The Board Skejtbord by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Златна награда A' Design Award in Дизајн возила, мобилности и транспорта Competition Category.

ЗлатнаВозила· 2021

The Board Skejtbord

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

Златна награда A' Design Award Winner in Возила Category

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The Design

About The Board Skejtbord

The Board je sklopivi skejtbord dizajniran za lak transport i skladištenje. Daska je izrađena od 57 međusobno povezanih okretnih šarki. Sklapanjem šarki u jednom ili drugom pravcu, klasičan kruzer oblik se transformiše u savršen krug. U kružnom obliku, The Board staje u ranac i može se čuvati u uskim prostorima ili izložiti kao dekorativni predmet u domu. U konstrukciji se koriste aluminijum, gvožđe i plastika. Proces transformacije daje dizajnu jasnu vizuelnu privlačnost.

The Recognition

About the Златна награда A' Design Award

The Board Skejtbord је добитник Златне награде A' Design Award, огромно престижног признања које се додељује првокласним, дивним и изванредним дизајнима. Добитници Златне награде изузетно су иновативне, визионарске и блиставо задивљујуће творевине које одражавају геније, мудрост и умеће својих дизајнера. Очекује се да The Board Skejtbord буде високо хваљен, трендсетерски и монументалан изум који доноси беспримерну вредност. Овај дизајн награђен Златном наградом A' Design Award спектакуларно је, поштовано дело које у великој мери користи и помера границе уметности, науке, дизајна и технологије. The Board Skejtbord ствара интензивна осећања жеље, буди страст, подстиче креативност и фасцинира нас.

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
Optional Image#4:CHEN, CHIA-WEI,2019