The Board Sekeiteboto by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Dikoloi, Tsamaiso le Dipalanwa Competition Category.

KhautaKoloi· 2021

The Board Sekeiteboto

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award Winner in Koloi Category

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The Design

About The Board Sekeiteboto

The Board ke sekeiteboto se menang se etselitsoeng ho tsamaisoa le ho bolokoa habonolo. Deck ea sona e entsoe ka li-hinge tsa pivot tse 57 tse kopanang. Ka ho mena li-hinge ka lehlakoreng le leng kapa le leng, sebopeho sa khale sa cruiser se fetoloa hore e be selikalikoe se phethahetseng. Ha e le sebopehong sa selikalikoe, The Board e kena ka mokotleng oa mokokotlo 'me e ka bolokoa libakeng tse patisaneng kapa ea bontšoa e le ntho ea mokhabiso lapeng. Aluminium, tšepe le polasetiki li sebelisitsoe kahong ea eona. Mokhoa oa phetoho o fa moralo ona kgahleho e hlakileng ea pono.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award

The Board Sekeiteboto ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo ea maemo a pele, e ntle ka ho makatsa le e ikhethang. Bahapi ba Khauta ke lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse nang le mehopolo e mecha haholo, tse shebileng pele le tse khanyang ka ho foufatsa, tse bontšang botsebi, bohlale le bokhoni ba baqapi ba tsona. The Board Sekeiteboto e lebelletsoe ho ba mohopolo o babatsoang haholo, o thehang mekhoa e mecha le o moholo, o tlisang boleng bo sa kang ba bonoa. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award ke mosebetsi o tsosang maikutlo, o hlomphehang, o tlisang molemo o moholo le o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. The Board Sekeiteboto e hlahisa maikutlo a matla a takatso, e tsosa tjantjello, e khothalletsa boqapi mme e re khahlisa.

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