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The Board Ubao wa Kuteleza by Chia-Wei Chen

The Board Ubao wa Kuteleza by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Magari, Usafiri na Usafirishaji Competition Category.


DhahabuGari· 2021

The Board Ubao wa Kuteleza

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Gari Category

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The Design

About The Board Ubao wa Kuteleza

The Board ni ubao wa kuteleza unaokunjwa uliobuniwa kwa usafirishaji na uhifadhi rahisi. Sitaha imetengenezwa kutokana na bawaba 57 za kuzunguka zinazofungamana. Kwa kukunja bawaba upande mmoja au mwingine, umbo la kawaida la cruiser hubadilishwa kuwa duara kamili. Katika umbo la duara, The Board huingia kwenye mkoba na inaweza kuhifadhiwa katika nafasi nyembamba au kuonyeshwa kama kifaa cha mapambo nyumbani. Alumini, chuma na plastiki vimetumika katika ujenzi wake. Mchakato wa mabadiliko huipa dizaini hii mvuto wa kuona ulio wazi.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award

The Board Ubao wa Kuteleza ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. The Board Ubao wa Kuteleza inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. The Board Ubao wa Kuteleza huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.

Behind the Design

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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

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