Flowo Máquina de Escribir Dixital by Jody Del Bianco is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Ferro in Deseño de Dispositivos Dixitais e Electrónicos Competition Category.
FerroElectrónica de Consumo· 2022
Flowo Máquina de Escribir Dixital
Client: Jodinskylab
A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Electrónica de Consumo Category
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The Design
About Flowo Máquina de Escribir Dixital
Flowo é unha máquina de escribir dixital deseñada para escribir sen distraccións. A forma evoca unha máquina de escribir clásica, cun corpo principal cilíndrico negro que lembra o rodete do papel. Unha pantalla curva de tinta electrónica mostra o texto escrito, e unha memoria interna almacena os documentos. Un teclado retroiluminado esténdese desde o corpo principal. Dous botóns laterais substitúen os antigos botóns do papel: o botón esquerdo despraza o menú, mentres que o botón dereito percorre o documento liña por liña ou páxina por páxina. O corpo principal está feito de plástico reciclado mediante moldeado por inxección.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Ferro
Flowo Máquina de Escribir Dixital gañou o A' Design Award de Ferro, un recoñecemento prestixioso outorgado a bos deseños que cumpren os requisitos profesionais e industriais esperados de creacións ben deseñadas. Os gañadores Ferro demostran a gran habilidade, a alta especialización, a comprensión experta e a capacidade creativa dos seus creadores. Espérase que Flowo Máquina de Escribir Dixital sexa unha creación moi apreciada, admirada e querida que é práctica e innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as mellores prácticas do sector e ten características técnicas competentes ligadas ao saber facer e ao talento. Flowo Máquina de Escribir Dixital é respectado pola súa minuciosidade e está deseñado para proporcionar melloras na calidade de vida que axudan a facer do mundo un lugar mellor.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Flowo's design is inspired by the main parts of a classic typewriter, thus the keyboard, the paper roller and the side knobs that allow by rotation, to insert the paper and move it forward. The device consists of a main body which is black and cylindrical and recalls the old roller plus two side control knobs that are use as follows: the left knob allows navigation on the device's menu, while the right one allows to scroll the document moving from one row to the other or from one page to the following.the main body expands with a backlit keyboard that allows typing. Text is displayed on an e-ink screen located on the main body.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions: 330 x 165 x 40mm
- Tags
- flowo, typewriter, keyboard, e-ink display, recycled, eco-sustainable, e-paper
- Production Technology
- Recycled plastic injection molding for main body, e-ink display and other eco-plastic materials.
- Design Challenge
- The greatest difficulty was to give a new design to an object (the typewriter) by now consolidated over time but also no longer used. the main idea was to keep some parts of the flowo design that recalled the old typewriter but at the same time have a modern and functional design. the keyboard is very minimal, the display is curved to remember the old roller where the paper slides while the side knobs that were used to slide the paper are now used to navigate the menu and scroll the pages.
The materials used for the production of flowo are all eco-sustainable and the plastic used is recycled plastic to have a minimal environmental impact. - Research
- the research that has been done for the Flowo design is essentially based on giving a modern and functional design to an object now in disuse like the old typewriter. the basis of the project was taken into account the simplicity of use like the old typewriter but at the same time using modern technology (e.g. paper was eliminated and an e-ink display and an internal memory were used to store documents ).
- Inspiration
- The idea at the foundation of Flowo (Flow Word) is to give new life to a tool such as the old typewriter that is no longer used nowadays. Thanks to computer, tablet smartphone we have never ending solutions to type and save our texts, notes or books. The issue when using these devices to type is that the quantity of information, inputs, notifications they can send affects the writer's ability to concentrate, even the more disciplined one's.Flowo is the concept of a modern typewriter intended for a sole purpose: type without distractions.
- Project Duration
- Location: Azzano Decimo (PN) - Italy
Procject duration: 1 month - Operation Flow
- Works like an old typewriter. You type on the keyboard and the text is displayed in the curved e-ink display.
The left knob allows navigation on the device's menu (create new document, save document, open document ect.), while the right one allows to scroll the document moving from one row to the other or from one page to the following. - Team Members
- Jody Del Bianco
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