The design brief was to design a link between humans and nature.
My team member and I wanted to work on a usable prototype this time. 
So we decided to work on a portable skateboard kicker.
To construct the final parts, we used a 3-axis CNC milling machine to make it work.
After construction, we sew a backpack for our ramp. The backpack is made out of 100% hemp fabric and some 100% cotton the only part which is made out of plastic is the board strap. This leads me to one of the main criteria for our whole product. 
We wanted to use recyclable materials exclusively and a small variety of materials. We thought of making the product easy do disasembly and therefore easy to repair and recycle.
(for example, you can change the adjustments by using the commonly used skate tools)
Assembly in under 1 minute
„living Forest“
by Julius Lenz, Randi Köster
SS 2021
supervised by Prof. Jan Vietze
Industrial Design, HTW Berlin
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