Patrick Kitchen Recycling Bin by Weiwen Xiong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Bronze A' Design Award in Homeware Design Competition Category.
BronzeHomeware· 2025
Patrick Kitchen Recycling Bin
by Weiwen Xiong
Client: Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Homeware Category
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About Patrick Kitchen Recycling Bin
Patrick is a kitchen recycling bin designed for sorting household waste. Three separate compartments guide users to separate waste types accurately and support recycling. The main shell is made of environmentally friendly stainless steel, while the top cover, back shell and base are made of degradable plastic. The surface is smooth and has no hidden corners, so cleaning is simple. A pedal opens the lid slowly and quietly, and the lid returns on its own, so the inside is never touched. The lid rotates without striking the wall behind the bin.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Patrick Kitchen Recycling Bin is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Patrick Kitchen Recycling Bin is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Patrick Kitchen Recycling Bin splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
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- Unique Properties
- This product uses an innovative three-compartment independent design to guide users to easily achieve accurate garbage classification, promote resource recycling and environmental protection. Silent opening and closing technology ensures that the trash can is quiet and silent during use. Unique open cover does not hit the wall design, through accurate mechanical calculation and structural design, to ensure that the cover in the work of smooth rotation, to avoid collision with the field wall.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 605mm x Depth 427mm x Height 388 mm
- Tags
- Classified design, easy to clean, silent opening and closing, no damage to the wall.
- Production Technology
- The Patrick main shell is made of environmentally friendly stainless steel plate, with a degradable plastic top cover, back shell and base. The surface is smooth and has no dead corners, which is easy to clean and reduces the difficulty and time cost of cleaning. In particular, it is worth mentioning that its silent open/close cover design, the use of slow down technology, almost silent when opening and closing, to avoid noise generated during use.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge in the realization and research process is how to combine several functional points of "classified design, easy to clean, silent opening and closing, and not hitting the wall", and also need to ensure that the operation is simple, safe and reasonable, and integrated into the home environment. Ultimately, it is hoped that these functions will bring a more convenient and healthy living experience to the home.
- Research
- In today's increasing attention to environmental protection and sustainable development, we deeply feel the importance of garbage classification for environmental protection. We have observed that people want simple and efficient solutions to deal with the waste generated in their lives. We have integrated the concept of "sorting orderly" and "convenient life" to design this practical and beautiful 3-category garbage can.
- Inspiration
- In home life, the disposal process of domestic waste usually produces some very troublesome problems, such as garbage classification, opening and closing noise, garbage can cleaning, bucket lid opening and closing wall and so on. Based on these pain points, we want to explore a new garbage can product, which cleverly integrates easy cleaning, convenient sorting and silent technology, so that daily waste disposal becomes both efficient and environmentally friendly.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Shenzhen in October 2023 and will be completed in Shenzhen in June 2024.
- Operation Flow
- The operation of this garbage can is very simple and intuitive. Users only need to gently pedal the operation, the lid of the trash can will automatically slowly open, without manual lifting. After the garbage is placed, the lid will automatically return, and the entire process does not need to touch the inside of the trash can, effectively preventing hand pollution and odor.
- Patents
- Patent number：CN202330784269.3
- Team Members
- Designer:Weiwen Xiong
Designer:Qiuping Liao
Designer:Juan Wang
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