2020 Galleries

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Hugging

Finalist

Competition: Spark:Fall/Winter Student
Designer: Sarang Kim
Design Type: Product & industrial
Company / Organization / School: Korea Polytechnics Campus JEJU
Team Members: Sungyool Hur, Jieun Shin, Sungmin Kim, Kyoungmo Kim, Eunyoung Kim

Hugging as a bench is a public facility for small to medium sized dogs and humans. Dog problems are increasing as the number of people with pets is increasing. When you go out for a walk with your pet, both dogs and pedestrians encounter problems. The pet owners are limited with their acts. Dogs are easily threatened by external elements. Pedestrians might have problems with dogs. To solve these kinds of problems happening outside, the bench and the fence are combined. The fence is inspired by a dog house and it’s designed as oval shape to give more secure feeling. Usually it is used as a normal bench. For the pet owners, they can adjust the height of the fence installed on the bottom.Hugging allows the owners to take care of their dogs by limiting space. The pet owners will not encounter dog issues as much as it used to be. Pedestrians will not encounter dogs. It will provide psychological stability to everyone by using this item. Hugging has very intuitive design therefore the users can easily use it. Because fewer components are used, it is easy to assemble and durable.