Tentagon Tant Enflatab by Wei Chen and Chi-Yung Li

Tentagon Tant Enflatab by Wei Chen and Chi-Yung Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Ajan in Ekipman Kamping Competition Category.

AjanEkipman Kamping· 2022

Tentagon Tant Enflatab

by Wei Chen and Chi-Yung Li

Client: Tentagon

A' Design Award Ajan Winner in Ekipman Kamping Category

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The Design

About Tentagon Tant Enflatab

Tentgaon se yon tant enflatab ak yon estrikti triyaxial. Aparans la baze sou yon mont senti pentagonal, ki konekte ak tant enteryè a atravè ang gòch ak dwa enkline, epi li sèvi ak gravite pou reyalize yon balans ant tant enteryè a ak kolòn lè a. Tentagon kreye yon fòm klasik ak jeyometri senp, epi an menm tan an atire lavi ak diferan ang ak figi. Li espere ke itilizatè yo ka avèk kouraj soti nan zòn konfò a epi entèprete atitid lavi a!

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ajan

Tentagon Tant Enflatab se yon ganyan A' Design Award Ajan, yon rekonesans ki gen yon prestij enmans yo bay design nivo siperyè, bèl anpil e enpresyonan. Ganyan Ajan yo se travay ki trè briyan e ki trè kreyatif ki montre ekspètiz, talan ak finès designer yo. Yo atann Tentagon Tant Enflatab pou se yon bèl travay modèl, remakab nan pwofesyonalis e ki gen gwo inovasyon. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Ajan se yon envansyon trè remakab, admire ki pote benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. Tentagon Tant Enflatab se yon kreyasyon anpil moun jalou ki reveye dezi, ki pote santiman pozitif e ki limen sipriz ak mèvèy.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tentagon is a two person lightweight tent with an inflatable frame, mainly for beginners in camping. Compared with the inflatable tents on the market, tentagon is lighter and more technical. It adopts innovative three-axis air column technology, which subverts the previous one axis technology on the market, so that the overall tent frame has a better supporting structure. It is also made of environmentally friendly fabrics.
Dimensions & Packaging: Tent dimension Width 1800mm x length 3000 mm x Height 1800 mm
Bag dimension Width 300 mm x length 600 mm x Height 270 mm
Tags: Inflatable , Camping , Outdoor , Lightweight , Tent
Production Technology: The frame of the tentagon tent is made in an inflatable way. Using high frequency sealing technology, two pieces of nylon fabric are made by sealing and gluing through high temperature and high pressure, and corresponding loops are added to the inflatable column. The fabric of the inner and outer tents is made of fabric with wind resistance, high waterproof coefficient and UV resistance, so that the whole tent can be used in severe climate environment.
Design Challenge: When designing tentagon, the most challenging thing is the design of the inflatable shaft structure. The three-axis inflatable structure must be considered in terms of angles, manufacturing procedures, design, etc. As long as a problem is not dealt with, the inflatable structure will be deflated. , so we made many models for testing, and then we designed the most suitable structure for the triaxial air column.
Research: Type of Research:Traditional Tent Use Feedback
Research Objectives: Expect to find the problems of traditional tent design and improve them.
Research methods: First collect data, and then start to summarize the problems of traditional tents.
Use of Internet and physical questionnaires to collect data.
The experimental results show that as many as 80 percent of novice campers feel that the current commercial tents are very inconvenient to build and store. Quick build and simple storage steps are the main needs at present.
Inspiration: In the past, tents with metal brackets were not convenient enough for camping beginners to assemble and store. Therefore, we used an inflatable technology to design the tent. However, the current inflatable tents on the market all use one-axis technology. Technology is limited in appearance and structural stability, so we designed tentagon and used high frequency sealing processing technology to manufacture inflatable frame.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2021, completed in January 2022, and completed the design of the second edition in March, which will be exhibited at Young Designers’ Exhibition in Taiwan in June 2022.
Operation Flow: Tentagon can be inflated within 2 minutes, and the user only needs to fill the inflatable frame to complete the construction. In addition to setting up, the one-piece tent is also more convenient and quick to pack up. The overall shape of the tent is represented by a pentagon, which is connected to the inner tent through the left and right inclined angles, and uses gravity to achieve a perfect balance between the inner tent and the air column.
Team Members: Designer:Chi Yung Li
Designer:Wei Chen
Guiding Mentor:Yu Chih Chang
Image Credits: Image#1:Creator Wei Chen , Chi-Yung Li ,2022
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