Wobbleshroom Ökklaendurhæfingartæki by Minkyu Seo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award í járni in Hönnun íþróttavara, líkamsræktarbúnaðar og tómstundatækja Competition Category.
JárnÍþróttavörur· 2022
Wobbleshroom Ökklaendurhæfingartæki
by Minkyu Seo
Client: Minkyu Seo
A' Design Award í járni Winner in Íþróttavörur Category
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The Design
About Wobbleshroom Ökklaendurhæfingartæki
Wobbleshroom er jafnvægisþjálfunartæki sem er hannað til að styrkja ökkla og hjálpa til við að koma í veg fyrir meiðsli. Formið er innblásið af jafnvægisbretti og minnir á sveppi. Þegar stigið er á efri plötuna virkjast tækið, sem spilar tóna og titrar valin horn til að leiðbeina notandanum að halla sér í þá átt. Ein lota varir í þrjár mínútur. Toppurinn er úr mjúku pólýúretanfrauði fyrir grip og fjöðrun, og hlutinn er úr akrýlnítríl-bútadíen-styreni. Tækið mælist 55 sinnum 38 sentimetrar og vegur 5 kílógrömm.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award í járni
Wobbleshroom Ökklaendurhæfingartæki vann A' Design Award í járni, virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er góðum hönnunarverkum sem uppfylla þær faglegu og iðnaðarlegu kröfur sem gerðar eru til vel hannaðra sköpunarverka. Sigurvegarar í járni sýna mikla færni, mikla sérhæfingu, sérfræðiskilning og skapandi getu höfunda sinna. Þess er vænst að Wobbleshroom Ökklaendurhæfingartæki sé mjög metið, dáð og elskað sköpunarverk sem er hagnýtt og nýstárlegt. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í járni sameinar bestu starfsvenjur greinarinnar og hefur hæfa tæknilega eiginleika tengda þekkingu og hæfileikum. Wobbleshroom Ökklaendurhæfingartæki er virt fyrir nákvæmni sína og er hannað til að veita lífsgæðabætur sem hjálpa til við að gera heiminn að betri stað.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Wobbleshroom is a prehabilitative device designed to prevent future ankle injuries by bringing Neuromuscular Training and Whole Body Vibration into our everyday life. The device utilizes sound and vibration to guide the user in which direction to move – always ensuring a safe, fun, and effective exercise routine that does not feel burdensome.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 55cm x 38cm, 5kg
- Tags
- Healthcare, Recreation, Gamification, Exercise, Fun
- Production Technology
- To improve grips to prevent a user from falling off while being on top of the device, the top of the Wobbleshroom is designed with soft PU foam. It is soft, cushiony, and provides enough rigidity, serving as a perfect material to address my need. The rest of the body is mostly designed with Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene.
- Design Challenge
- Challenge was to lower the bar of rehabilitative exercise so that it is readily accessible for all users in a safe, joyful way, ultimately with a goal of the product blending into the user's daily life without feeling like a chore. To make the breakthrough, I have interviewed the users and the experts in the field - including doctors from John Hopkins University, based on data collected on various functional mockups.
- Research
- The research initially began with ankle injuries. Though some may view them as minor incidents, they are highly likely to develop into permanently unstable ankles if improperly treated. After finding out that the primary way to prevent ankle injuries is by improving peroneal muscles, I set out ways to discover possible fitting exercise routines used by professional athletes. It was there that I came across neuromuscular training and whole-body vibration. Prior is an exercise often used by athletes, and later is a technique developed by NASA for astronauts to stimulate leg muscles and improve balance.
- Inspiration
- The main inspiration came from the wobble board, a widely used tool to improve one's core strength during rehabilitative exercise.
Additional inspiration came from interviews with experts - including a doctor at Johns Hopkins University. - Project Duration
- The project finished December of 2021 in California.
- Operation Flow
- The simple act of stepping on the Wobbleshroom activates the device. It would start to play music notes and vibrate specific corners of the upper plate (mushroom hat), guiding users to tilt their bodies accordingly. A single set completes after 3 minutes, which is just the safe amount of exercise one is expected to do a day.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Minkyu Seo
- Team Members
- Minkyu Seo
- Image Credits
- N/A
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