The Board Skateboard by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Vozila, Mobilnosti i Prijevoza Competition Category.

ZlatoVozilo· 2021

The Board Skateboard

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Vozilo Category

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The Design

About The Board Skateboard

The Board je sklopivi skateboard dizajniran za jednostavan prijenos i pohranu. Daska je izrađena od 57 međusobno povezanih okretnih šarki. Preklapanjem šarki u jednom ili drugom smjeru, klasični cruiser oblik transformira se u savršeni krug. U kružnom obliku, The Board stane u ruksak i može se čuvati u uskim prostorima ili izložiti kao dekorativni predmet u domu. U konstrukciji se koriste aluminij, željezo i plastika. Proces transformacije daje dizajnu jasnu vizualnu privlačnost.

The Recognition

About the Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award

The Board Skateboard je pobjednik Zlatne nagrade A' Design Award, iznimno prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje prvorazrednim, čudesnim i izvanrednim dizajnima. Zlatni pobjednici iznimno su inovativne, vrlo vizionarske i blistavo zasljepljujuće kreacije koje odražavaju genij, mudrost i umijeće svojih dizajnera. Očekuje se da The Board Skateboard bude vrlo hvaljen, trendovski i monumentalan izum koji pruža dosad neviđenu vrijednost. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Zlatnu nagradu A' Design Award spektakularan je, cijenjen projekt koji izuzetno koristi i pomiče granice umjetnosti, znanosti, dizajna i tehnologije. The Board Skateboard stvara snažne osjećaje želje, budi strast, potiče kreativnost i fascinira nas.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The skateboard is limited by its appearance and it is inconvenient for users to carry.
The Board has a strong visual appeal of its transforming process. The structure makes it a completed circle which can be put in a backpack easily. Because of the circular appearance, it can be part of decorations at home or even place in the narrow space.
Dimensions & Packaging: Perfect circle / H:118 W: 305 L:335
cruiser shape /H:118 W: 152 L:626
Tags: The Board, Circle, Skateboard, Folding, Transform
Production Technology: Aluminum,Iron,Plastic
Design Challenge: Biggest challenges was manufacturing its complex dynamic structure and is considering open-sourcing the design as a DIY kit for 3D printers.
Research: Transformation is not just the change in appearance, but also the consideration of factors such as space, time, and circumstance to strengthen the purpose of transformation and the psychological level. In today’s product design, in order to make transformable products satisfy the users’ need, the designers usually introduce the transformable features to make them easy to carry and multifunctional simultaneously.
Inspiration: Most of the users have the stereotype in the usage of the products. If we get rid of the general form changing, there will be a different scenario for the users. The form changing process gives the users visual feeling and the intensity of it will be different depend on the various structures.
Project Duration: The design start in 2018 finish in 2019 July.
Operation Flow: The skateboard is made from 57 interlocking pivot hinges, by folding the hinges one direction or the other, transforming the classic cruiser shape into a perfect circle. Easy to fit in smaller places and even used for decoration.
Team Members: CHEN, CHIA-WEI
Image Credits: Main image:CHEN, CHIA-WEI,2019
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