Ponte is a balance board that is used by two people simultaneously so they can support and motivate each other to improve their balance together.
The users need to maintain eye contact, communicate well and support each other through touch. They also tend to motor mimic each other and have to learn to anticipate each others movements. This allows them to strengthen their bonds and improve their empathy towards each other.
The Ponte App measures the success of the team rather than the individual. The App helps establish a healthy habit by recording the frequency of use: The mere act of recording an action is known to spark an urge to repeat an action.
Once the phone with the Ponte App is placed in the centre of the board, two circles visualize how balanced the board is: A singular orange dot means that the users are in perfect balance. Two blue dots mean that the board is very tilted and that the users might not be synchronising well.
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Work Title
Ponte Balance Board
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Work Title（EN)
Ponte Balance Board
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Please describe the concept of your artwork in 1000 words.
Ponte is a balance board that is used by two people simultaneously so that they can support and motivate each other to improve their balance together.
Having bad balance is very common and can lead to dangerous accidents. Balance boards are a great tool to improve balance. However, their current design encourages users to use them incorrectly and unsafely.
Ponte is used by two people simultaneously: The users need to maintain eye contact, communicate and support each other through touch. They also tend to mimic each other and have to learn to anticipate each other’s movements. This allows them to strengthen their bonds and improve their empathy towards each other.
A phone with the Ponte application is placed at the centre of the board. The two circles on the app visualise how balanced the board is and helps users understand how they can better synchronise their movements. Furthermore, it helps establish a healthy habit by recording the frequency of use.
Ponte helps create a smarter home, where users build their confidence and balance together. -
Please describe the concept of your artwork in 1000 words. （EN）
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Work Specification
The Ponte Balance Board is made of maple wood, which is incredibly strong and has a beautiful smooth grain. Users will step on the blue cork: a sustainable material that is durable, antimicrobial and anti-slip.
The curvatures are covered in natural rubber, which protects the floor.
Ponte is 900mm long and 450mm wide. When laying dawn it has a height of 62mm. -
Work Specification（EN）
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Your OfficialURL (Website, Instagram, Facebook)
https://saraalber.myportfolio.com/
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Your Profile
Sara is a driven product design graduate from Central Saint Martins, RSA Student Design Awards winner and Pupil Design Awards Mentor, who strives to create solutions that bring joy into people’s lives.
Having lived in different countries across the world has allowed her to understand the importance of looking at the bigger picture: Life-centred design that not only positively impacts its users but also the wider context inspires her most. She believes that thorough research with users in their surroundings throughout the design process is the best way to strategically design with a vision for a better future. Sara's general curiosity allows her to recognise connections and synthesise ideas to come up with concepts at that lie at intersection of different fields. -
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Entrant’s location (Where do you live?)
London, UK
