DESIGN NAME: Disappeared Umbrella
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Avoid wet clothes and the environment
INSPIRATION: Take the scenario as an example, when you take buses or subway in the rainy days, if the wet umbrella is not putted into a plastic bag, the water would drop on the seats and other passengers may not able to take the seats; or the water drop from the umbrella may wet the floor of the coach and make it slippery which increases the risks of unsafety; or the umbrella may wet clothes of other passengers around you, etc.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Combine the case, which is easy to be lost, with the shape of handle in design. The lengthened handle is more ergonomic and comfortable to be held. The integration design helps users to fold the umbrella in to handle, close the cap to avoid the water wetting clothes and floor. Water collected in the case can be used to water flowers at home. Only a piece a cake expresses the positive attitude of life.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Unscrew the cap, pull out the umbrella and unfold it to use. While packing up, fold and fasten the cover, push it into the handle, then screw the cap.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project research duration is Feb. to May 2016.
Location: Shenyang
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The handle can be manufactured by molding, the main materials are PP, HDPE and silicone.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Product dimensions:Width 50mm x Depth 50mm x Height 230mm
TAGS: umbrella, handle, easy to receive
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Integrative design of case and handle makes the umbrella easy to be packed up and the handle more easy and comfortable to be held, also it solved the problem that the cases are easy to be lost.
CHALLENGE: The design has simple structure, low material cost, and it is very easy to be realized in the process.
ADDED DATE: 2017-02-26 11:36:36
TEAM MEMBERS (5) : Designer:Li Xuesong, Designer:Cao Weizhi, Designer:Yan Yueming, Designer:Chen Qi and Designer:Zhao Hongyuan
IMAGE CREDITS: The School of Industrial Design in LAFA, 2017.
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