Centennial Tripod Fotografi by Thomas Cassaro and Graham Clark

Centennial Tripod Fotografi by Thomas Cassaro and Graham Clark is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Perak in Paralatan Fotografi Competition Category.

PerakParalatan Fotografi· 2020

Centennial Tripod Fotografi

by Thomas Cassaro and Graham Clark

Client: Colorado Tripod Company

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Paralatan Fotografi Category

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The Design

About Centennial Tripod Fotografi

Centennial adolah tripod ukuran sadang nan dirancang untuak fotografer lanskap. Kaki-kakinyo tabuek dari sarok karbon sapuluah lapih, nan dipiliah karano parbandiangan kakuatan tahadok baraiknyo. Sambungan kaki jo puncak ateh dibuek jo mesin CNC dari aluminium sarato di-hard anodized untuak hasil nan aluih jo tahan tahadok karat. Lubang-lubang bakontua di bagian aluminium mangurangi barek sambia manjago struktur tatap kokoh. Kunci puta mambuek kaki dapek dipasang capek, sarato tuas bapanguni pagas manyasuaikan sudut kaki jo satu tangan. Tiang tangah dapek dilapehkan untuak mangambiak foto nan rapek jo tanah.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Centennial Tripod Fotografi adolah pamenang A' Design Award Perak, sabuah pangakuan nan luar biaso bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan tingkaik tatinggi, elok jo mangesankan. Pamenang Perak adolah karya nan sangaik cemerlang jo sangaik kreatif nan mamparlihatkan kapakaran, bakaik jo katajaman pikiran parancangnyo. Centennial Tripod Fotografi dipaokan manjadi karya nan mangaguikan, contoh tauladan, sangaik profesional jo inovatif sacaro dalam. Rancangan nan manang Perak iko adolah panemuan nan nampak jo dikagumi nan mambari sumbangan untuak maluaskan batas seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi. Centennial Tripod Fotografi adolah ciptaan nan dicamburui banyak urang, nan mambangkikkan karinduan, mambaok parasaan positif jo malahiakan karagumon jo kakaguman.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Centennial is a midsized carbon fiber tripod with machined aluminum legs joints and apex. Contoured holes in the aluminum parts reduce weight while maintaining structural rigidity. Twist locks make leg deployment quick and easy and leg angle adjustments can be performed with one hand via spring loaded levers. The tripod can be used with or without a center column.
Dimensions & Packaging: Height Without Center Column: 127 cm /
Max Height With Center Column: 158 cm /
Collapsed Length: 52 cm /
Minimum Height: 8.4 cm /
Weight Without Center Column: 1315 g /
Weight With Center Column: 1496 g
Tags: tripod, photography, camera, outdoor,
Production Technology: 10 layer carbon fiber was used for the tripod legs because of its strength-to-weight properties. The leg joints and top apex were CNC machined and hard anodized to provide a smooth finish and corrosion resistance.
Inspiration: The Centennial is an everyday, lightweight tripod for landscape photographers. The design is focused on ease of use and stability while keeping the aesthetic clean and minimalistic. Weight is a big concern for photographers taking their tripod in the field, so the apex and top joints are engineered to remove material without compromising rigidity. We studied carbon fiber weaves and construction to ensure the Centennial legs were optimized for strength and weight.
Project Duration: The project began in mid 2018 and completed in June 2018 with all design and engineering taking place in Denver, CO
Operation Flow: The Centennial tripod legs can be deployed using the three twist locks and the angles adjusted using the spring-loaded levers located on the top joint. These two operations allow the user to level the tripod on uneven ground and adjust the height. The Centennial has a center column which can extend the height to its maximum or the column can be removed to take pictures very close to the ground. At any angle or height the Centennial provides stability and rigidity needed to produce sharp photographs.
Team Members: Graham Clark
Thomas Cassaro