The Board 滑板 by Chia-Wei Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 金獎 in 車輛、出行及交通運輸設計 Competition Category.

金車輛· 2021

The Board 滑板

by Chia-Wei Chen

Client: Barry Chen

A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 車輛 Category

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The Design

About The Board 滑板

The Board係一款摺疊式滑板，專為方便攜帶同收納而設計。板面由57個互相扣連嘅樞軸鉸鏈組成。透過將鉸鏈向一個方向或另一個方向摺疊，經典嘅巡航板形狀就會變成一個完美嘅圓形。喺圓形狀態下，The Board可以放入背囊，可以擺喺狹窄嘅空間，或者放喺屋企作為裝飾品陳列。結構採用鋁、鐵同塑膠製成。變形過程賦予呢個設計清晰嘅視覺吸引力。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金獎

The Board 滑板是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計The Board 滑板將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。The Board 滑板激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。

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