Boat
Functional Sculpture for LuXun Academy of Fine Arts
Boat is an innovative interactive toy that provides users with novel and interesting interactive experiences through interactive feedback on the perception of things around it. It offers more possibilities for products to interact with people and the environment. The Boat morphology fused the fish bones with the outline of the boat. The crawling law of arthropods is used, so that the movement mode of the product has more vitality and rhythm sense. Using 3D printing technology, the complex structures can be directly formed.
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Boat Functional Sculpture Press Releases
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Boat Functional Sculpture Media Articles
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Unique Properties
Boat is an innovative interactive toy. It provides the novelty and interesting interactive experiences to the users by interactive feedback on the perception of things around it. Boat breaks the monotonous interaction mode between products and users by increasing the impact of environmental changes on the product that greatly enriches the interest of Boat as a toy and consumers' desire to explore products.
Tags
3D printing，Functional sculpture， Innovation，Interaction， Toys
Production Technology
For Boat, in addition to sensors and motors, all modeling, transmission mechanism and hardware structure are finished by 3D printing, which perfectly fit the form of modeling and rhythm of transmission mechanism.
Design Challenge
The crankshaft shape and fitness of the product have been adjusted several times to make the whole product run smoothly.
Project Duration
The project started in July 2021 at Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, and be completed and produced in October 2021.
Operation Flow
Boat is inbuilt highly sensitive vibration sensor, the main shaft surface designs concave directional track. When the sensor feels the vibration, the product starts, the main drive shaft rotates, and the structure in the groove of the rotation shaft moves due to gravity, and pushing the whole forward.
Research
By observing the movement of arthropods, simulating the spine of arthropod as the main axis of the model, extracting the movement law of arthropods, designing the mechanism model by computer aided tools, and solid works simulation. we determined the movement regulation of the mechanism.
Inspiration
Boat offers more possibilities for products to interact between people and the environment. The product is no longer limited to mechanical switches, but can be started through language, gestures, etc.,which bring better interesting experience to users.
Project Overview
Boat Functional Sculpture has been a Bronze winner in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design award category in the year 2021 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
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Bronze Recognition
Mingxi Li was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2022, a testament to excellence of their work Boat Functional Sculpture.
Mingxi Li Press Releases
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Introducing Boat: An Innovative Functional Sculpture Toy by Guangpeng Yue
Guangpeng Yue's Boat is an innovative interactive toy that breaks the monotonous interaction mode between products and users, offering novel and interesting interactive experiences through feedback on the perception of its surroundings. The project was completed at Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in October 2021.
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