MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Ludibrium Aenigmaticum ab Yoshiaki Ito

Opus MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Ludibrium Aenigmaticum a designatore Yoshiaki Ito est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Aureum in Categoria Certaminis Crepundium.

AurumCrepundium· 2020

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Ludibrium Aenigmaticum

a Yoshiaki Ito

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Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Aureum in Categoria Crepundium

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De MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Ludibrium Aenigmaticum

Morphits (olim MoFU appellata) sunt ludibrilia transformantia quae etiam aenigmata ingeniosa praebent. Haec crepundia cubiformia e scriniis locularibus elabuntur et se explicant in varias animalium species, ut porcos, simias, tigres, hippopotamos, camelopardalesque. Unumquodque animal lineamenta sua propria amabilaque habet, unde personae venustae fiunt. Vera autem provocatio est Morphits in rectam formam cuboidalem replicare, quod ingenium acutum requirit ad problema solvendum eos accurate in scrinia reponendi.

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De Praemium A' Design Award Aureum

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Ludibrium Aenigmaticum victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aureum, honoris amplissimi formis primi ordinis, mirabilibus et praestantibus dati. Victores Aurei sunt opera valde nova, provida et splendida, quae ingenium, sapientiam et peritiam auctorum suorum referunt. Exspectatur MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Ludibrium Aenigmaticum inventum laudatissimum, inclinationes creans et monumentale fore, quod pretium inauditum afferat. Haec forma Aureo praemio victa est incepto mirabile et honoratum, quod fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovet. MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Ludibrium Aenigmaticum cupiditatem vehementem excitat, studium accendit, ingenium creandi fovet et capit.

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: 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.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: 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.
Notulae: Toys, Animals, Ecology, Recycled, Plastic, Geometric, Abstract, Transforming, Brainteaser, Puzzle
Technologia Productionis: 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.
Provocatio Designandi: 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.
Investigatio: 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.
Inspiratio: Japanese origami, Kumiki puzzles, Transformers.
Duratio Operis: 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.
Cursus Operationis: 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.
Patentes: Yoshiaki Ito
Agnitiones Imaginum: Photgrapes by Yoshiaki Ito, Video by Aria Wetzler and Yana Birykova