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2010紅點獲獎作品 Helix系列螺旋鉸鏈眼鏡
red dot award: product design 2010,red dot: best of the best
制造商：Monoqool，丹麥
設計：工具設計（克勞斯延森，亨利克Holbæk），丹麥

The metamorphosis of the spiral
The spiral can be found everywhere in nature, in both animate and inanimate objects. An outstanding example is the shell of the marine creature called Nautilus, but fern leaves too first wind around the stem in a spiral shape, before growing further to unfold. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe even developed the idea of a spiral tendency in all vegetal forms, “according to which, in combination with the vertical tendency, each shape, each new leaf or petal of a plant obeys the same basic rule of metamorphosis.” The design of this eyewear series too is inspired by the shape of a spiral, translating it into a delicate design – it features sensuously appealing functionality, yet at the same time also presents a new approach towards the understanding and construction of eyewear. The eyewear is focused around a spiral hinge of avant-garde appeal that is fascinating to almost any beholder – it makes the hinge look like a refined accessory, but actually it the basic design element. In their search for a form of reduced complexity, the designers came up with the idea of designing a hinge using the principles of helix geometry. This resulted in a dynamic form language for an eyewear that works completely without screws. The working principle of the helix-shaped hinge is convincing and attaching the temple follows a few logical steps: the spiral temple is simply attached to the front by placing the tip of the temple in the top hole in the front and turning it three times. Once in place, the design of the spiral-shaped hinge restricts the temple from opening more than 90 degrees, providing a safe fit. By translating a basic principle found in nature into a design shape, the helix series embodies a new and fascinating approach in eyewear design – complexity reduced through a basic shape.

丹麥設計工作室Tools Design的這一系列眼鏡的設計靈感來自于螺旋狀的物體。它新潮的外觀非常地吸人注目：它就像是某種活頁文件夾，眼鏡架的末端是螺旋狀的。這種接口不僅使整副眼鏡看起來很別致，而且很實用，因為它不像傳統(tǒng)的眼鏡一般需要微型螺釘來加固。只要將鏡架的螺旋鉸鏈套進鏡面的小孔，轉動三次就可以牢牢地固定整架眼鏡。固定之后，螺旋狀的金屬鉸鏈可以把鏡架的角度限制在180度之內，讓眼鏡保持舒適的感覺。