2020 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

Walking aid : K

Entrant Company

Kyungchan.Hwang Design

Category

Conceptual Design - Mobility

Client's Name

Country / Region

South Korea

The various problems of the aged have been caused by the conversion to the aging society. In this situation, one of the biggest problems in the dimension of the eldest people is the reduction of physical function or the limitation of physical activity due to chronic diseases. Especially, the increase of the aged who live alone could be related to the importance of the maintenance of the movement ability for their independent lives. With consideration of these facts, in this study, we looked into the common activity of the aged and disabled people caused by chronic diseases or physical function disorder, and troubleshot the problems of the walking aids used in these days, and then suggested a desirable solution.



1. Stability; the rotation part and wheel



2. the control of the posture to support themselves



3. In the parts for controlling, the elimination of the much complex functions as many as possible with consideration of the aged who are not able to understand the using methods well

Credits

Creative Director
Kyungchan.Hwang
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