Barebag Series ስሉጥ መወጸኒ መሳርሒታት by Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ተወሰኽቲ ፋሽንን ጉዕዞን Competition Category.
ብሩርተወሳኺ· 2024
Barebag Series ስሉጥ መወጸኒ መሳርሒታት
by Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan
Client: BareBag
ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ተወሳኺ Category
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About Barebag Series ስሉጥ መወጸኒ መሳርሒታት
ባርባግ ንሰባት ኣእዳዎም ወይ እዶም ብዝተወሰነ መጠን ክጥቀሙ ዘይክእሉ፣ ከም ሓደጋ ወይ መቁረጽ ዝተጋደሱ፣ ዝተዳለወ ተኸታታሊ ልብሰ-ምትሓዝ መሳርሒታት እዩ። ናይ ባርባግ ብፈጠራዊ መገዲ ዝተሰርሐ ምንቅስቓስ-ዘየፍቅድ መንጠልጠሊ ብግህዶ ምስ ስሉጥ መወጸኒ መሳርሒ ተሓዋዊሱ፣ ተጠቀምቲ ንኹሉ ዓይነት ቦርሳ ኣብ ሕቘኖም እዶም ከይተጠቐሙ ክሰቅልዎ የኽእሎም። 'ባተርስላይድ' ቴክኖሎጂኡ እውን ተጠቀምቲ ብሓንቲ እድ ጥራይ ብቐሊሉ ነቲ መቕተሪ ክቕይርዎ የኽእሎም። ባርባግ ንተጠቀምቱ ናጽነት ንምዕባይን ፅሬት ህይወት ንምምሕያሽን ጥበባዊ መገዲ የቕርብ።
The Recognition
About the ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award
Barebag Series ስሉጥ መወጸኒ መሳርሒታት ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ንጽቡቓት፣ ልዑላትን ዘስደምምን ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ብዘይተለምደ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ብሩር ፍሉይ ክእለት፣ ተውህቦን ጥበብን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘርእዩ ኣዚዮም ዘብርሁን ብዙሕ ፈጠራውያንን ስራሕቲ እዮም። Barebag Series ስሉጥ መወጸኒ መሳርሒታት ዝበለጸ፣ ምሳሌ ዝኾነ፣ ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ብዕምቆት ሓድሽን ስራሕ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ብዙሕ ዝተራእየን ዝደነቐን ፈጠራ እዩ፣ ጥቕሚ ዘምጽእን ደረት ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዘስፍሕን። Barebag Series ስሉጥ መወጸኒ መሳርሒታት ብብዙሕ ዝቐንኣሉ ፍጥረት እዩ፣ ድሌታት ዘበራብር፣ ጽቡቕ ስምዒታት ዘምጽእን ሰንቢድን ምድናቕን ዘበራብርን።
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- BareBag represents a universal, integrated solution for limited mobility and functionality for the millions of upper limb injured/amputees, who often struggle to carry their belongings and perform daily tasks with one hand. With versatile bag hooks integrated into cross-body fashion accessories, users can comfortably carry all types of bags at their waist hands-free. By solving a universal problem of busy hands, BareBag promotes social equity and improves the life quality for its users.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- BareBag: 135mm x 50mm x 90mm
BareBag Nano: 120mm x 12mm x 70mm - Tags
- Bag, Prosthetic, Fashion, Lifestyle, Assistive, Wallet, Amputee, Inclusive, Adaptive
- Production Technology
- BareBag is modularly assembled with a soft leather exterior and hard 3D-printed recycled PLA hook prosthetics. The modularity allows quick adaptation to configuration, and separate cleaning and recycling at the end of its life cycle. Its sustainable rPET strap is equipped with a 3D-printed slider specially engineered to enable smooth adjustment with one hand.
- Design Challenge
- The two main challenges during BareBag's development are maintaining the balance and stability of both BareBag and the carried bags, and inventing a strap slider mechanism for smooth one-hand adjustment. The wide-body hooks minimize bag-swinging or escaping while allowing the bag to slide in easily. BareBag's slider is re-engineered with a butterfly locking mechanism that allows the user to unlock with a simple pull, effortlessly adjust with one hand, and lock with a simple pinch. We iterated more than 50 prototypes to perfect the user experience.
- Research
- BareBag is a novel integration that differentiates itself from both fashion accessories and prosthetics. The research for active annual demand from disabled users resulted in more than 3.77 million people in the US alone. BareBag's development went through a 6-month user testing phase with more than 50 prototypes, optimizing the reliability, stability, ease of use, aesthetics, and sustainability.
- Inspiration
- BareBag started with a bike accident that broke one of its founder's arms. This sudden shift in life quality made him realize how inconvenient it is to do everything with only one hand. Especially when doing dumb labor like carrying bags, he had no hands to even use a phone. However, all the bag carriers on the market are bulky and make the user's disability more visible. BareBag's mission is then set to be an everyday fashion accessory that imperceptively becomes the user's additional hand.
- Project Duration
- BareBag started in January 2023 in New York City and finished in December 2023 in New York City
- Operation Flow
- By putting BareBag on like a cross-body bag, it blends into your style while being a prosthetic. With only one hand, unlock the strap slider by folding it up, and effortlessly slide it to adjust the strap length to fit your body. When you have bags to carry, simply hook the bag onto the integrated hook and let it grab the bags for you at waist level comfortably and stably, so your hands can be free to do more.
- Team Members
- Designer: Ke Zheng
Designer: Shuhao Xuanyuan
Manufacturing Specialist: Danmin Rao
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