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Flowo Digitális írógép by Jody Del Bianco

Flowo Digitális írógép by Jody Del Bianco is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Vasdíj A' Design Award in Fogyasztói elektronikai tervezés Competition Category.


VasFogyasztói elektronika· 2022

Flowo Digitális írógép

by Jody Del Bianco

Client: Jodinskylab

Vasdíj A' Design Award Winner in Fogyasztói elektronika Category

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The Design

About Flowo Digitális írógép

A Flowo egy digitális írógép, amelyet zavaró tényezők nélküli íráshoz terveztek. A forma egy klasszikus írógépet idéz, fekete hengeres fő testtel, amely a papírgörgőre emlékeztet. Egy ívelt e-ink kijelző jeleníti meg a begépelt szöveget, és egy belső memória tárolja a dokumentumokat. A fő testből egy háttérvilágítású billentyűzet nyúlik ki. Két oldalsó gomb váltja fel a korábbi papírgombokat: a bal oldali gomb a menüben mozog, míg a jobb oldali gomb soronként vagy oldalanként görgeti a dokumentumot. A fő test újrahasznosított műanyagból készül fröccsöntéssel.

The Recognition

About the Vasdíj A' Design Award

Flowo Digitális írógép a Vasdíj A' Design Award győztese, rangos elismerés a jó dizájnoknak, amelyek megfelelnek a jól megtervezett alkotásoktól elvárt szakmai és ipari követelményeknek. A vasgyőztesek alkotóik nagy tudását, magas fokú szakosodását, szakértői megértését és kreatív képességét mutatják. Flowo Digitális írógép-tól azt várják, hogy nagyra becsült, csodált és kedvelt, gyakorlatias és innovatív alkotás legyen. Ez a Vasdíj A' Design Award kitüntetést elnyert dizájn integrálja az iparág legjobb gyakorlatait, és hozzáértő műszaki jellemzőkkel rendelkezik, amelyek szakértelemmel és tehetséggel párosulnak. Flowo Digitális írógép-t alaposságáért tisztelik, és úgy tervezték, hogy az életminőséget javító fejlesztéseket nyújtson, amelyek segítenek a világot jobb hellyé tenni.

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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