Recreation
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Glide
red dot
red dot award: design concept 2007
Glide provides a new water experience that brings the user back to nature through the experiential and semantic aspects of its design.Glide examines the relationship between user and water, and seeks to provide a better user experience in the water. Often, water activities are associated with notions of speed and adrenalin. However, what is really enticing about water is the simple pleasure that one derives just by soaking in a bath or floating in the sea. It is this close contact with water, having it gently caressing the body and allowing it to gently drift one along, which makes it such a wonderful experience.
Consequently, Glide is a new product that offers the user a whole new water experience. Breaking the water surface through a graceful and natural movement, it brings one into close contact with water and redefines the relationship between user, equipment and water. Its form and usage evoke sentiments of being in harmony with nature. Designed with the entire water experience in mind, the product is not just about having fun in the water; it also caters to the before-and-after activities such as relaxation, transportation, storage and maintenance. It employs a new method of natural propulsion that accords autonomy and independence from external energy sources. Lightweight and portable, with easy-to-use handle controls, it is a product that is suitable for anyone, anywhere, and anytime.
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