Agile 4525L 乘客座椅 by Ufuk Bircan Özkan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 产品工程与技术设计 Competition Category.

铜工程· 2019

Agile 4525L 乘客座椅

by Ufuk Bircan Özkan

Client: Inova Otomotiv

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 工程 Category

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The Design

About Agile 4525L 乘客座椅

Agile 4525L在短距离内给人一种速度感，动感的线条从两侧流向前方，在后方向上扫过。靠背独特的扭转形式，营造出非传统的美感，有助于安全带高效工作，防止驼背。创新的高度自适应安全带无需任何调整即可适应任何身高的乘客。通过更薄的靠背获得更大的腿部空间，保证了舒适度。配件和按钮的金属色有助于弱光下的可视性，同时提高感知质量。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Agile 4525L 乘客座椅是 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Agile 4525L 乘客座椅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。Agile 4525L 乘客座椅出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Agile 4525L is designed to tear down cliches among its ordinary rivals by giving an impression of pace at short distances with dynamic lines flowing forward at sides and sweeping upwards at the back. The twist form at backrest sides creates an extraordinary aesthetic perception, helps safety belts to work efficiently and prevents hunchbacks. Innovative height adaptive belts that don't need any adjustments can adapt to passengers in any height. Images show two upholstery styles: Standard&Comfort
Dimensions & Packaging: It has a modular construction system where backrest, seat and chassis are separate bodies. A two-seat configuration is 953mm in total width, 742mm in depth and 1140mm in height. It weights 34,5Kg.
Tags: Passenger, Seat, Bus, Minibus, Public, Transportation, Transport, Land, Vehicle, Commercial
Production Technology: Design was born on paper and digital sketches first. Then 3D data was created on CAD. Some parts were 3D-printed and vacuum-formed for prototyping and final design got its shape. The seat is produced by conventional mid-level production technologies. Seat foams are molded. Metal parts inside are first shaped by laser-cutting and molds, then welded both manually and by robots.
Design Challenge: The seat is designed especially for Turkish market but with a potential for exporting. Local market is very conservative and closed for innovations. This seat is one of the first steps of a change in future where seats will become more comfortable and technological. Design is one of the most important aspects of this change, where I also had to consider our customer company's design language used in their vehicles. Combining form and function together in twist form brought the success.
Research: User researches and market researches are done at the beginning of the project. We had participants at %5 and %95 percentile anthropometric range to test the safety and comfort levels of our seat belts. We prepared different 3-D printed prototypes for each stage of the research. Height-adaptive safety belt is a result of these user researches. Then we combined it with the twist form at the backrest and they became complementary features for each other.
Inspiration: The infinity symbol which we use in our company logo catches itself after a loop. This inspired me on combining front and side surfaces of conventional seats into one surface. This created functional advantages as well as a new aesthetic perception. The seat is designed for quick short distance transportations which led me to use flowing dynamic lines. Plastic side covers were highly inspired by road cars in means of form.
Project Duration: The project started in Bursa in January 2017 and finished in October 2018. First prototype was exhibited in October 2017 in Busworld Kortrijk. Finished product was announced in September 2018 in Hannover at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018.
Operation Flow: Agile 4525L is a new generation travel-mate of short distance passengers. Its height-adaptive 3-point seat belt doesn't need any adjustments. It just fits everybody in any height. Dual-function button on the side panel activates both backrest reclining and lateral adjustment at the same time. Magazine net on rear side can hold magazines in A4 size. Passengers can place their mobile phones on the special mobile device pocket.
Patents: Patents (TurkPatent): 2017-09355 & 2017-08792, Inova Otomotiv, 2017.
Industrial design registrations (TurkPatent): 2017-02652, 2017-03381, 2017-04539, 2017-04540, 2017-04542, 2017-04543 & 2017-04544.
Image Credits: #1 Photographer Hasan Mutlu, Agile 4525L, 2018.
#2 Photographer Hasan Mutlu, Agile 4525L, 2018.
#3 Photographer Hasan Mutlu, Agile 4525L, 2018.
#4 Photographer Hasan Mutlu, Agile 4525L, 2018.
#5 Photographer Hasan Mutlu, Agile 4525L, 2018.