Gaaba 婴儿推车 by Anri Sugihara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 婴儿、儿童产品设计 Competition Category.

铜婴儿产品· 2021

Gaaba 婴儿推车

by Anri Sugihara

Client: RDS Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 婴儿产品 Category

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The Design

About Gaaba 婴儿推车

Gaaba是一款专为托育机构设计的大型婴儿推车，可在日常散步及紧急疏散时同时承载多名婴幼儿。车架结构有效抑制了因形变造成的力量损耗，碳纤维增强塑料的应用则减轻了整体重量。大尺寸轮胎、辅助踏板与握把，帮助推车顺利通过崎岖路面。把手位置依据公开的保育员平均体型数据，通过动作分析确定。Gaaba尺寸为1470 x 670 x 1010毫米，重25千克。其设计目标在于保护儿童安全，并减轻保育人员的日常负担。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Gaaba 婴儿推车是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Gaaba 婴儿推车将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Gaaba 婴儿推车出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: A large stroller designed as a disaster prevention and evacuation device that enhances survivability by improving rough road running ability and safety as evacuation equipment in the event of a disaster, reducing the burden on childcare workers in normal times, and pursuing ergonomic ease of use. It is designed as a Dual Product (used in both normal times and emergencies) that combines these two goals and it can protect children in case of emergency.
Dimensions & Packaging: size:1470 x 670 x 1010
weight:25kg
Tags: kids, kindergarten, nursery, earthquake, infant,
Production Technology: The frame is designed to minimalize the loss of force due to the deformation of the structure. CFRP is used largely as the structural material to reducing the weight.
With the perspective of ergonomics, the position of the pushing handle were determined by the motion analysis performed for the average physique information of childcare workers published by the Japanese government agency.
In addition, large tires, additional steps and grips are equipped to break through rough terrain in evacuate.
Inspiration: Japan is one of the world's leading earthquake suffering countries. Countless lives had been lost in Tsunami and fire caused by giant earthquakes. Infant childcare facilities are no exception to suffer and it may require evacuation to the outside. A transporting infants who cannot walk on their own is indispensable. In addition, it's common in many childcare facilities to take a little walk with 4 to 5 infants on a cart to near park. Large strollers have been used for both daily and evacuate.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2020 in Tokyo Japan.
Operation Flow: The existing carts weighs too heavy to operate and is a heavy burden for childcare workers, while the design of existing products has not changed significantly for a long time.
RDS Ltd., Co. has been engaged in R&D of various motor sports related products for years, and has been an official partner of F1 team Scuderia AlphaTauri in recent. We have applied the technology to Gaaba because we have refined the technology in the environment where light, strong and durable products are required.
Team Members: RDS Ltd., Co., ONETABLE Inc., exiii design Inc. Yoshihiro Hirata R2, MAGNET Inc., makesense Inc. and quod, LLC
Image Credits: RDS Co., Ltd.