Kick
foldable scooterKick folds. A foldable scooter built from scratch during my third year of university. The mechanism is the entire project: a hinge that lets the deck collapse onto the column, designed to handle different terrains while staying small enough to carry. Welded, painted, and assembled hands-on with direct involvement at every stage.
One hinge, two states.
The folding pivots on a single point at the base of the column. Scroll to see the transition.
Welding, painting, and figuring out a headset from scratch.
First explorations of the folding geometry. The challenge wasn't the deck or the wheels, it was finding a hinge that locks and releases without play.
Understanding how a real headset works was a project in itself. Bearings, races, tolerances. Reverse-engineered before designing my own.
Direct involvement in the welding process to keep the geometry accurate. Working with the supplier wasn't enough, the joints had to be checked piece by piece.
Final finish, also done hands-on to control the result.
First complete unit. Still in use.
A 3D-printed accessory, held by magnets.
A small side study: a printed accessory designed around magnetic inserts. Flexible material on the inside, rigid shell outside, attached to the frame through embedded magnets. Less a feature than a morphological exercise, exploring how 3D printing and magnetic fixings can replace traditional hardware on a vehicle.