaction. Thus, we apply this parametric technique into the improvement of helmet design. At the balance of lightness and safety, we hope to provide people with more comfortable, more fashionable, and safer personal protection bicycle helmet.
Project Duration
The project started in June 2018 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China and would be available for mass consumption in July 2020 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Operation Flow
The helmet structure is the important design elements in this design. The helmet's porous characteristic makes it possible to achieve a perfect balance of safety and lightness. And the helmet can get better air permeability and organic cool appearance.
Team Members
Lead Designer:Zhecheng XU
Lead Designer:Yuefeng ZHOU
Lead Designer:Haiwei WANG

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