MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Abin Wasan Gwada Hankali by Yoshiaki Ito

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Abin Wasan Gwada Hankali by Yoshiaki Ito is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Kyautar A' Design Award ta Zinariya in Kayan Wasa Competition Category.

ZinariyaKayan Wasa· 2020

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Abin Wasan Gwada Hankali

by Yoshiaki Ito

Client: MoFU

Kyautar A' Design Award ta Zinariya Winner in Kayan Wasa Category

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The Design

About MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Abin Wasan Gwada Hankali

Morphits (wanda ake sani da MoFU a baya) abubuwan wasa ne masu canzawa waɗanda suke aiki sau biyu a matsayin wasannin gwada hankali. Waɗannan kayan wasa masu siffar cuboid suna zamewa daga cikin akwatunansu akan alluna kuma suna buɗewa zuwa dabbobi iri-iri kamar alade, biri, damisa, dorina, da raƙumi. Kowace dabba tana da nata siffofi masu ban sha'awa da bambanta, wanda ke sa su zama halaye masu kayatarwa. Duk da haka, ƙalubalen na gaske yana cikin naɗe Morphits ɗin baya zuwa daidaitaccen siffar cuboid, wanda ke buƙatar ƙarfin hankali don magance matsalar sanya su daidai baya cikin akwatunansu.

The Recognition

About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Zinariya

Zanen MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Abin Wasan Gwada Hankali ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Zinariya, wata karramawa mai matuƙar daraja da ake bai wa zane-zane na matakin farko, masu ban mamaki kuma na musamman. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Zinariya ƙirƙire-ƙirƙire ne masu sababbin abubuwa sosai, masu hangen nesa kuma masu haske mai ban sha'awa waɗanda ke nuna hazaƙa, hikima da ƙwarewar masu zanensu. Ana sa ran zanen MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Abin Wasan Gwada Hankali ya zama ƙirƙira mai yabo sosai, mai kafa yanayi kuma babba wacce ke kawo ƙima da ba a taɓa ganin irinta ba. Wannan zane da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Zinariya aiki ne mai ban mamaki, mai daraja wanda ke amfanar fasaha, kimiyya, zane da fasahar zamani sosai kuma yana kai iyakokinsu gaba. Zanen MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Abin Wasan Gwada Hankali yana haifar da tsananin sha'awa, yana tada soyayya ga aiki, yana ƙarfafa ƙirƙira kuma yana burge mu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: MoFU are transforming toys that are also brainteaser puzzles. Starting as identically shaped cuboids that slide out of boxes on drawers, each MoFU unfolds into a different kind of animal - pig, monkey, tiger, hippo, and giraffe. Each animal is its own character with cute and iconic features, but each is also a distinct puzzle. Folding a MoFU back into the correct cuboid shape so it can perfectly fit back into its box is a brainteasing challenge.
Dimensions & Packaging: 85mm x 70mm x 60mm when folded in their 3D-printed boxes and at their most compact. Dimensions change with various poses. The maximum possible height is the fully unfolded giraffe at 370mm, and the minimum possible height is a fully recumbent monkey at 35mm.
Tags: Toys, Animals, Ecology, Recycled, Plastic, Geometric, Abstract, Transforming, Brainteaser, Puzzle
Production Technology: MoFU are 3D-printed using 100% recycled PET plastic from water bottles using selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printing. The 3D-printed pieces of the toy are united by elastic bands which run through the center of each piece. The pieces are finished with polyshot surfacing and deep-dye coloring for safe use by children and maximum lifespan.
Design Challenge: I had to think about the shape of each piece very carefully and how it could fit with its neighboring piece like a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Additionally all of the pieces had to be folded together into the rectangular shape of their box.
Research: Each piece of each toy had to be precisely shaped to fit with its neighboring piece like a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Pieces that approximate parts of an animal body must also be folded and nestled in a specific way, fitting perfectly together to revert to a cuboid shape.

Finding the perfect tension of the elastic bands was difficult as the pieces must freely rotate and fold, but not be at all loose. The holes bored for the bands had to be precise to the half-millimeter for the toy to function properly.
Inspiration: Japanese origami, Kumiki puzzles, Transformers.
Project Duration: MoFU project development started in Brooklyn, NY in April 2018. The first animal, a pig, was created in May 2018; the monkey was finished in September 2018; the tiger in December 2018, the hippo in March 2019, and the giraffe in Jun 2019.
Operation Flow: MoFU emerge from identically shaped boxes, but each transforms into a different animal figure with articulated joints. Elastic bands form the animals' tendons and ligaments, allowing maximum transformability and infinite possible poses.

The toys are figurines, but they are also puzzles with varying degrees of difficulty. Folding them back into the correct cuboid shape so that they can fit back into their boxes ranges from simple for a child hippo to difficult for an adult monkey.
Patents: Yoshiaki Ito
Image Credits: Photgrapes by Yoshiaki Ito, Video by Aria Wetzler and Yana Birykova