Zilar Sukalde Artikuluak · 2018
Marn Hoteleko Ekipamenduak
by C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang
- Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award 2018 in Sukalde Artikuluak
- CLIENT: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 44,299
- Verification code 2F47C1D1C9 · Verify this award
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About Marn Hoteleko Ekipamenduak
Tainan kultura tradizionalaren jai pintxoak inspiratuz (Taiwango hiri zaharra ondare kulturalarekin), hotel-erosotasun multzo bihurtuz, jai-pintxo sorta hauek bertakoek "Marn" bezala ezagutzen dute betiere. Txinako kulturan; dortoka itxurako arroza tarta eskuko xaboia eta xaboi plater gisa, mung babarrun tarta komuneko elementu gisa, tang yuan gozo dumpling eskuz krema eta lurrun botako & amp; Tainan azukre marroi gozoa tarta gisa jarrita. Tainan kulturako ondarea mundu osora zabaldu liteke hotela tokiko kultura sustatzeko plataforma polita baita.
About the Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award
Marn Hoteleko Ekipamenduak Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, goi-mailako, zoragarriak eta liluragarriak diren diseinuei ematen zaien ezohiko aitorpen prestijiotsua. Zilar-mailako irabazleak lan oso distiratsuak eta sormen biziko lanak dira, beren diseinatzaileen aditutasun, talentu eta zorroztasun nabarmenak erakusten dituztenak. Marn Hoteleko Ekipamenduak erakusleiho-lan zoragarria, nabarmenki profesionala eta sakonki berritzailea izatea espero da. Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau asmakizun oso nabarmena eta miretsia da, onura ekartzen duena eta artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak zabaltzen dituena. Marn Hoteleko Ekipamenduak jende askok inbidia duen sorkuntza da, desirak pizten dituena, sentimendu positiboak ekartzen dituena eta harridura eta txunditzea pizten dituena.
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- Unique Properties
- Marn, pronunciation in mandarin means fulfillment in Chinese culture. The design was inspired by cultural heritage related to Tainan traditional local snacks and foods. Wishing to preserve the culture and widespread to the world by transforming the famous local festive snacks into hotel amenities, like; turtle-shaped rice cake into hand soap & soap dish, mung bean cake into toiletries, tang yuan sweet dumpling into hand cream and steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake into tea set. All were hand crafted in ceramic which looks identical to the festive snacks.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Turtle-shaped rice cake / hand soap & soap dish L120mm x W60mm x H16mm
Mung bean cake / toiletries L200mm x W80mm x H10mm
Tang Yuan sweet dumpling / Hand cream L100mm x W100mm x H23mm
Steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake / tea set L300mm x W300mm x H55mm - Tags
- Hotel amenities, Daily necessities, Gift, Ceramics, Cultural Hotel
- Production Technology
- All were handcrafted.
Material used is white ceramic. - Design Challenge
- Most of the hotel amenities typically the same, the most challenging issue in this project is to design a set of amenities derived from local culture festive snacks for The Place, a design hotel brand of Royal Hotels & Resorts, that sets to connect with local cultures of Tainan. Handcrafted pottery, kiln formation and have to be identical to the festive snacks is the hardest part. The team managed to create the products lifelike the real snacks.
- Research
- Type of Research: Hotel amenities with local culture image
Research Objectives: To preserve and to propagate culture heritage of Tainan festive snacks from local to global.
Methodology: culture study and morphological analysis, Image Scale.
Data Collections: Market Survey, Target User Analysis.
Research Tools: Solidworks, Sketch-Up, 3D Printing.
Production Method: pinching pottery, glazing, kiln formation. - Inspiration
- Having inspiration from the festive snacks of traditional Tainan culture, an old city in Taiwan full with cultural heritage; turtle-shaped rice cake, mung bean cake, tang yuan sweet dumpling and steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake, transforming the snacks image into a set of hotel amenities, Tainan culture heritage could be spread to the whole world as the hotel is a nice platform to promote local culture.
- Project Duration
- This project started in Sept 2017 in Tainan, estimate to finish in March 2018, having its first appearance in Taiwan Young Designers' Exhibition (YODEX) in May 2018.
- Operation Flow
- Since the set of hotel amenities lifelike the festive snacks, travelers will find them very interesting when checking into the room, eventually they will look for each of the item connected to the cultures behind it. The cultural hotel served as the platform to communicate with travelers from everywhere, allowing them to learn and to feel the culture heritage of Tainan in an interesting way during their stay, could be better appreciated and shared amongst travelers.
- Patents
- patent pending
- Image Credits
- Wei-Che Chiang
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
