MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Mea Pāʻani Pīpī na Yoshiaki Ito

ʻO MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Mea Pāʻani Pīpī na Yoshiaki Ito he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2020 A' Design Award Gula ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Mea Pāʻani, Pāʻani a me Lako Lealea.

GulaMea Pāʻani· 2020

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Mea Pāʻani Pīpī

na Yoshiaki Ito

Mea Kūʻai: MoFU

Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Gula ma ka Māhele Mea Pāʻani

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Ka Hoʻolālā

E Pili Ana iā MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Mea Pāʻani Pīpī

ʻO Morphits (i kapa ʻia ma mua ʻo MoFU) he mau mea pāʻani hoʻololi e hana pū ana ʻelua me he mau pīpī hoʻopilikia. Heʻe mai kēia mau mea pāʻani ʻano pahu huinahā mai loko mai o nā pahu ma nā wahi huki a wehewehe ʻia i nā holoholona like ʻole e like me nā puaʻa, nā māneke, nā taika, nā hipo, a me nā kilapa. Loaʻa iā kēlā me kēia holoholona kona mau hiʻohiʻona punahele a ʻokoʻa iho, e lilo ana lākou i mau kiʻi hoihoi. Akā, aia ka paio maoli ma ka pepa hou ʻana i nā Morphits i ka ʻano pahu huinahā kūpono, e pono ana ka mana noʻonoʻo e hoʻopau i ka hana pilikia o ka hoʻokomo pololei ʻana iā lākou i loko o kā lākou mau pahu.

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E Pili Ana i ka A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Mea Pāʻani Pīpī i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Mea Pāʻani Pīpī he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Mea Pāʻani Pīpī i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.

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Nā hōʻoia, nā lālā hui a me nā kikoʻī ʻenehana i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā.

Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa: 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.
Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili: 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.
Nā Lepili: Toys, Animals, Ecology, Recycled, Plastic, Geometric, Abstract, Transforming, Brainteaser, Puzzle
ʻEnehana Hana: 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.
Pilikia Hoʻolālā: 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.
Noiʻi: 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.
Hoʻoulu Manaʻo: Japanese origami, Kumiki puzzles, Transformers.
Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana: 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.
Kaʻina Hana: 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.
Nā Palapala Kuleana: Yoshiaki Ito
Nā Kuleana Kiʻi: Photgrapes by Yoshiaki Ito, Video by Aria Wetzler and Yana Birykova