Flowo Digital Qillqana Makina by Jody Del Bianco

Flowo Digital Qillqana Makina by Jody Del Bianco is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Iñikik Llamkana Kamay Competition Category.

FierruRantikuk Iñikik· 2022

Flowo Digital Qillqana Makina

by Jody Del Bianco

Client: Jodinskylab

A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Rantikuk Iñikik Category

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The Design

About Flowo Digital Qillqana Makina

Flowo nisqaqa huk digital qillqana makinam, mana ima yanqa yuyaymanaywan qillqanapaq ruwasqa. Kay rikchaynin ñawpa qillqana makinata yuyarichin, yana kilinru hina ukhu kwirpuyuq, papel muyuchiqta rikchakuspa. Huk kurwasqa e-ink rikuchiy pantallam qillqasqa qillqata rikuchin, chaymantataq ukhu yuyaynin (memoria) qillqasqa qillqakunata waqaychan. Huk nina k'anchayniyuq llaqllana (teclado) kwirpumanta ilarin. Iskay ladu muyuchinam ñawpaq papel muyuchiqkunata rantin: lloq'e muyuchiyqa menuta puriykachan, paña muyuchiytaq qillqasqata sapa siq'inta utaq sapa pankata pasachin. Kwirpu ukhunqa recicladu plastikumantam ruwasqa, injection molding nisqa ruwaywan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu

Flowo Digital Qillqana Makina A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. Flowo Digital Qillqana Makina sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta Flowo Digital Qillqana Makina yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Flowo's design is inspired by the main parts of a classic typewriter, thus the keyboard, the paper roller and the side knobs that allow by rotation, to insert the paper and move it forward. The device consists of a main body which is black and cylindrical and recalls the old roller plus two side control knobs that are use as follows: the left knob allows navigation on the device's menu, while the right one allows to scroll the document moving from one row to the other or from one page to the following.the main body expands with a backlit keyboard that allows typing. Text is displayed on an e-ink screen located on the main body.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions: 330 x 165 x 40mm
Tags: flowo, typewriter, keyboard, e-ink display, recycled, eco-sustainable, e-paper
Production Technology: Recycled plastic injection molding for main body, e-ink display and other eco-plastic materials.
Design Challenge: The greatest difficulty was to give a new design to an object (the typewriter) by now consolidated over time but also no longer used. the main idea was to keep some parts of the flowo design that recalled the old typewriter but at the same time have a modern and functional design. the keyboard is very minimal, the display is curved to remember the old roller where the paper slides while the side knobs that were used to slide the paper are now used to navigate the menu and scroll the pages.
The materials used for the production of flowo are all eco-sustainable and the plastic used is recycled plastic to have a minimal environmental impact.
Research: the research that has been done for the Flowo design is essentially based on giving a modern and functional design to an object now in disuse like the old typewriter. the basis of the project was taken into account the simplicity of use like the old typewriter but at the same time using modern technology (e.g. paper was eliminated and an e-ink display and an internal memory were used to store documents ).
Inspiration: The idea at the foundation of Flowo (Flow Word) is to give new life to a tool such as the old typewriter that is no longer used nowadays. Thanks to computer, tablet smartphone we have never ending solutions to type and save our texts, notes or books. The issue when using these devices to type is that the quantity of information, inputs, notifications they can send affects the writer's ability to concentrate, even the more disciplined one's.Flowo is the concept of a modern typewriter intended for a sole purpose: type without distractions.
Project Duration: Location: Azzano Decimo (PN) - Italy
Procject duration: 1 month
Operation Flow: Works like an old typewriter. You type on the keyboard and the text is displayed in the curved e-ink display.
The left knob allows navigation on the device's menu (create new document, save document, open document ect.), while the right one allows to scroll the document moving from one row to the other or from one page to the following.
Team Members: Jody Del Bianco