The Board Ikibaho cyo Kunyerera (Skateboard) by Chia-Wei Chen

The Board Ikibaho cyo Kunyerera (Skateboard) by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu in Igishushanyo cy'Ibinyabiziga Competition Category.

ZahabuIbinyabiziga· 2021

The Board Ikibaho cyo Kunyerera (Skateboard)

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu Winner in Ibinyabiziga Category

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The Design

About The Board Ikibaho cyo Kunyerera (Skateboard)

The Board ni ikibaho cyo kunyerera gipfunyika cyagenewe koroshya gutwarwa no kubikwa. Igice cyo kwicaraho gikozwe mu misumari 57 izunguruka ifatanye hagati yayo. Iyo iyo misumari ipfunyitswe ku ruhande rumwe cyangwa urundi, ishusho isanzwe y'ikibaho ihinduka uruziga rwuzuye. Mu ishusho y'uruziga, The Board yinjira mu mufuka witwazwa ku mugongo kandi ishobora kubikwa mu myanya migufi cyangwa igashyirwa ahagaragara nk'igikoresho cyo gutaka mu rugo. Aluminiyumu, icyuma na pulasitiki nibyo bikoreshwa mu kuyubaka. Uburyo bwo guhinduka biha iyi mbonezamikorere ubwiza bugaragara neza.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu

The Board Ikibaho cyo Kunyerera (Skateboard) ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo biri ku rwego rwa mbere, bitangaje kandi by'indashyikirwa. Abegukanye Zahabu ni ibihangano birimo udushya twinshi, bifite icyerekezo kandi bimurika, bigaragaza impano, ubwenge n'ubuhanga bw'ababihanze. The Board Ikibaho cyo Kunyerera (Skateboard) biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano gishimwa cyane, gishyiraho imigendekere mishya kandi gitanga agaciro katigeze kaboneka. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Zahabu ni umushinga utangaje kandi wubahwa ugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. The Board Ikibaho cyo Kunyerera (Skateboard) itera ibyifuzo bikomeye, ikangura ishyaka, ishishikariza guhanga kandi igatwara imitima yacu.

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
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