The Board Skeytbord by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Altyn Baýragy in Ulag, Hereket we Daşaýyş Dizaýny Competition Category.

AltynUlag· 2021

The Board Skeytbord

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

A' Design Award Altyn Baýragy Winner in Ulag Category

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The Design

About The Board Skeytbord

The Board aňsat daşamak we saklamak üçin niýetlenen eplenýän skeytborddyr. Deka biri-birine baglanýan 57 sany aýlanýan halkadan ýasalandyr. Halkalary bir tarapa ýa-da beýleki tarapa eplemek arkaly klassyky kruizer görnüşi kämil tegelege öwrülýär. Tegelek görnüşinde The Board arka torbasyna sygýar we dar ýerlerde saklanyp ýa-da öýde bezeg zady hökmünde goýlup bilner. Gurluşynda alýumin, demir we plastik ulanylýar. Öwrülme prosesi dizaýna aýdyň wizual özüneçekijilik berýär.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Altyn Baýragy

The Board Skeytbord A' Design Award Altyn Baýragynyň ýeňijisidir; bu birinji derejeli, ajaýyp we tapawutly dizaýnlara berilýän aşa abraýly ykrarnamadyr. Altyn ýeňijileri dizaýnerleriniň alymlygyny, paýhasyny we ussatlygyny görkezýän aşa täzelikçi, uzakgörüjilikli we göz gamaşdyryjy eserlerdir. The Board Skeytbord deňi-taýy ýok gymmat berýän, köp öwülýän, ugur kesgitleýän we ýadygärlik ýaly oýlap tapyş bolmagy garaşylýar. A' Design Award Altyn Baýragyny gazanan bu dizaýn sungatyň, ylmyň, dizaýnyň we tehnologiýanyň çäklerine uly peýda berýän we ony öňe sürýän ajaýyp, hormatly taslamadyr. The Board Skeytbord güýçli isleg duýgularyny döredýär, höwesi oýarýar, döredijiligi höweslendirýär we bizi haýran edýär.

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