장은조   Eunjo Jang

Product Design

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YUL

The Balance Between Daily Life and Exercise

YUL aims for people’s healthy lifestylewho set a high value on the balance between life and work.

Also, YUL(率) is a suffix that adds the meaning of ‘proportion’ in Korean.

To manage work-life balance, everything factors which are forming our life should harmonize. As if Millenials chose to exercise rather than get-together after work, the tools which are helping our life to stay in balances shouldn’t be biased. But most of the exercise equipment for home turns into a ‘clothing hanger’, which is not what they were supposed to. One of the biggest reasons for this issue is the lack of practicality when they are not in use.

Furthermore, existing sports equipment still has the same images and shapes without any progress. The materials and colors of exercising gears from the past are optimized for wester male’s physical conditions. Some equipment in the market these days are made for women, but they are produced in the same way as the other equipment from the past.

YUL is not limited to a particular target, and have another quality when it’s not using as workout gear for indoor. At the same time, dumbbells, balance ball, and resistance band, which are the parts of YUL, focus on core training to help you work out efficiently.

Core training equipment

One of the most significant constraints of at-home workout is that it should be happening in limited space where people are living. Most of the at-home training programs are focusing on practicality. The exercise which fulfills these requirements is ‘core training’. Core training mostly uses the muscles, which are shaping the center of our body. And it ables us to exercise muscle strength and balancing technique in short moments. Plus, core training contains stretching activities to gain flexibility. YUL includes the gears to focus on core training with the ways to store them in our rooms.

Concept

YUL started from the basic circle as an inspiration. Not like any other figure, the circle does not lean to one side. Also, it’s rotating line keeps the curve from the start to the end. Even if a circle enlarges to a particular side - and becomes oval- the ring of circulation will never break. I applied this character of the loop since the geometrical motif matched with YUL’s intention.

Moreover, the objects which curved like a circle are much comfortable when in use. The parts where we are usually holding with hands are emphasized with material and shape to enhance its softness. Also, sports equipment, which was hard to store, is possible to organize with YUL. Foam roller and yoga mat can place right next to the stand. And small pieces of equipment can be stored inside the table, which combined with a balance ball.

CMF

To harmonized with diverse home environments, I started with researching the material that is close to achromatic colors. Also, I wanted to find natural materials since it’s going to place in living space. Between the natural substance which grows in South Korea, the maple tree qualified as sports equipment. The parts which should be hard enough to bear heavyweights are made of copper. I finished copper to adjust its saturation, right enough to work with the colors of the maple.

Dumbbells

One of the essential things in balancing our body is the exercise of muscles. Small weights are useful for gaining physical strength elaborately. Also, dumbbells of the YUL ables to store the weights space-efficiently, isolating dumbbells weights, and handles.

Table

Core exercise intensively trains the center of the body. A balance ball helps to balance our body while using it as a stretching tool. YUL table combined with this balance ball, which allows the user to store the ball efficiently.

Stand

Stretching always follows up from the beginning to the end of the exercise. Using the elasticity of the ropes and the bands prevents injury before or after the training routine. And increase the flexibility of the body. Having the right amount of elasticity could also ables total body resistance exercise.

장은조   Eunjo Jang

Product Design

from.eunjo@gmail.com

eunjojang.myportfolio.com

Design starts with listening to other people’s stories.

I am currently taking one step at a time with designing furniture and objects.

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