Union Cadenat de Bicicleta by Lyuting Ma and Hong Yu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Fèrre in Vehicul Competition Category.
FèrreVehicul· 2022
Union Cadenat de Bicicleta
Client: Beijing Institute of Technology
A' Design Award de Fèrre Winner in Vehicul Category
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The Design
About Union Cadenat de Bicicleta
Union es un cadenat de bicicleta integrat a la tija de sela d'una bicicleta. Lo cadenat ofrís tres foncions : desblocatge per emprencha digitala, fixacion magnetica e avertiment reflectiu. La reconeissença d'emprencha digitala suprimís la necessitat de claus e rend l'utilizacion quotidiana mai rapida. Un aimant dins lo còs del cadenat lo manten contra lo tub de sela pendent la conduccion. Una cadena es emmagazinada dins lo tub e es tirada per fixar las rodas a un objècte fixe. La talha es de 28 per 74 per 352 millimètres, çò que correspond a una tija de sela estandard, de sòrta que lo quadre demòra net e los problèmas d'emmagazinatge son evitats.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Fèrre
Union Cadenat de Bicicleta a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre, una reconeissença prestigiosa acordada a de bons designs que respondon a las exigéncias professionalas e industrialas esperadas de creacions plan concebudas. Los ganhaires del Fèrre demòstran una granda abilitat, una nauta especializacion, una comprenedura d'expèrt e la capacitat creativa de lors creators. S'espèra que Union Cadenat de Bicicleta siá una creacion fòrça considerada, admirada e estimada, practica e innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre integra las melhoras practicas del sector e a de caracteristicas tecnicas competentas ligadas a un saber-far e a un talent. Per son rigor, Union Cadenat de Bicicleta merita lo respècte e es destinat a aportar de melhoraments a la qualitat de la vida que ajudan a far del mond un luòc melhor.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This is a new design of convenient bicycle lock. It has three functions, fingerprint unlocking, magnetic fixing and reflective warning.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Since the product is universal, there is no difference with the traditional seat tube size, the physical size is 28mmx74mmx352mm, it can be adapted to any bike.
- Tags
- bicycle，lock，fingerprint
- Production Technology
- The factors that determine whether a bike lock is good or bad are ease of use and versatility, in addition to security.
To ensure the security of the lock, we use a very mature fingerprint recognition technology. While ensuring security, it improves the user's operating experience. In consideration of the product's implementability, we retain the shape characteristics and material of the original bike seat tube, install the chain inside the car do tube, and place a magnet inside the lock body so that it can be easily sucked on the back of the bike do tube. All these designs ensure the manufacturability of the product. - Design Challenge
- We wanted to create the perfect solution to design a convergent product for cyclists, rather than going the extra mile to buy a lock.
This design breaks through the limitations of traditional bicycle lock, it combines the lock with a bicycle part. The product not only brings convenience to users, but also reduces the waste of social resources, while also accelerating the progress of integrated innovation. - Research
- To better understand the needs of lock users, we conducted research in shopping malls that sell bicycles, talking to dealers and exploring developments and changes in bicycles, such as how to alert small cars to attention and how to prevent theft.
We also talked to cyclists on the road to analyze the needs of users.
In the course of our research, we learned about the needs of users and the opinions of manufacturers and dealers associated with bicycles. With this insight, we began to refocus the project on the main issue: more efficient and natural unlocking and unlocking. - Inspiration
- There are various types of traditional bicycle locks. Users often put the lock in different places, such as head tube, top tube and under the saddle, unsightly and inconvenient to store.
The lock breaks the form limitation of traditional bicycle by the way of creatively combining the lock and the seat post.
This product combines the lock with a bicycle part and it can not only ensure the safety of the bicycle, but also make the body cleaner. - Project Duration
- The project started in Beijing in February 2020 and was completed in Beijing in April 2020. The project won the 2020 Red Dot Award：Best of the best and the Korea K-Design Award Grand Prize.
- Operation Flow
- How To Use
Step 1： Remove the lock
Step 2： Fingerprint to unlock
Step 3： Pull out the chain
Step 4： Pass the chain through the wheels and ground fence, then lock it. - Patents
- none
- Team Members
- Lyuting Ma
Hong Yu - Image Credits
- #1:Hong Yu,Lyuting Ma,2020
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