DESCRIPTION OF THE OVERALL DESIGN/STYLING..

THE "GOLDEN PENCIL AWARD" IS AWARDED TO SELECT ADVERTISERS WITH NICKELODEON LATIN AMERICA. NICKELODEON REQUESTED THAT THIS AWARD BE BOTH FUNCTIONAL AND FUN. WITH THIS IN MIND THIS DESKTOP TROPHY THAT DOUBLES AS A CANDY DISH WAS CREATED. OUR DESIGNES WERE INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS FROM INITIAL CONCEPT THROUGH PRODUCTION.

LOW RUN TOOLING WAS DERIVED FROM SLA PATTERNS TO PRODUCE A FINAL QUANTITY OF 100 TROPHIES.

DESCRIPTION OF THE UPPER MOVING ARMS.

A UNIQUE 2 TIERED CONSOLE DESIGN HOUSES THE MECHANISM FOR THE CORE MOTION MOVING ARMS. CONSOLE FEATURES INCLUDE A COOLING FAN AND iPOD DOCK WITH SPEAKERS.

THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS PRODUCT COMES FROM THE VARIABLE MOTION ARMS WHICH ADJUST THE FRONT PIVOT POINTS OF THE FOOT PEDALS.

TRADITIONAL ELLIPTICAL TRAINERS SIMPLY MOVE THE FRONT PIVOT POINT VERTICALLY TO ADD INCLINE TO THEIR ELLIPTICAL MOTION PATH. THE CAPTIVA'S TWO DIMENSIONAL CHANGE CREATES A TRANSITION OF THE MOTION PATH FROM AN ELLIPTICAL PATTERN TO MORE OF A STEP PATTERN. THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MOTION PATH WAS FOUND TO BE FAR MORE COMFORTABLE TO THAT OF A TRADITIONAL ELLIPTICAL TRAINER.