The Board Papa Retireti by Chia-Wei Chen

The Board Papa Retireti by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Waka, Nekehanga me te Hari Competition Category.

KouraWaka· 2021

The Board Papa Retireti

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

A' Design Award Koura Winner in Waka Category

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The Design

About The Board Papa Retireti

He papa retireti whātui a The Board i hangaia kia māmā te kawe me te penapena. Ka hangaia te papa mai i ngā hononga hurihuri e 57 e rāhonohono ana. Mā te whātui i ngā hononga ki tētahi taha, ki tētahi taha rānei, ka huri te āhua kūrūha taketake hei porowhita tino tika. I tōna āhua porowhita, ka uru The Board ki roto i te pīkau, ā, ka taea te pupuri ki ngā wāhi whāiti, te whakaatu rānei hei taonga whakapaipai i te kāinga. Ka whakamahia te konumohe, te rino me te kirihou hei hanga i te taputapu nei. Nā te tukanga panoni ka whai pāhekoheko ataata mārama te hoahoa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Koura

Ko The Board Papa Retireti te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko The Board Papa Retireti he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a The Board Papa Retireti i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.

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