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Flowo Machin pou Ekri Dijital by Jody Del Bianco

Flowo Machin pou Ekri Dijital by Jody Del Bianco is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Fè in Elektwonik Gran Piblik Competition Category.


FèElektwonik· 2022

Flowo Machin pou Ekri Dijital

by Jody Del Bianco

Client: Jodinskylab

A' Design Award Fè Winner in Elektwonik Category

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The Design

About Flowo Machin pou Ekri Dijital

Flowo se yon machin pou ekri dijital ki fèt pou ekri san distraksyon. Fòm li fè sonje yon machin pou ekri klasik, ak yon kò prensipal silendrik nwa ki reflete woulo papye a. Yon ekran e-ink koub montre tèks ki tape a, epi yon memwa entèn estoke dokiman yo. Yon klavye ki gen limyè dèyè li ap pwolonje soti nan kò prensipal la. Dezyèm bouton sou kote ranplase ansyen bouton papye yo: bouton agoch la deplase nan meni an, pandan bouton adwat la fè dokiman an defile liy pa liy oswa paj pa paj. Kò prensipal la fèt ak plastik recyclé atravè pwosede moulaj pa enjeksyon.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fè

Flowo Machin pou Ekri Dijital se yon ganyan A' Design Award Fè, yon rekonesans ki gen prestij yo bay bon design ki satisfè egzijans pwofesyonèl ak endistriyèl yo atann de kreyasyon ki byen fèt. Ganyan Fè yo montre gwo konpetans, espesyalizasyon wo, konpreyansyon ekspè ak kapasite kreyatif kreyatè yo. Yo atann Flowo Machin pou Ekri Dijital pou se yon kreyasyon anpil moun estime, admire e renmen ki pratik e inovatè. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Fè entegre pi bon pratik sektè a e li gen karakteristik teknik konpetan ki lye ak konnesans pratik ak talan. Yo respekte Flowo Machin pou Ekri Dijital pou jèntan li e li fèt pou bay amelyorasyon kalite lavi ki ede fè mond lan vin yon pi bon kote.

Behind the Design

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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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