Qi2 Purificador de agua by Plainliv Taiwan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño de Electrodomésticos Competition Category.
PlataElectrodoméstico· 2021
Qi2 Purificador de agua
Client: Plainliv Taiwan Co., Ltd
A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Electrodoméstico Category
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The Design
About Qi2 Purificador de agua
Qi2 es un purificador de agua modular diseñado para uso doméstico. Su diseño se inspira en un conjunto de ladrillos. Cada cartucho filtrante forma parte del cuerpo del purificador, de modo que la combinación de cartuchos da lugar a la unidad completa. Los usuarios pueden elegir entre uno y cinco cartuchos, entre los tipos de polipropileno, carbón activado, ultravioleta, ultrafiltración y ósmosis inversa. Los cartuchos pueden añadirse, reducirse o sustituirse con una herramienta sencilla. El conducto de agua se reemplaza junto con cada cartucho, por lo que el recorrido del agua se mantiene limpio.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Plata
Qi2 Purificador de agua ha ganado el A' Design Award de Plata, un reconocimiento extraordinariamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de gama alta, magníficos e impresionantes. Los ganadores de Plata son obras tremendamente brillantes y sumamente creativas que ilustran la destacada experiencia, el talento y la agudeza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Qi2 Purificador de agua sea una obra maravillosa y emblemática, notablemente profesional y profundamente innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Plata es una invención muy notable y admirada que beneficia y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Qi2 Purificador de agua es una creación enormemente envidiada que evoca deseos, aporta sentimientos positivos y despierta asombro y admiración.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Our mobilized state-of-the-art design allows consumers to D.I.Y. whatever water purifier function and whenever they need. It has solid filter cartridge design, so the combined cartridges becomes the purifier itself. It's time-saving by replacing patented filter cartridges. With modular cartridge, it can be easily switched between RO, UV and direct drinking systems. We also have optional filters or functions from one to multiple combinations, more like IoT censoring module, flavor/taste module and instant cooling/heating module.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Consumers can choose their own combinations of filters up to 5 specific filters.
With 1 filter: L17 * W12 * H44 CM
With 2 filters: L25 * W12 * H44 CM
With 3 filters: L33 * W12 * H44 CM
With 4 filters: L41 * W12 * H44 CM
With 5 filters: L49 * W12 * H44 CM (Maximum)
Space required to change filters: 18 * 44 CM - Tags
- Modular design, Water, Purifier, Filter, Water Treatment, QI, water purification system, water filter, filter cartridge
- Production Technology
- The realization of sluice-type replacement method comes from the plastic injection machine. We noticed that the injection machine must overcome the high liquid pressure with no leakage, so it could be achieved the same as in the waterway. With designated parameters in the plastic production for our design, we make the waterway water-tight, which owns 2 invention patents, as well as the elegant outlook.
- Design Challenge
- Simplified modulized design make it easier not only for user but also for manufacturing. Replaceable waterway reduces the usage of the whole water purifiers, thus reduces the resources of the planet.
- Research
- The team realized that user has been troubled by traditional purifier after brainstorming with collecting market data and conducting some user experience workshops. Form Follows Function was then integrated into our design for the product.
- Inspiration
- The design comes from the ARRAY of BRICKs. Water purification needs multiple combinations of water treatment methods depending on the water quality, just like ARRAY of BRICKs. The water treatment methods have been built into different modules or filter cartridges, such as PolyPropylene, Active Carbon, Ultra Violet, UltraFiltration and Reverse Osmosis etc.. The household consumers can then make their own choice of water purifiers simply by the water quality of the area they lives, and they can easily add, reduce and replace filter cartridges at any time at any conveniences by their own.
- Project Duration
- By doing global water purifier market research in Winter 2018, we started the project workshop in Taiwan. With proposed blueprint, design validation, engineering validation, product validation, and then trial production in Summer 2020, our Qi2 product is honored to receive the Gold Medal Award among 535 pieces in the Taiwan Innotech Expo in September. The mass production and delivery is scheduled in November 2020 before Christmas season.
- Operation Flow
- Straight forward and easy to install, add, reduce and replace filter cartridges with simple tool and supporting rods inside the product package.
- Patents
- FILTRATION SYSTEM AND REPLACEMENT METHOD THEREOF/No.I630019/PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD.2017
FILTRATION SYSTEM AND REPLACEMENT METHOD THEREOF/No.ZL201720644742.7/PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD.2018
FILTRATION SYSTEM AND REPLACEMENT METHOD THEREOF/NOTICE No.15/995,914/PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD. - Team Members
- Xing, Kai-Zhi
Huang, Wen-Yi - Image Credits
- PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD., 2020.
Video Credits
Followed by PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD., 2020.
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