DESIGN NAME: 90 Deg
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Bamboo Chair Within Bag
INSPIRATION: The situation of the need of resting happen when people feel their legs tired, all they like to do is to have a seat. Think of the easy transforming operation for use from bag to chair stage. There is a most simple and directed way for users to do, they just need to turn the bag 90 degrees to become a chair. User-friendly operation is developed from the design of the structure of the holder. Let users use easily without complex steps to make transformations between the bag and chair stage.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: 90 Deg is a bag with 2 kinds of types, one as a bag for everyday use, another as a chair for temporary seat. In the situations like walking for a long time and waiting in line tire people out, what they like to do is to have a seat. There is only one simple and quick way of action to meet the need. Turn 90 Deg 90 degrees to make a bag become a temporary seat for relaxing.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: In addition to be a portable chair for going outdoors and a bag for everyday use, 90 Deg can be a fashion accessory in the lives of people. It is a great partner going outdoors with the practical use and eye-catching shape, users can change the style and color of bag parts at their will to create a unique stylish bag for themselves. Also, as a feature to let users sit with elegant sitting posture, 90 Deg provides a perfect 45 centimeters of seat height matching to ergonomics. Thus, users can sit comfortably and feel relaxed.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in October 2016 and finished in March 2017 in Taiwan.
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: 90 Deg mainly consists of two parts, the holder and the bag parts. The material of the holder is using laminated bamboo. By the way of manufacture of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) to make the shape of the holder. Laminated bamboo has a very strong strength to withstand the weight of users sitting on 90 Deg.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Width 350 mm x Depth 60 mm x Height 450 mm
TAGS: 90 Deg, Bag, Chair, Fashion, Seat, Laminated Bamboo, DOUBLIBRE
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The challenge is to consider the structure of 90 Deg with its material. How to make the possibility for users to sit on within the size of a handbag while keep the strength of the structure while still maintain a user-friendly operation. Also, hollow out the middle reinforcement of the holder with logo of 90 Deg. It helps to make the weight of 90 Deg lighter and still withstand the weight of users while having a more detailed feature with the identity of the product.
CHALLENGE: Another challenge is how to fix the bag parts to the holder and have the feature of easy disassembly and assembling. The middle reinforcement of the holder not only helps to withstand the weight of users, but makes the middle layer of the bag parts fixed by zippers. Then, the right and left bag use open end zippers fix to the middle layer. The way of easy assembling the parts make users can assemble their favorite style and be convenient to detach the parts for cleaning and replacement.
ADDED DATE: 2017-07-29 07:11:18
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IMAGE CREDITS: Jeff Ching-Wen Chang
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Jeff Ching-Wen Chang, 2017.
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