Hydrospine 自由潜水镇流器 by Ludovic Lahccen and Raoul Morel is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 银奖 in 体育用品、健身与休闲器材设计 Competition Category.
银体育用品· 2023
Hydrospine 自由潜水镇流器
by Ludovic Lahccen and Raoul Morel
Client: Apnea Sub
A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 体育用品 Category
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About Hydrospine 自由潜水镇流器
用于自由潜水的背重系统，可实现超精确的平衡和浮力。它的优点是模块化和快速负载能力，最高可达 6 公斤，可在任何位置、任何自由潜水项目中使用。它配备了快速释放和调节带扣，可适应不同尺寸（无论性别），提供令人难以置信的舒适感，让您很快忘记所携带的重量。其设计融合了海洋动物和专为速度而设计的齿轮，赋予其极具流体动力学的线条，并在水下提供最佳的滑行能力。其多功能性使其成为独一无二的概念
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 银奖
Hydrospine 自由潜水镇流器是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Hydrospine 自由潜水镇流器将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Hydrospine 自由潜水镇流器是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- It is the only dorsal ballast of this type that can support up to six kilos, the leads distribution in the container which can be quickly and easily modulated. Its assets are, its modularity, its comfort which you forget the weight transported, its hydrodynamic look for an optimal glide. Its safety with its quick release buckle. It can be used in all freediving activities and in all positions. It is undoubtedly the most advanced system to date allowing for ultra-precise buoyancy and neutrality.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Storage shell 150mm x 45mm x 370mm
Lead 105mm x 7,5mm x 40mm - Tags
- Freediving, apnea, dive, diving, weight, spine, hydrodynamic, lestage, weighting, sport
- Production Technology
- The materials used are all waterproof, easy to source and inexpensive (elastic and polypropylene straps, plastic buckles, textiles and lead). The shell is made of thermoformed textile with a zipped side opening. The internal structure has slots to fix the leads like a spine and accordion ribs to follow all movements. The leads were designed from a single template, to limit the molds and keep a hydrodynamic structure. Thus covering 98% of user needs. The rear nozzle allows air to escape.
- Design Challenge
- Many factors need to be taken into account and it has not always been easy for some team members to understand them. A freediving session was necessary to measure the problem. The biggest difficulty was the development of the harness, because it was difficult to hold 6 kg on the back and at the same time not prevent the rib cage from inflating, to be safe with a quick release and to be homologated in competition, to adapt to different morphologies. This required extensive structural and material testing.
- Research
- Before launching, we inventoried all the solutions available on the market and surveyed a panel of a hundred freedivers.
Next, we listed all the desired requirements for the product, assigning them a degree of importance. As well as the impacts that will occur on the different use cases. We quickly agree to test each hypothesis by prototyping it summarily. It was a principle rich in lessons allowing us to see the gap between the idea and reality while showing what needs to be corrected. - Inspiration
- The concept was born out of not having enough practical and comfortable weight. As we would like a different approach, we did not have an established reference. We let our imagination free by relying on other areas. For the design of the shapes, we were inspired by sea animals as well as machines created for speed. Hydrodynamics also influenced the structure. Forcing us to review the structure to keep the modular aspect, and that it can remain flexible to follow the different body movements.
- Project Duration
- The project started solo in August 2019 in Lille, France. Then continued with the Transalley incubator in Valenciennes, France, from September 2020 to September 2022. Then solo again, with the collaboration of Raoul Morel as product designer.
- Operation Flow
- The equipment is carried like a backpack. The buckle at the front allows the straps to be adjusted according to size and to instantly release the weight with one hand by simple pressure.
The envelope containing the leads has reception racks to hold the pellets in place which are sandwiched with the upper part of the cover so that they cannot move. Leads can be placed in any order for extremely precise balancing. - Patents
- Patent application FR2111503 filed on October 28, 2021. Transformed into a Certificate of Utility on September 07, 2022. Title: Diving equipment for freediver, Possessor: Ludovic Lahccen
- Team Members
- Creative Designer and Art Director: Ludovic Lahccen
Product Designer: Raoul Morel
Technical and Mechanical Engineer: Steven Pingon
Engineer and technical design office: Charles Pionchon
Tech Designer and prototypes: Alan Philippart
Plastics processing and 3D printing: Olivier Paul
Textile prototypes: Christiane Lefebvre - Image Credits
- Main image is Image #1 Raoul Morel
Optional Image #1 Raoul Morel
Optional Image #2 Raoul Morel
Optional Image #3 Raoul Morel
Optional Image #4 Raoul Morel
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