Tag Archives: Qiao Song

Behold the tires of the future!

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What we’re seeing here is the future of tire design. With companies like Bridgestone and Michelin investing efforts in airless-tubeless tires that absorb shock beautifully, we may one day see conventional tires become completely obsolete.

The Soft Creeper is a conceptual bicycle tire designed by a team from the Dalian Minzu University in China. It features a wheel that’s split into multiple identical pieces with the spokes being designed specifically for shock absorption. Upon encountering an obstacle, the spokes just simply bend inward, allowing the tire to deform in the shape of the obstacle, and the bike to ride right across like cutting through air. The same would work for potholes. If and when a wheel gets damaged, just simply replace the damaged components rather than the entire wheel itself!

The Soft Creeper is a winner of the Red Dot Award for the year 2016.

Designers: Su Hengchang, Zhang Dianming, Qiao Song, Zhang Mengbo, Cao Xinyu, Wu Jiahao, Xu Zhe & Ran Xuyang.

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Lifebuoys Better in Numbers

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Called the Hope of Ocean, this modern emergency response concept means enhanced lifesaving at sea! A single lifesaving floatation device is not only hard to spot but less effective in mass rescue. However, in numbers, they can be incredibly useful! These hang over the side of the ship. In the event it goes down (knock on wood), they are automatically released and begin to inflate on contact with water. They can then be linked together to form a larger lifesaving ring to keep the stranded individuals together and organized for easier rescue.

The Hope of Ocean concept is a Red Dot Award: Design Concept winner.

Designers: He Chunyan, Li Xi, Wang Xiucheng, Dai Junnan, Jiang Yumo, Liu Wei, Xu Kun, Qiao Song

A Little Better Ladder

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Hoisting tools up while you climb a ladder for tall tasks can be not only exhausting but dangerous. Why not keep your entire toolbox handy, waiting for you at the top?! Hold-on Ladder incorporates a toolbox at its peak, greatly improving the efficiency and convenience of building and repair work. In it’s collapsed form, the toolbox portion is automatically concealed keeping your tools organized and safe from falling out.

Designers: Prof. Bao Haimo, Qiao Song, An Hui, Dai Junnan, Guan Yue, Li Xi, Liu Chunnan, Song Jialin, Zhang Lin, Zhang Zhen

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The Referee Is Always Right

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Combining the functions of an electronic watch, an indicator, and a whistle, the Time Whistle hopes to be the ultimate match tool for a football Referee. Easier said than done, because given the high passion and spirit of the game, too much precision in decision may not go down well with the fans! A little bit of mind games is good!

Time Whistle is a 2014 Red Dot Award: Design Concept winner.

Designers: Prof. Bao Haimo, Xu Kun, Bao Jiacheng, Cui Weijian, Feng Ming, Li Caoyang, Qiao Song, Wang Yanwen, Wang Yunsen & Zhang Zhenyi

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