Triangledex Tūnga Pahi by Industrial Design College

Triangledex Tūnga Pahi by Industrial Design College is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Taputapu Tiriti Competition Category.

HiriwaTaputapu Tiriti· 2025

Triangledex Tūnga Pahi

by Industrial Design College

Client: LuXun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Taputapu Tiriti Category

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The Design

About Triangledex Tūnga Pahi

He tūnga pahi a Triangledex i hoahoatia mō ngā tāone whai muri i te ao ahumahi. E ahu mai ana te āhua i ngā tikanga whakapaipai wetewete-hanga (deconstructivist), ā, kua whakahoutia te tapatoru pūmau mā te whakatauira kore-raina. Ko te kōnukurangi kōata parauri te hanganga matua, ā, ko ngā papa hiko-rā puata kei runga ake i te tuanui e tuku pūngao ana me te kore e whakaiti i te mārama. Ka whakamahi te atanga tauwhitiwhiti i tētahi mata matua mō ngā mōhiohio ara me te papa tūnga, me tētahi mata tuarua mō te wā, te huarere me te pāpātanga kī e matapaetia ana. Mā te tae kikorangi o te atanga e mārama ai, e māmā ai hoki te pānui i ngā raraunga e whakaaturia ana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Triangledex Tūnga Pahi te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Triangledex Tūnga Pahi he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Triangledex Tūnga Pahi he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Triangledex, a new form of bus stop, designed for post-industrial cities. It is based on deconstructivist aesthetics and attempts to explore more possibilities. The stable triangle has been modified through nonlinear modeling. The final presentation of a soft yet rigid triangular element gives Triangledex a more sporty feel. In the context of smart cities, more interactive elements have been integrated into bus stops, providing citizens with more intuitive information visualization expressions.
Dimensions & Packaging: Main : Width 13000mm x Depth 1800mm x Height 3000mm
Seat : Width2400mm x Depth 577mm x Height 450mm
Bus Stop Plat 01 : Width1060mm x Depth 20mm x Height1460mm
Bus Stop Plat 02 : Width454mm x Depth 20mm x Height1460mm
Tags: Bus Station, Interaction, Smart City, Deconstruction, Post Industrialization
Production Technology: We chose frosted stainless steel as the main material of Triangledex, which is strong and reliable, but also brings the unique texture of the metal reflected from different angles. Above the ceiling are transparent solar panels that provide energy for the product without affecting its transparency. The whole product is divided into universal body parts and cast connectors and combined with screws to find a balance between economy and aesthetics.
Design Challenge: The challenge of our design is that we cannot find a reasonable way in it’s appearance which is satisfying in function at the beginning. After a certain number of sketching and discussing of our project, we finally find the proper selection which achieves the desired effect.
Research: As the concept of smart cities continues to gain popularity, the Internet of Things has changed People's Daily lives. At present, major cities are actively promoting the wisdom of public transport systems, and improving the limitations of existing public transport systems has been developing towards universality. The existing bus service system has several problems waiting to be solved, such as rigid information transmission, opacity, and one-way interaction. The design team decided to re-explore the interactive value of bus stations in public space from the perspective of informatization, wisdom and art. That's the beginning of Triangledex.
Inspiration: Triangledex attempts to preserve the traces and memories of industrial city clusters and eliminate the inherent negative stereotypes of traditional industrial cities. The main color tone of the interactive interface is rational blue, ensuring recognition while conforming to the efficient and high-tech color inspiration of modern smart industrial cities.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2025 in LAFA Communal Facility Design Studio and finished in March 2025 in National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Industrial Design in LAFA.
Operation Flow: Triangledex's interactive interface is divided into standard screen and secondary screen. The standard screen displays operating status and platform information, abstracting and simplifying public transport routes on a spatial scale, and visualizing the predictability involved. The sub-screen provides real-time data such as time, weather and full load rate. According to the passenger density data of each vehicle and passenger data of each platform, the data is counted and sorted under the strategy of smart city, and the expected arrival full load rate is finally calculated for visual presentation.
Team Members: Designer: Du Heli
Designer: Shen Linchuan
Designer: Li Yuankai
Designer: Xue Bomu
Designer: Wang Xi
Image Credits: Image #1: Designer Du Heli, Shen Linchuan, Li Yuankai, Xue Bomu, Wang Xi 2025
Image #2: Designer Du Heli, Shen Linchuan, Li Yuankai, Xue Bomu, Wang Xi 2025
Image #3: Designer Du Heli, Shen Linchuan, Li Yuankai, Xue Bomu, Wang Xi 2025
Image #4: Designer Du Heli, Shen Linchuan, Li Yuankai, Xue Bomu, Wang Xi 2025
Image #5: Designer Du Heli, Shen Linchuan, Li Yuankai, Xue Bomu, Wang Xi 2025