Shi Poslužavnik za čaj by Gang Wang and Guokun Wang

Shi Poslužavnik za čaj by Gang Wang and Guokun Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Brončana nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Namještaja Competition Category.

BronzaNamještaj· 2020

Shi Poslužavnik za čaj

by Gang Wang and Guokun Wang

Client: Xiamen University of Technology

Brončana nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Namještaj Category

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The Design

About Shi Poslužavnik za čaj

Shi je poslužavnik za čaj dizajniran za pripremu i posluživanje čaja. Shi kombinuje disk od prirodnog kamena sa aluminijskim vodenim postoljem. Površina je podijeljena na ravan dio i udubljeni dio, sa visinskom razlikom od 16 milimetara. Ravan dio ostaje suh i na njemu se nalazi pribor za čaj, dok udubljeni dio prikuplja i odvodi iskorištenu vodu. Odvod se nalazi na najnižoj tački udubljene površine, tako da nivo vode ostaje vidljiv i poslužavnik se može na vrijeme isprazniti. Kamen je oblikovan kompjuterski kontrolisanim rezanjem, a završna obrada je izvedena pjeskarenjem.

The Recognition

About the Brončana nagrada A' Design Award

Shi Poslužavnik za čaj je pobjednik Brončane nagrade A' Design Award, visoko prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje izvanrednim dizajnima što se odlikuju kreativnošću, domišljatošću i oštroumnošću. Brončani pobjednici izdašno su vješti i upečatljivo kreativni artefakti koji potvrđuju golemo iskustvo, maštu i snalažljivost svojih dizajnera. Očekuje se da Shi Poslužavnik za čaj bude visoko cijenjen, voljen i njegovan predmet koji je izuzetno profesionalan i inovativan. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Brončanu nagradu A' Design Award uključuje najbolje prakse u umjetnosti, nauci, dizajnu i tehnologiji i izvrstan je zbog pažnje posvećene detaljima. Shi Poslužavnik za čaj sjajno zadovoljava potrebe, dotiče želje, očarava osjećaje i privlači znatiželju.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Tea tray is usually plane and tea water flows everywhere when using under the condition, which brings inconvenience. The design inspiration comes from bridge, which integrates plane & concave and presents the tension of shape. The concave brings height difference, which not only realizes dry and wet depart, but also can be easy to drain water, while cleverly reminding the state of water storage.
Dimensions & Packaging: Product size Width 140mm x Depth 600mm x Height40mm
Package size Width 260mm x Depth700mm x Height80mm
Tags: tea tray, stone design, simple, natural interaction, instinct, light weight, different materials combination
Production Technology: Shi is made of natural stone and aluminum. The natural stone is treated by CNC and water knife cutting molding technology, which surface is realized by sandblasting technology. The aluminum is treated by die drawing and cutting technology, which surface is realized by matte painting.
Design Challenge: The concave curvature of natural stone plate should not only ensure the high efficiency of drainage, and the realization of modeling, but also satisfy the reminding of water level. Through the virtual simulation and physical model test, the radius of curvature of the concave surface is determined to be 212 mm finally.
Research: The tea tray design belongs to the application research, which object is to guide user behavior through the simplest language form, combining with ways of user interview, focusing group, product usability testing, consumer diary.
Inspiration: Shi is a kind of water storage tea tray, which is made of natural stone and metal (aluminum) water chassis, modeling simple. The disk is designed with drop type through the plane with concave surface, with height difference of 1.6 cm. The plane is used as dry areas, the concave as wet areas, which cleverly realizes tea-making scenarios of dry and wet depart. Besides, for the concave is lower, so we can visually see the tea overflowing from the drain, which prompts the user dumping of tea.
Project Duration: The project was started in xiamen in February 2019, completed in xiamen in September 2019 and exhibited in Shanghai in October 2019.
Operation Flow: The flat part of the tea tray is placed with the tea set and the concave part is the operating area. The height difference between the plane surface and concave surface allows an efficient drainage. When the water reaches three quarters of the tank, the user can visually observe the water level from the lowest point of the concave surface to facilitate the timely dumping.
Patents: PATENTS，201930411752.0，Gang Wang，2019，China
Team Members: Guokun Wang
Chenghua Pan
Xinya Feng
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.