The Board Laupapa Faasee by Chia-Wei Chen

The Board Laupapa Faasee by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Auro in Mamanu Ta'avale Competition Category.

AuroTa'avale· 2021

The Board Laupapa Faasee

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

A' Design Award Auro Winner in Ta'avale Category

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The Design

About The Board Laupapa Faasee

O le Board o se laupapa faasee e mafai ona gaugau ua mamanuina mo le faigofie o le feaveaiga ma le teuina. O le fogalaupapa e faia mai i le 57 faamau feso'ota'i e mafai ona fetaui. E ala i le gaugau o faamau i le tasi itu po o le isi itu, e liua ai le foliga masani o le cruiser i se li'o atoatoa. I lona foliga lapotopoto, e ofi le Board i totonu o se ato faafafa ma e mafai ona teuina i avanoa vaapiapi pe faaali o se mea teuteu i le fale. O le alumini, u'amea ma le palasitika o loo faaaogaina i le fausiaina. O le faagasologa o le suiga e maua ai e le mamanu se foliga matagofie manino i le vaai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Auro

O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai The Board Laupapa Faasee, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina The Board Laupapa Faasee e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. The Board Laupapa Faasee e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.

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
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