The Board Planca de rodetas by Chia-Wei Chen

The Board Planca de rodetas by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Aur in Vehicul Competition Category.

AurVehicul· 2021

The Board Planca de rodetas

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

A' Design Award d'Aur Winner in Vehicul Category

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The Design

About The Board Planca de rodetas

The Board es una planca de rodetas plegabla concebuda per un transpòrt e un emmagazinatge aisits. La planca es facha de 57 charnièras pivotantas encadenadas. En plegant las charnièras dins una direccion o l'autra, la forma classica de cruiser se transforma en un cercle perfièch. Dins sa forma circulara, The Board dintra dins una motxila e se pòt gardar dins d'espacis estreches o expausar coma objècte decoratiu a l'ostal. L'alumini, lo fèrre e lo plastic son utilizats dins la construccion. Lo procès de transformacion dona al design un atractiu visual clar.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Aur

The Board Planca de rodetas a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Aur, una reconeissença immensament prestigiosa acordada a de designs de primièra qualitat, meravilhoses e excellents. Los ganhaires de l'Aur son de creacions extrèmament innovantas, visionàrias e esbleugissentas, que reflectisson lo prodigi, la sabença e la proeça de lors designers. S'espèra que The Board Planca de rodetas siá una invencion fòrça lausada, que dintra de tendéncias e monumentala, que provesís un valor sens precedent. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Aur es un projècte espectaclós e respectat, que fa un grand ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. The Board Planca de rodetas crea de sentiments intensos de desirs, evòca la passion, encoratja la creativitat e fascina.

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