Barebag Series Загварлаг Протез Хэрэгсэл by Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Мөнгөн шагнал in Загвар өмсгөл ба аялалын дагалдах хэрэгслийн дизайн Competition Category.
МөнгөнДагалдах хэрэгсэл· 2024
Barebag Series Загварлаг Протез Хэрэгсэл
by Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan
Client: BareBag
A' Design Award Мөнгөн шагнал Winner in Дагалдах хэрэгсэл Category
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About Barebag Series Загварлаг Протез Хэрэгсэл
BareBag нь гар, гарын ашиглалт хязгаарлагдмал хүмүүст зориулж бүтээсэн зүүж болох нэмэлт хэрэгслийн цуврал бөгөөд гэмтэл эсвэл тайралт хийлгэсэн хүмүүст тусгайлан зориулагдсан. BareBag-ийн шинэлэг инженерчлэлийн аргаар бүтээгдсэн эргэлтээс сэргийлэх дэгээ нь загварлаг нэмэлт хэрэгсэлд үл мэдэгдэхүйц нийлдэг бөгөөд хэрэглэгчид гараа ашиглахгүйгээр ямар ч цүнхийг бүсэлхийдээ өлгөх боломжийг олгодог. Түүнчлэн ButterSlide технологи нь хэрэглэгчдэд зөвхөн нэг гараар оосорыг хялбархан тохируулах боломжийг бүрдүүлдэг. BareBag нь хэрэглэгчдийнхээ бие даасан байдлыг нэмэгдүүлж, амьдралын чанарыг сайжруулах ухаалаг шийдэл юм.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Мөнгөн шагнал
Barebag Series Загварлаг Протез Хэрэгсэл нь A' Design Award Мөнгөн шагналын ялагч бөгөөд дээд зэргийн, гайхамшигтай, сэтгэл хөдөлгөм загварт олгодог онцгой нэр хүндтэй хүлээн зөвшөөрөлт юм. Мөнгөн ялагчид бол маш гялалзсан, маш бүтээлч ажил бөгөөд зохион бүтээгчдийн гарамгай мэдлэг, авьяас, нарийн мэдрэмжийг харуулдаг. Barebag Series Загварлаг Протез Хэрэгсэл нь гайхалтай, үлгэр жишээ, маш мэргэжлийн, гүнзгий шинэлэг бүтээл болно гэж хүлээгддэг. Мөнгөн шагнал хүртсэн энэ загвар бол урлаг, шинжлэх ухаан, загвар, технологийн хил хязгаарыг тэлэхэд хувь нэмэр оруулдаг анхаарал татахуйц, биширсэн шинэ бүтээл юм. Barebag Series Загварлаг Протез Хэрэгсэл бол олон хүний атаархал татдаг бүтээл бөгөөд хүслийг сэргээж, эерэг мэдрэмж авчирч, гайхшрал, биширлийг төрүүлдэг.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- BareBag represents a universal, integrated solution for limited mobility and functionality for the millions of upper limb injured/amputees, who often struggle to carry their belongings and perform daily tasks with one hand. With versatile bag hooks integrated into cross-body fashion accessories, users can comfortably carry all types of bags at their waist hands-free. By solving a universal problem of busy hands, BareBag promotes social equity and improves the life quality for its users.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- BareBag: 135mm x 50mm x 90mm
BareBag Nano: 120mm x 12mm x 70mm - Tags
- Bag, Prosthetic, Fashion, Lifestyle, Assistive, Wallet, Amputee, Inclusive, Adaptive
- Production Technology
- BareBag is modularly assembled with a soft leather exterior and hard 3D-printed recycled PLA hook prosthetics. The modularity allows quick adaptation to configuration, and separate cleaning and recycling at the end of its life cycle. Its sustainable rPET strap is equipped with a 3D-printed slider specially engineered to enable smooth adjustment with one hand.
- Design Challenge
- The two main challenges during BareBag's development are maintaining the balance and stability of both BareBag and the carried bags, and inventing a strap slider mechanism for smooth one-hand adjustment. The wide-body hooks minimize bag-swinging or escaping while allowing the bag to slide in easily. BareBag's slider is re-engineered with a butterfly locking mechanism that allows the user to unlock with a simple pull, effortlessly adjust with one hand, and lock with a simple pinch. We iterated more than 50 prototypes to perfect the user experience.
- Research
- BareBag is a novel integration that differentiates itself from both fashion accessories and prosthetics. The research for active annual demand from disabled users resulted in more than 3.77 million people in the US alone. BareBag's development went through a 6-month user testing phase with more than 50 prototypes, optimizing the reliability, stability, ease of use, aesthetics, and sustainability.
- Inspiration
- BareBag started with a bike accident that broke one of its founder's arms. This sudden shift in life quality made him realize how inconvenient it is to do everything with only one hand. Especially when doing dumb labor like carrying bags, he had no hands to even use a phone. However, all the bag carriers on the market are bulky and make the user's disability more visible. BareBag's mission is then set to be an everyday fashion accessory that imperceptively becomes the user's additional hand.
- Project Duration
- BareBag started in January 2023 in New York City and finished in December 2023 in New York City
- Operation Flow
- By putting BareBag on like a cross-body bag, it blends into your style while being a prosthetic. With only one hand, unlock the strap slider by folding it up, and effortlessly slide it to adjust the strap length to fit your body. When you have bags to carry, simply hook the bag onto the integrated hook and let it grab the bags for you at waist level comfortably and stably, so your hands can be free to do more.
- Team Members
- Designer: Ke Zheng
Designer: Shuhao Xuanyuan
Manufacturing Specialist: Danmin Rao
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