The Board Sikeytbord by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn in Dîzayna Wesayît, Livîn û Veguhastinê Competition Category.

ZêrWesayît· 2021

The Board Sikeytbord

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn Winner in Wesayît Category

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The Design

About The Board Sikeytbord

The Board sikeytbordêkی نوێژکراوە کە بۆ گواستنەوە و هەڵگرتنی ئاسان دیزاین کراوە. تەختەکە لە ٥٧ ژوینتی سووڕاوی یەکگرتوو دروستکراوە. بە نوێژکردنی ژوینتەکان بەرەو لایەک یان لایەکەی تر، شێوەی کلاسیکی کرووزەرەکە دەگۆڕدرێت بۆ بازنەیەکی تەواو. لە شێوە بازنەییەکەدا، The Board لە جانتای پشتدا جێی دەبێتەوە و دەتوانرێت لە شوێنە تەسکەکاندا هەڵبگیرێت یان وەک شتێکی ڕازاندنەوە لە ماڵەوە نمایش بکرێت. ئەلومنیۆم و ئاسن و پلاستیک لە دروستکردنەکەدا بەکارهاتوون. پرۆسەی گۆڕانکارییەکە سەرنجڕاکێشییەکی بینراوی ڕوون بە دیزاینەکە دەبەخشێت.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn

The Board Sikeytbord xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn e, nasîneke pir bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên pola yekem, ecêb û berbiçav re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zêrînê afirandinên pir nûjen, dûrbîn û geş in, yên ku jêhatîbûn, şehrezayî û hêza sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku The Board Sikeytbord vedîtineke pir hatiye pesindan, trendsazker û mezin be ku nirxeke bêhempa peyda dike. Ev sêwirana bi Zêrînê serketî projeyeke ecêb û hêja ye ku sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê fireh dike. The Board Sikeytbord daxwaza xurt çêdike, coşê şiyar dike, afirînerîyê teşwîq dike û me heyirî dihêle.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The skateboard is limited by its appearance and it is inconvenient for users to carry.
The Board has a strong visual appeal of its transforming process. The structure makes it a completed circle which can be put in a backpack easily. Because of the circular appearance, it can be part of decorations at home or even place in the narrow space.
Dimensions & Packaging: Perfect circle / H:118 W: 305 L:335
cruiser shape /H:118 W: 152 L:626
Tags: The Board, Circle, Skateboard, Folding, Transform
Production Technology: Aluminum,Iron,Plastic
Design Challenge: Biggest challenges was manufacturing its complex dynamic structure and is considering open-sourcing the design as a DIY kit for 3D printers.
Research: Transformation is not just the change in appearance, but also the consideration of factors such as space, time, and circumstance to strengthen the purpose of transformation and the psychological level. In today’s product design, in order to make transformable products satisfy the users’ need, the designers usually introduce the transformable features to make them easy to carry and multifunctional simultaneously.
Inspiration: Most of the users have the stereotype in the usage of the products. If we get rid of the general form changing, there will be a different scenario for the users. The form changing process gives the users visual feeling and the intensity of it will be different depend on the various structures.
Project Duration: The design start in 2018 finish in 2019 July.
Operation Flow: The skateboard is made from 57 interlocking pivot hinges, by folding the hinges one direction or the other, transforming the classic cruiser shape into a perfect circle. Easy to fit in smaller places and even used for decoration.
Team Members: CHEN, CHIA-WEI
Image Credits: Main image:CHEN, CHIA-WEI,2019
Optional Image#1:CHEN, CHIA-WEI,2019
Optional Image#2:CHEN, CHIA-WEI,2019
Optional Image#3:CHEN, CHIA-WEI,2019
Optional Image#4:CHEN, CHIA-WEI,2019