MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Amezgun n tmuɣli sɣur Yoshiaki Ito

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Amezgun n tmuɣli sɣur Yoshiaki Ito d anerbaz yettwaqadren meqqren n 2020 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Ddheb deg Taggayt n Tnaflit n Afeṣṣel n Tirurarin, Uraren d Ifarisen n Ummerwas.

DdhebTurart· 2020

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Amezgun n tmuɣli

sɣur Yoshiaki Ito

Amsaɣ: MoFU

Anerbaz n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Ddheb deg Taggayt n Turart

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Rzu ɣer usmel Wali deg A' Design Award Tabḍert n tɣamsa Tanecḍa n wammud

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Ɣef MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Amezgun n tmuɣli

Morphits (yettwassnen zik s yisem MoFU) d timezgunin n ubeddel ara ixedmen daɣen d tmuɣliwin n uqerruy. Timezgunin-agi s lqedd n ukubu tettffuɣent-d seg tikeṛṛusin-nsen am tikufaḍin, u ẓuẓrent-d ɣer iɣersiwen igeṭṭunen am ilfiyen, izdanen, ineɣmacen, ifɣerdayen d teẓerlawin. Yal aɣersiw ɣur-s timezla-s tusligin i t-yerran d amekni igerrzen. Maca, useḥbiber n tidet yella deg uzzi n Morphits ɣer lqedd-nsen n ukubu ṣaḥiḥ, ayen yesran tazmert n uqerruy akken ad ifru twuri tamɣit n users-nsen s teɣzi ɣer tikeṛṛusin-nsen.

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Ɣef Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Ddheb

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Amezgun n tmuɣli d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Ddheb, tagmat tuffirt i yisnulfa n umezwaru yelhan s waṭas. Imerbaḥen n Ddheb d isnulfa d imaynuten d imeqqranen. MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Amezgun n tmuɣli ad d-yefk lqima ur nesɛi amgarad, ad yeǧǧ ddunit tennuɣ.

Deffir n ufeṣṣel

Tagrurt n tɣamsa

Ismawen n terbaɛt, iferdisen itiknikanen akked telɣut i d-yefka umeṣṣufeɣ.

Taɣara Tasuft: MoFU are transforming toys that are also brainteaser puzzles. Starting as identically shaped cuboids that slide out of boxes on drawers, each MoFU unfolds into a different kind of animal - pig, monkey, tiger, hippo, and giraffe. Each animal is its own character with cute and iconic features, but each is also a distinct puzzle. Folding a MoFU back into the correct cuboid shape so it can perfectly fit back into its box is a brainteasing challenge.
Tigejdiwin & Akemmus: 85mm x 70mm x 60mm when folded in their 3D-printed boxes and at their most compact. Dimensions change with various poses. The maximum possible height is the fully unfolded giraffe at 370mm, and the minimum possible height is a fully recumbent monkey at 35mm.
Tibzimin: Toys, Animals, Ecology, Recycled, Plastic, Geometric, Abstract, Transforming, Brainteaser, Puzzle
Tasnakta n Ufares: MoFU are 3D-printed using 100% recycled PET plastic from water bottles using selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printing. The 3D-printed pieces of the toy are united by elastic bands which run through the center of each piece. The pieces are finished with polyshot surfacing and deep-dye coloring for safe use by children and maximum lifespan.
Asewḥel n Usnulfu: I had to think about the shape of each piece very carefully and how it could fit with its neighboring piece like a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Additionally all of the pieces had to be folded together into the rectangular shape of their box.
Anadi: Each piece of each toy had to be precisely shaped to fit with its neighboring piece like a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Pieces that approximate parts of an animal body must also be folded and nestled in a specific way, fitting perfectly together to revert to a cuboid shape.

Finding the perfect tension of the elastic bands was difficult as the pieces must freely rotate and fold, but not be at all loose. The holes bored for the bands had to be precise to the half-millimeter for the toy to function properly.
Aseḥbiber: Japanese origami, Kumiki puzzles, Transformers.
Tanzagt n Usenfar: MoFU project development started in Brooklyn, NY in April 2018. The first animal, a pig, was created in May 2018; the monkey was finished in September 2018; the tiger in December 2018, the hippo in March 2019, and the giraffe in Jun 2019.
Tanila n Umahil: MoFU emerge from identically shaped boxes, but each transforms into a different animal figure with articulated joints. Elastic bands form the animals' tendons and ligaments, allowing maximum transformability and infinite possible poses.

The toys are figurines, but they are also puzzles with varying degrees of difficulty. Folding them back into the correct cuboid shape so that they can fit back into their boxes ranges from simple for a child hippo to difficult for an adult monkey.
Ibrivan: Yoshiaki Ito
Imsuren n Tugniwin: Photgrapes by Yoshiaki Ito, Video by Aria Wetzler and Yana Birykova