Barebag Series Mea Fesoasoani Mātagofie by Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan

Barebag Series Mea Fesoasoani Mātagofie by Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Mea Fa'aopoopo Competition Category.

ArioMea Fa'aopoopo· 2024

Barebag Series Mea Fesoasoani Mātagofie

by Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan

Client: BareBag

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Mea Fa'aopoopo Category

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The Design

About Barebag Series Mea Fesoasoani Mātagofie

O le BareBag o se fa'asologa o mea teuteu e mafai ona ofuina ua mamanu mo tagata e faigata ona fa'aogaina o latou lima, e pei o i latou ua manu'a pe ua tipiina se vaega o lo latou tino. O le mātau e taofia ai le lulu ua mamanu fou ma le poto a le BareBag e tu'ufa'atasi lelei i totonu o se mea teuteu mātagofie, ma fa'atagaina ai tagata fa'aaoga e tautau so'o se ato i lo latou sulugatiti e aunoa ma le fa'aogaina o latou lima. O lona tekonolosi ButterSlide e mafai fo'i ai e tagata fa'aaoga ona fetu'una'i faigofie le fusi i le lima e tasi na'o. E ofoina mai e le BareBag se auala atamai e fa'aleleia ai le tuto'atasi ma le tulaga lelei o le olaga mo tagata fa'aaoga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Barebag Series Mea Fesoasoani Mātagofie, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Barebag Series Mea Fesoasoani Mātagofie e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Barebag Series Mea Fesoasoani Mātagofie o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: BareBag represents a universal, integrated solution for limited mobility and functionality for the millions of upper limb injured/amputees, who often struggle to carry their belongings and perform daily tasks with one hand. With versatile bag hooks integrated into cross-body fashion accessories, users can comfortably carry all types of bags at their waist hands-free. By solving a universal problem of busy hands, BareBag promotes social equity and improves the life quality for its users.
Dimensions & Packaging: BareBag: 135mm x 50mm x 90mm
BareBag Nano: 120mm x 12mm x 70mm
Tags: Bag, Prosthetic, Fashion, Lifestyle, Assistive, Wallet, Amputee, Inclusive, Adaptive
Production Technology: BareBag is modularly assembled with a soft leather exterior and hard 3D-printed recycled PLA hook prosthetics. The modularity allows quick adaptation to configuration, and separate cleaning and recycling at the end of its life cycle. Its sustainable rPET strap is equipped with a 3D-printed slider specially engineered to enable smooth adjustment with one hand.
Design Challenge: The two main challenges during BareBag's development are maintaining the balance and stability of both BareBag and the carried bags, and inventing a strap slider mechanism for smooth one-hand adjustment. The wide-body hooks minimize bag-swinging or escaping while allowing the bag to slide in easily. BareBag's slider is re-engineered with a butterfly locking mechanism that allows the user to unlock with a simple pull, effortlessly adjust with one hand, and lock with a simple pinch. We iterated more than 50 prototypes to perfect the user experience.
Research: BareBag is a novel integration that differentiates itself from both fashion accessories and prosthetics. The research for active annual demand from disabled users resulted in more than 3.77 million people in the US alone. BareBag's development went through a 6-month user testing phase with more than 50 prototypes, optimizing the reliability, stability, ease of use, aesthetics, and sustainability.
Inspiration: BareBag started with a bike accident that broke one of its founder's arms. This sudden shift in life quality made him realize how inconvenient it is to do everything with only one hand. Especially when doing dumb labor like carrying bags, he had no hands to even use a phone. However, all the bag carriers on the market are bulky and make the user's disability more visible. BareBag's mission is then set to be an everyday fashion accessory that imperceptively becomes the user's additional hand.
Project Duration: BareBag started in January 2023 in New York City and finished in December 2023 in New York City
Operation Flow: By putting BareBag on like a cross-body bag, it blends into your style while being a prosthetic. With only one hand, unlock the strap slider by folding it up, and effortlessly slide it to adjust the strap length to fit your body. When you have bags to carry, simply hook the bag onto the integrated hook and let it grab the bags for you at waist level comfortably and stably, so your hands can be free to do more.
Team Members: Designer: Ke Zheng
Designer: Shuhao Xuanyuan
Manufacturing Specialist: Danmin Rao