MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Pusselleksak av Yoshiaki Ito

Designen MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Pusselleksak av Yoshiaki Ito är en högt ansedd vinnare av den mycket prestigefyllda 2020 A' Design Award i Guld i tävlingskategorin Leksaks-, Spel- och Hobbyproduktdesign.

GuldLeksak· 2020

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Pusselleksak

av Yoshiaki Ito

Klient: MoFU

Vinnare av A' Design Award i Guld i kategorin Leksak

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Designen

Om MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Pusselleksak

Morphits (tidigare känd som MoFU) är omvandlingsbara leksaker som också fungerar som hjärnpussel. Dessa kubformade leksaker glider ut som lådor och vecklas ut till olika djur såsom grisar, apor, tigrar, flodhästar och giraffer. Varje djur har sina egna bedårande och särpräglade drag, vilket gör dem till charmiga karaktärer. Den verkliga utmaningen ligger dock i att vika tillbaka Morphits till korrekt kubform, vilket kräver hjärnkraft för att lösa den kluriga uppgiften att få in dem exakt rätt i sina lådor igen.

Erkännandet

Om A' Design Award i Guld

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Pusselleksak är vinnare av A' Design Award i Guld, ett oerhört prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas förstklassiga, underbara och enastående designverk. Guldvinnare är utomordentligt innovativa, visionära och glamoröst bländande skapelser som speglar sina formgivares briljans, visdom och skicklighet. MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Pusselleksak förväntas vara en högt prisad, trendsättande och monumental uppfinning som levererar oöverträffat värde. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Guld är ett spektakulärt, respekterat projekt som i hög grad gagnar och flyttar fram gränserna för konst, vetenskap, design och teknik. MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Pusselleksak skapar intensiva känslor av längtan, väcker passion, uppmuntrar kreativitet och fascinerar oss.

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Presskit

Erkännanden, teammedlemmar och tekniska detaljer tillhandahållna av designern.

Unika egenskaper: MoFU are transforming toys that are also brainteaser puzzles. Starting as identically shaped cuboids that slide out of boxes on drawers, each MoFU unfolds into a different kind of animal - pig, monkey, tiger, hippo, and giraffe. Each animal is its own character with cute and iconic features, but each is also a distinct puzzle. Folding a MoFU back into the correct cuboid shape so it can perfectly fit back into its box is a brainteasing challenge.
Dimensioner & förpackning: 85mm x 70mm x 60mm when folded in their 3D-printed boxes and at their most compact. Dimensions change with various poses. The maximum possible height is the fully unfolded giraffe at 370mm, and the minimum possible height is a fully recumbent monkey at 35mm.
Taggar: Toys, Animals, Ecology, Recycled, Plastic, Geometric, Abstract, Transforming, Brainteaser, Puzzle
Produktionsteknik: MoFU are 3D-printed using 100% recycled PET plastic from water bottles using selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printing. The 3D-printed pieces of the toy are united by elastic bands which run through the center of each piece. The pieces are finished with polyshot surfacing and deep-dye coloring for safe use by children and maximum lifespan.
Designutmaning: I had to think about the shape of each piece very carefully and how it could fit with its neighboring piece like a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Additionally all of the pieces had to be folded together into the rectangular shape of their box.
Forskning: Each piece of each toy had to be precisely shaped to fit with its neighboring piece like a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Pieces that approximate parts of an animal body must also be folded and nestled in a specific way, fitting perfectly together to revert to a cuboid shape.

Finding the perfect tension of the elastic bands was difficult as the pieces must freely rotate and fold, but not be at all loose. The holes bored for the bands had to be precise to the half-millimeter for the toy to function properly.
Inspiration: Japanese origami, Kumiki puzzles, Transformers.
Projektlängd: MoFU project development started in Brooklyn, NY in April 2018. The first animal, a pig, was created in May 2018; the monkey was finished in September 2018; the tiger in December 2018, the hippo in March 2019, and the giraffe in Jun 2019.
Arbetsflöde: MoFU emerge from identically shaped boxes, but each transforms into a different animal figure with articulated joints. Elastic bands form the animals' tendons and ligaments, allowing maximum transformability and infinite possible poses.

The toys are figurines, but they are also puzzles with varying degrees of difficulty. Folding them back into the correct cuboid shape so that they can fit back into their boxes ranges from simple for a child hippo to difficult for an adult monkey.
Patent: Yoshiaki Ito
Bildkrediteringar: Photgrapes by Yoshiaki Ito, Video by Aria Wetzler and Yana Birykova