MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Me'ata'alo Fa'afitauli e Yoshiaki Ito

O le mamanu MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Me'ata'alo Fa'afitauli e Yoshiaki Ito o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2020 A' Design Award Auro i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Mea Ta'alo.

AuroMea Ta'alo· 2020

MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Me'ata'alo Fa'afitauli

na mamanuina e Yoshiaki Ito

Tagata Fa'atau: MoFU

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Auro i le Vaega Mea Ta'alo

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Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Me'ata'alo Fa'afitauli

O Morphits (na ta'ua muamua o MoFU) o ni me'ata'alo fesuia'i e fai fo'i ma fa'afitauli mafaufau. E foliga pusa nei me'ata'alo ma e se'e ese mai pusa i luga o to, ona tatala lea i manu eseese e pei o puaa, manuki, taika, hipo, ma sefulu. O manu taitasi e iai ona uiga matagofie ma tulaga ese, e avea ai ma auala aulelei manaia. Ae o le fa'afitauli moni o loo i le gaugauina o Morphits e toe fo'i ai i le foliga pusa sa'o, e mana'omia ai le malosi o le mafaufau e fo'ia ai lenei galuega fa'afitauli o le toe fa'apipi'iina sa'o atoatoa i totonu o latou pusa.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Auro

O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Me'ata'alo Fa'afitauli, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Me'ata'alo Fa'afitauli e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. MoFU Mighty Omega Folding Universe Me'ata'alo Fa'afitauli e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.

I Tua o le Mamanu

Pepa Fa'asalalau

Fa'amaoniaga, sui o le 'au ma fa'amatalaga fa'atekinisi na saunia e le tagata mamanu.

Uiga Fa'apitoa: 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.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: 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.
Fa'ailoga: Toys, Animals, Ecology, Recycled, Plastic, Geometric, Abstract, Transforming, Brainteaser, Puzzle
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: 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.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: 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.
Su'esu'ega: 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.
Fa'aosofia: Japanese origami, Kumiki puzzles, Transformers.
Umi o le Poloketi: 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.
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: 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.
Pateni: Yoshiaki Ito
Fa'aaloaloga o Ata: Photgrapes by Yoshiaki Ito, Video by Aria Wetzler and Yana Birykova