Barebag Series Fashionable Prosthetics by Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan |
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| DESIGN NAME: Barebag Series PRIMARY FUNCTION: Fashionable Prosthetics INSPIRATION: BareBag started with a bike accident that broke one of its founder's arms. This sudden shift in life quality made him realize how inconvenient it is to do everything with only one hand. Especially when doing dumb labor like carrying bags, he had no hands to even use a phone. However, all the bag carriers on the market are bulky and make the user's disability more visible. BareBag's mission is then set to be an everyday fashion accessory that imperceptively becomes the user's additional hand. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: BareBag represents a universal, integrated solution for limited mobility and functionality for the millions of upper limb injured/amputees, who often struggle to carry their belongings and perform daily tasks with one hand. With versatile bag hooks integrated into cross-body fashion accessories, users can comfortably carry all types of bags at their waist hands-free. By solving a universal problem of busy hands, BareBag promotes social equity and improves the life quality for its users. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: By putting BareBag on like a cross-body bag, it blends into your style while being a prosthetic. With only one hand, unlock the strap slider by folding it up, and effortlessly slide it to adjust the strap length to fit your body. When you have bags to carry, simply hook the bag onto the integrated hook and let it grab the bags for you at waist level comfortably and stably, so your hands can be free to do more. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: BareBag started in January 2023 in New York City and finished in December 2023 in New York City |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: BareBag is modularly assembled with a soft leather exterior and hard 3D-printed recycled PLA hook prosthetics. The modularity allows quick adaptation to configuration, and separate cleaning and recycling at the end of its life cycle. Its sustainable rPET strap is equipped with a 3D-printed slider specially engineered to enable smooth adjustment with one hand. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: BareBag: 135mm x 50mm x 90mm BareBag Nano: 120mm x 12mm x 70mm TAGS: Bag, Prosthetic, Fashion, Lifestyle, Assistive, Wallet, Amputee, Inclusive, Adaptive RESEARCH ABSTRACT: BareBag is a novel integration that differentiates itself from both fashion accessories and prosthetics. The research for active annual demand from disabled users resulted in more than 3.77 million people in the US alone. BareBag's development went through a 6-month user testing phase with more than 50 prototypes, optimizing the reliability, stability, ease of use, aesthetics, and sustainability. CHALLENGE: The two main challenges during BareBag's development are maintaining the balance and stability of both BareBag and the carried bags, and inventing a strap slider mechanism for smooth one-hand adjustment. The wide-body hooks minimize bag-swinging or escaping while allowing the bag to slide in easily. BareBag's slider is re-engineered with a butterfly locking mechanism that allows the user to unlock with a simple pull, effortlessly adjust with one hand, and lock with a simple pinch. We iterated more than 50 prototypes to perfect the user experience. ADDED DATE: 2024-02-28 19:45:47 TEAM MEMBERS (3) : Designer: Ke Zheng, Designer: Shuhao Xuanyuan and Manufacturing Specialist: Danmin Rao IMAGE CREDITS: Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan, 2023. |
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NAME: BareBag PROFILE: BareBag is a wearable accessory design studio that focuses on social equity and inclusiveness. It produces sustainable, universal products that aim to solve the small yet fundamental problems everyone encounters everyday and improve the users' life qualities. |
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Barebag Series Fashionable Prosthetics by Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan is Winner in Fashion and Travel Accessories Design Category, 2023 - 2024.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Ke Zheng and Shuhao Xuanyuan. |
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