Union Glas Rothair by Lyuting Ma and Hong Yu

Union Glas Rothair by Lyuting Ma and Hong Yu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dearadh Feithiclí Competition Category.

IarannFeithicil· 2022

Union Glas Rothair

by Lyuting Ma and Hong Yu

Client: Beijing Institute of Technology

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Feithicil Category

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The Design

About Union Glas Rothair

Is glas rothair é Union atá comhtháite le crann na diallaite ar rothar. Cuireann an glas trí fheidhm ar fáil: díghlasáil le méarlorg, socrú maighnéadach agus rabhadh frithchaiteach. Baintear an gá le heochracha trí aithint méarloirg, rud a fhágann go bhfuil úsáid laethúil níos gasta. Coinníonn maighnéad taobh istigh de chorp an ghlais an glas i gcoinne fheadán na diallaite le linn rothaíochta. Stóráiltear slabhra taobh istigh den fheadán agus tarraingítear amach é chun na rothaí a dhaingniú d'oibiacht sheasta. Is é an méid ná 28 faoi 74 faoi 352 milliméadar, rud a oireann do chrann diallaite caighdeánach, ionas go bhfanann an fráma glan agus go seachnaítear fadhbanna stórála.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Union Glas Rothair Duais Iarainn A' Design Award, aitheantas gradamach a bhronntar ar dhea-dhearaí a chomhlíonann na riachtanais ghairmiúla agus thionsclaíocha a bhíonn á n-éileamh ó chruthuithe a ndearnadh go maith iad. Léiríonn buaiteoirí Iarainn scil mhór, speisialtóireacht ard, tuiscint saineolaí agus cumas cruthaitheach a gcruthaitheoirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Union Glas Rothair ina chruthú a bhfuil an-mheas air, a n-ardaítear agus a ghráitear atá praiticiúil agus nuálach. Comhtháthaíonn an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Iarainn A' Design Award na cleachtais is fearr sa tionscal agus tá saintréithe teicniúla inniúla aige nasctha le heolas agus le tallann. Tá meas ar an dearadh Union Glas Rothair as a dhúthracht agus dearadh é chun feabhsuithe cáilíochta beatha a sholáthar a chabhraíonn leis an domhan a dhéanamh ina áit níos fearr.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a new design of convenient bicycle lock. It has three functions, fingerprint unlocking, magnetic fixing and reflective warning.
Dimensions & Packaging: Since the product is universal, there is no difference with the traditional seat tube size, the physical size is 28mmx74mmx352mm, it can be adapted to any bike.
Tags: bicycle，lock，fingerprint
Production Technology: The factors that determine whether a bike lock is good or bad are ease of use and versatility, in addition to security.
To ensure the security of the lock, we use a very mature fingerprint recognition technology. While ensuring security, it improves the user's operating experience. In consideration of the product's implementability, we retain the shape characteristics and material of the original bike seat tube, install the chain inside the car do tube, and place a magnet inside the lock body so that it can be easily sucked on the back of the bike do tube. All these designs ensure the manufacturability of the product.
Design Challenge: We wanted to create the perfect solution to design a convergent product for cyclists, rather than going the extra mile to buy a lock.
This design breaks through the limitations of traditional bicycle lock, it combines the lock with a bicycle part. The product not only brings convenience to users, but also reduces the waste of social resources, while also accelerating the progress of integrated innovation.
Research: To better understand the needs of lock users, we conducted research in shopping malls that sell bicycles, talking to dealers and exploring developments and changes in bicycles, such as how to alert small cars to attention and how to prevent theft.
We also talked to cyclists on the road to analyze the needs of users.
In the course of our research, we learned about the needs of users and the opinions of manufacturers and dealers associated with bicycles. With this insight, we began to refocus the project on the main issue: more efficient and natural unlocking and unlocking.
Inspiration: There are various types of traditional bicycle locks. Users often put the lock in different places, such as head tube, top tube and under the saddle, unsightly and inconvenient to store.
The lock breaks the form limitation of traditional bicycle by the way of creatively combining the lock and the seat post.
This product combines the lock with a bicycle part and it can not only ensure the safety of the bicycle, but also make the body cleaner.
Project Duration: The project started in Beijing in February 2020 and was completed in Beijing in April 2020. The project won the 2020 Red Dot Award：Best of the best and the Korea K-Design Award Grand Prize.
Operation Flow: How To Use
Step 1： Remove the lock
Step 2： Fingerprint to unlock
Step 3： Pull out the chain
Step 4： Pass the chain through the wheels and ground fence, then lock it.
Patents: none
Team Members: Lyuting Ma
Hong Yu
Image Credits: #1:Hong Yu,Lyuting Ma,2020
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