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Voronoi Бициклистичка Кацига by Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou

Voronoi Бициклистичка Кацига by Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Сребрна награда A' Design Award in Дизајн заштитне одеће и личне заштитне опреме Competition Category.


СребрнаЗаштитна опрема· 2020

Voronoi Бициклистичка Кацига

by Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou

Client: Yuefeng ZHOU,Zhecheng XU,Haiwei WANG

Сребрна награда A' Design Award Winner in Заштитна опрема Category

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The Design

About Voronoi Бициклистичка Кацига

Кацига је инспирисана 3Д Воронои структуром која је широко распрострањена у природи. Уз комбинацију параметарске технике и бионике, кацига за бицикл има побољшани спољни механички систем. Оно се разликује од традиционалне структуре заштите од љускица у свом небридованом бионском 3Д механичком систему. Када га погоди спољна сила, ова структура показује бољу стабилност. У равнотежи лакоће и сигурности, кацига има за циљ да људима пружи удобнију, модернију и сигурнију бициклистичку кацигу за личну заштиту.

The Recognition

About the Сребрна награда A' Design Award

Voronoi Бициклистичка Кацига је добитник Сребрне награде A' Design Award, изузетно престижног признања које се додељује врхунским, предивним и импресивним дизајнима. Добитници Сребрне награде неизмерно су бриљантна и изузетно креативна дела која илуструју изузетну стручност, таленат и оштроумност својих дизајнера. Очекује се да Voronoi Бициклистичка Кацига буде дивно, узорно дело, запажено професионално и дубоко иновативно. Овај дизајн награђен Сребрном наградом A' Design Award веома је запажен, дивљен изум који користи и помера границе уметности, науке, дизајна и технологије. Voronoi Бициклистичка Кацига је творевина којој многи завиде, која буди жеље, доноси позитивна осећања и изазива чуђење и дивљење.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
With a combination of parametric technique and bionics, the bicycle helmet has an excellent external mechanical system. It's different from traditional flake protection structure in its unabridged bionic 3D mechanical system. When hit by an external force, this structure shows better stability. The helmet's porous characteristic makes it possible to achieve a perfect balance of safety and lightness. And the helmet can get better air permeability and organic cool appearance.
Dimensions & Packaging
The helmet is still in the experimental test stage. It comes in 3 sizes. Shell is constructed from carbon kevlar and fiberglass resin with a polystyrene lining.
Tags
Helmet, Bicycle, VORONOI, Parametric, Bionics, Lightness, Stability
Production Technology
Main Material: Shell is constructed from carbon kevlar and fiberglass resin with a polystyrene lining.
Design Challenge
It's a key of appearance design to make the structure system adapt to cavity form. In the research process, we have to arrange data interaction mechanism between different algorithm units. Iteration and feedback of data lead to the rationality of final simulation results,
Research
With the parametric technique, we take mechanical simulation experiments of inner structure sampling points. Based on the simulation date, structure sampling points are rearranged properly, and the helmet finally gets an integrated structure system. Considering the convenience of parametric technique, we can directly control the density parameter of the whole structure system, and specification parameter of the supporting system. After mechanical simulation experiments of the latest structure, the result of simulation affects controls parameter, which promotes the helmet's adaptation to different users and usage scenarios.
Inspiration
The helmet is inspired by 3D Voronoi structure which is widely distributed in Nature, for example, the structure of the animal's bone, turtle shell, and even straw, etc. The structure is a natural consequence of natural evolution, which gives the organism perfect physical performance in aspects of lightness, stability and energy interaction. Thus, we apply this parametric technique into the improvement of helmet design. At the balance of lightness and safety, we hope to provide people with more comfortable, more fashionable, and safer personal protection bicycle helmet.
Project Duration
The project started in June 2018 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China and would be available for mass consumption in July 2020 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Operation Flow
The helmet structure is the important design elements in this design. The helmet's porous characteristic makes it possible to achieve a perfect balance of safety and lightness. And the helmet can get better air permeability and organic cool appearance.
Team Members
Lead Designer:Zhecheng XU
Lead Designer:Yuefeng ZHOU
Lead Designer:Haiwei WANG

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