UnLimited Jaka ta Baya by Kuan-Hua Chou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Kyautar A' Design Award ta Tagulla in Kayayyaki Masu Dorewa Competition Category.

TagullaKayayyaki Masu Dorewa· 2020

UnLimited Jaka ta Baya

by Kuan-Hua Chou

Client: Kuan-hua Chou

Kyautar A' Design Award ta Tagulla Winner in Kayayyaki Masu Dorewa Category

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The Design

About UnLimited Jaka ta Baya

Rubutun Littafi: UnLimited jaka ce ta baya wadda za a iya sake sarrafawa, an tsara ta don masu hawan keke a birane. Jakar ba ta shan ruwa kwata-kwata kuma ana iya daidaita girmanta. Tsarin da yake miƙewa kamar accordion yana bawa jakar damar faɗaɗa domin abubuwan da ba a zata ba, sannan kuma ya iya matsewa ya zama sirara don sauƙaƙe motsi. An yi UnLimited da abu guda ɗaya, wato robar thermoplastic elastomer wadda za a iya sake sarrafawa, mai matakan taurin daban-daban, kuma an haɗa ta ta hanyar amfani da zafi don liƙa sassanta. Yawancin jakunkunan baya suna haɗa kayan aiki daban-daban wanda hakan ke sa wahalar sake sarrafa su. Tsarin amfani da abu guda ɗaya yana taimakawa wajen sake amfani da sake sarrafa jakar bayan ta gama aiki.

The Recognition

About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Tagulla

Zanen UnLimited Jaka ta Baya ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Tagulla, wata karramawa mai tsananin daraja da ake bai wa zane-zane na musamman waɗanda ke da ƙirƙira, basira da hikima. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Tagulla kayayyakin fasaha ne masu ƙwarewa da ƙirƙira mai ban mamaki waɗanda ke tabbatar da babban gogewa, tunani da dabarun masu zanensu. Ana sa ran zanen UnLimited Jaka ta Baya ya zama abu da ake girmamawa sosai, ake sha'awa da ƙauna, mai ƙwarewa da ƙirƙire-ƙirƙire. Wannan zane da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Tagulla yana haɗa mafi kyawun ayyuka a fasaha, kimiyya, zane da fasahar zamani, kuma yana da kyau saboda kulawarsa ga cikakkun bayanai. Zanen UnLimited Jaka ta Baya yana biyan buƙatu da kyau, yana taɓa sha'awa, yana jan hankalin zukata kuma yana jawo sha'awar sani.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: UnLimited is a recyclable, fully waterproof and size adjustable backpack tailored to the needs of an urban slow cyclist. This project aims to demonstrate the unlimited and limited requirements of space and material through a daily backpack. It can both expand to accommodate unexpected items and compress to keep the backpack streamlined to allow for better mobility.
Dimensions & Packaging: 290 mm x 410 mm x (20~150) mm, 860 g
Tags: backpack, material, exploration, sustainable, plastics, responsible consumption and production, slow cycling, commuting, unlimited, limited
Production Technology: The concept and production focus on concertina structure, material features and plastic production methods. Following the design philosophy for 'design of reduction', the backpack is sealed by heat welding and made of mono-material DuPont Hytrel, or similar recyclable thermoplastic elastomers with different levels of hardness. This feature is in stark contrast to the backpacks on the market today, which are multi-material and hard to recycle.
Design Challenge: How to bring DuPont Hytrel from industrial usages to daily life market is the first challenge of this project. Another barrier is to search suitable hardness and thickness for the concertina structure, which should provide an instantly positive user experience.
Research: The design research was conducted through material exploration firstly and discovering the target audience and market through survey, road observation and 1:1 interview.
Inspiration: Plastics that improve with age. The project is to design a product, with recyclable plastic, that is sustainable and creates a genuine bond with the user. An object that improves with age and counters some of the negative attributes often attributed to plastics such as cheap, transient and unemotional. Considering the longevity of a solution but also its place in a circular economy. What is its service life, how can it be reused, recycled or repurposed if it comes to the end of its useful life?
Project Duration: The material research started from visiting DuPont Geneva Innovation Center in October 2016. The concept development was implemented during the springs of 2017 and 2018 in London, following a release in the 2018 degree show at the Royal College of Art. The latest prototype was made in November 2019 in Tainan.
Operation Flow: Enough? Enough! UnLimited provides cyclists space depends on their needs. However, for the limitation of a bike, cyclists should not be a greedy user. They have to ensure the load they carry can keep their journey comfortable, not an obstacle. The project reflects balance and interaction between cyclists and their freedom of bringing as much as they can or as less as they can.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Kuan-hua Chou, 2018.
Image Credits: Photographer: Kuan-hua Chou

VIDEO CREDITS:
Filmmaker: Hiroki Yokoyama
Composer: Eternity Bro
Starring: Victoria Lynn-Hamilton, Anthony Fanna, Beatrice Maione