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Triobags Urban Multifunctional Backpack by Radoslav Bozhinov Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Fashion and Travel Accessories Design
Radoslav Bozhinov acknowledged for fashion and travel accessories design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Fashion and Travel Accessories Design category for Triobags Urban Multifunctional Backpack by Radoslav Bozhinov, designed for Triobags. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Triobags Urban Multifunctional Backpack
The Triobags urban multi-functional backpack is inspired by practicality as well as aesthetics. Perfect for both work and leisure, the backpack features a 15" laptop compartment, tablet sleeve and space for chargers and workbooks. The insulated food bag can be detached to provide room for leisure or sports gear, and the two detachable backpacks can be used either separately or together for ultimate flexibility. Easy to use and durable, the Triobags is crafted from high-quality waterproof materials, with Airmesh foam for the straps which makes it ultra-comfortable to wear.
About Radoslav Bozhinov
Radoslav is Bulgarian entrepreneurial designer, based in the UK. Inspired by studying, analysing and understanding the users, his products are solutions to real world problems. In his design he always keeps the balance between aesthetics and functionality, innovation and intuitiveness. While he immerses himself in the local cultures, his ability to see gaps in the market and recognise and resolve issues help him to succeed. His work spread from travel items, consumer goods and lately digital products.
Award Record
With this recognition, Radoslav Bozhinov is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Fashion and Travel Accessories Design Award
The A' Accessory Design Award is an international fashion design competition recognizing good accessory designs by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to accessory designers, fashion designers, travel accessory designers and luxury goods manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include handbags, scarves, belts, luggage, hats and travel bags. The awarded accessory designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/accessory
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/116030
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/116030
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!116030
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/290351
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://triobags.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Triobags Urban Multifunctional Backpack
- Function
- Urban Multifunctional Backpack
- Category
- Fashion and Travel Accessories Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Fashion and Luxury
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray, Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Triobags
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Radoslav Bozhinov
- Country
- Great Britain
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #116030
Credits
- Team
- Radoslav Bozhinov - Designer and Yasir Arafat - Project Manager
- Image Credits
- Image #No1 Background image: Photographer Toby Osborn, unsplash.com (free licence), 2020. Image #No2: Photographer Radoslav Bozhinov, 2021 Image #No3: Photographer Miriam Smutna, 2021 Image #No4: Photographer Radoslav Bozhinov, 2021 Image #No5: Background image: Photographer Matthis Volquardsen, pexels.com (free licence), 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Triobags is a multifunctional backpack, that consists of two separable bags called Work Backpack and Active Backpack. Work Backpack has 15” laptop compartment, electronic tablet sleeve and spare spaces for charger, and other workbooks. The Active Backpack has a detachable insulated Food Bag to keep the food and drink fresh up to 8 hours. The bag is designed to carry gym accessories and trainer. The bag can also be used as a travel bag by removing insulated food bag to accommodate more space.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration comes from the experience of carrying multiple bags for work and travelling daily. Bringing a laptop, delicious homemade nutritious food and running/gym/work shoes with gym accessories inspired the team to develop this concept. This need emerges to maintain a healthy lifestyle within busy daily schedules. It was inconvenient to carry three separate bags for work, gym, and food simultaneously and financially not efficient.
- Research
- In the early stage of this project, the team researched into existing backpack market. The objectives of this research were to find the trend of backpacks and their features in similar niches. Market research had been done through focus group targeting within this product niche. Online Surveys were also used via Survey Monkey to get feedback. The survey feedback helped the team to establish the price, quality, and features of the product. A significant number of the participants focused on the quality of the backpack rather than the cost.
- Challenge
- One of the challenges was to find a qualified manufacturer capable enough to transform this concept design into a production sample. The biggest challenges in the design stage were to connect two separable backpacks into one. This idea was a new concept, and there was no backpack with a similar feature available for inspiration. Find a reusable waterproof material was another challenge as not every manufacturer supplier works with this type of material. During this stage, the communication was difficult with the manufacturer due to be based outside the UK.
- Realization and Technology
- We worked with design thinking methodology:Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test, applied in an iterative manner. We focused on creating a really high quality waterproof backpack using: 600 x 900D rPET recycled Waterproof material, we used Airmesh foam for the shoulder straps which are attached at a tested angle following the human body curves. Highly reflective piping material will protect our users in the night in case they want to cycle. Also the Food bag is InsulShine insulated material, We used special Elasticated adjustment to cover excessive straps
- Operation and Interaction
- The separable backpacks are connected through strong zipper when use as a one combined bag. The zipper is reversible, waterproof, and hidden in the bottom of the pack once fully zipped. The functional bag has easy access to the insulated food bag without the need of opening the backpack. There is a separation to integrate isolated food bag within this backpack. This bag can be easily disintegrated by simply removing internal partition using connective material to accommodate more spaces. These separable backpacks can be opened to 90 degrees to pack things comfortably.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 2014 in Hertfordshire, England. Since then, the team have managed to develop the idea and created four different samples, and now, the team are on the verge of finalising the backpack for manufacturing sample. The current goal is to negotiate with a manufacturer for minimum production quantity and the cost before launching the crowdfunding campaign.
- Keywords
- multifunctional, backpack, foodbag, three bags, active, urban, work bag,
