The Board Skateboard by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Premju A' Design Award tad-Deheb in Disinn ta' Vetturi, Mobilità u Trasport Competition Category.

DehebVettura· 2021

The Board Skateboard

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

Premju A' Design Award tad-Deheb Winner in Vettura Category

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The Design

About The Board Skateboard

The Board huwa skateboard li jintewa, iddisinjat għal trasport u ħażna faċli. Id-deck huwa magħmul minn 57 ċappetta pivot li jingħaqdu flimkien. Billi wieħed jitwi ċ-ċappetti f'direzzjoni waħda jew oħra, il-forma klassika tal-cruiser tinbidel f'ċirku perfett. Fil-forma ċirkolari, The Board joqgħod ġo backpack u jista' jinżamm fi spazji dojoq jew jintwera bħala oġġett dekorattiv id-dar. Fil-kostruzzjoni jintużaw l-aluminju, il-ħadid u l-plastik. Il-proċess ta' trasformazzjoni jagħti lid-disinn attrazzjoni viżiva ċara.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tad-Deheb

The Board Skateboard huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tad-Deheb, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż ħafna mogħti lil disinji tal-ewwel klassi, mill-isbaħ u eċċellenti. Ir-rebbieħa tad-Deheb huma ħolqien innovattiv ħafna, b'viżjoni u li jleqqu b'mod li jgħammex, li jirriflettu t-talent, l-għerf u l-ħila tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li The Board Skateboard ikun invenzjoni mfaħħra ħafna, li tistabbilixxi x-xejriet u monumentali li tagħti valur bla preċedent. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tad-Deheb huwa proġett spettakolari u rispettat li jwessa' l-fruntieri tal-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija. The Board Skateboard joħloq xewqa qawwija, iqajjem il-passjoni, iħeġġeġ il-kreattività u jisħer lilna.

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