The Board Rolka by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Zlata nagrada A' Design Award in Oblikovanje vozil, mobilnosti in transporta Competition Category.

ZlataVozila· 2021

The Board Rolka

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

Zlata nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Vozila Category

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The Design

About The Board Rolka

The Board je zložljiva rolka, zasnovana za enostaven prenos in shranjevanje. Deska je sestavljena iz 57 medsebojno povezanih vrtljivih tečajev. Z zlaganjem tečajev v eno ali drugo smer se klasična oblika cruiserja preoblikuje v popoln krog. V krožni obliki se The Board prilega nahrbtniku in jo je mogoče hraniti v ozkih prostorih ali razstaviti kot dekorativni predmet doma. Pri izdelavi so uporabljeni aluminij, železo in plastika. Proces preoblikovanja daje oblikovanju jasno vizualno privlačnost.

The Recognition

About the Zlata nagrada A' Design Award

The Board Rolka je prejemnik Zlate nagrade A' Design Award, neizmerno prestižnega priznanja, ki se podeljuje prvovrstnim, čudovitim in izvrstnim oblikovanjem. Prejemniki Zlate nagrade so izjemno inovativne, vizionarske in bleščeče osupljive stvaritve, ki odražajo genij, modrost in mojstrstvo svojih oblikovalcev. Od The Board Rolka se pričakuje, da bo zelo hvaljen, trende postavljajoč in monumentalen izum, ki prinaša brezprecedenčno vrednost. To oblikovanje, nagrajeno z Zlato nagrado A' Design Award, je spektakularno, spoštovano delo, ki v veliki meri koristi in premika meje umetnosti, znanosti, oblikovanja in tehnologije. The Board Rolka ustvarja intenzivna čustva želje, prebuja strast, spodbuja ustvarjalnost in nas prevzame.

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
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