Trido 磁力积木 by Artur Tikhonenko is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 家居用品设计 Competition Category.

铁家居用品· 2023

Trido 磁力积木

by Artur Tikhonenko

Client: Trido Ltd

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 家居用品 Category

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The Design

About Trido 磁力积木

Trido 是一套用于创作装饰物件的磁力积木。该套装以柏拉图多面体的几何形态为基础，运用了四面体、八面体与半四面体造型。专利磁力系统使每一块积木的每个面都能与其他积木相连，沿棱边精准贴合而不会产生排斥。它可以拼搭出成千上万种造型，如雕塑、花瓶、面具或收纳架等。积木采用 ABS 塑料制成，磁铁则隐藏于内部嵌槽之中。产品共提供六种配色方案。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Trido 磁力积木是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Trido 磁力积木将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Trido 磁力积木因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Trido is a set of magnetic building blocks, based on the geometry of Platonic solids - the shapes of tetrahedron and octahedron.
Thanks to a unique ingenious magnet system, each side of each shape connects to each other aligning along the edges and with no repealing, which allows limitless construction possibilities.
Trido has a harmoniously balanced palette in nuances and contrasts.
Trido is a distinctive inspirational tool.
Dimensions & Packaging: Color palettes: Jungle, Flamingo, Laguna, Sky, Honey, Greyscale.
Each piece size: Tetrahedron 50mm x 40mm x 40mm, Octahedron 50mm x 50mm x 70mm, Half-Tetrahedron 50mm x 40mm x 20mm
Tags: Trido, art, decor, magnetic blocks, sculpture, pyramidal, triangle geometry, home decor
Production Technology: Trido has a patented magnetic system, which gives strong connection between shapes without repealing. That unique system allows a limitless versatility for assembling, and also makes it very pleasant and simple to assemble new designs. The shapes aligne themselves along the edges. The pieces are made of ABS plastic, while the magnets are safely hidden inside in a special inner "nest". Trido magnetic system is protected by the patents in the USA, European countries, China, Japan, Korea.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part was to develop the magnetic inner system for different shapes. A lot of prototyping and testing were applied to find the right solution for the functional and appearance quality, along with the balance of technical issues of production.
Research: Artur Tikhonenko, the creator of Trido, was very interested in the sculpture and plaster casting and origami technology. He originally wanted to create magnetic biological shapes, but after making some prototypes, he came up with the idea of breaking through the biological series. After experimenting with different shapes, Artur found that only when tetrahedrons and octahedrons are combined in a specific way can they stick to each other without gaps.
Inspiration: The inspiration came from the sculpture and plaster casting and origami technology. The idea was to make an infinitely transforming piece of décor that could be rebuilt into different shapes, and different styles: a sculpture, a vase, a holder etc. "Playing" with a transformable piece of décor awakes an artist soul and inspires to create. Different mood - different sculpture, new style - new piece of decor - that is how Trido magnetic art works.
Project Duration: The development of first prototypes started in the mid of 2017. In 2020: the first sales started in Europe and China. In 2022: The Red Dot Award "Best of the Best" was won.
Operation Flow: Trido magnetic blocks can be assembled in thousands of beautiful decor pieces, i.e. a sculpture, a vase, a mask, a holder and whatever comes on mind. It is very easy to build of Trido magnetic pieces, because shapes are very well magnetized and neither side repels the other.
Patents: All Patents are granted and belong to Trido Ltd, UK:
Belarus, Korea, USA, China, Japan, Belgium , Austria, Switzerland /Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Luxembourg , Netherlands , Norway, Sweden.

All Trademarks are granted or under consideration and belong to Trido Ltd: United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, Benelux (Belgium,Netherlands, Luxemburg), Belarus, Canada, China (Class 28), China, Germany, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Russia, Sweden, USA
Team Members: Artur Tikhonenko - inventor, creative director and Tatiana Ivachko - designer, brand manager
Image Credits: Images 1,2,3,4,5: photographer Artur Tikhonenko