Shi Te-erretilua by Gang Wang and Guokun Wang

Shi Te-erretilua by Gang Wang and Guokun Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award in Altzari Diseinua Competition Category.

BrontzeAltzariak· 2020

Shi Te-erretilua

by Gang Wang and Guokun Wang

Client: Xiamen University of Technology

Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Altzariak Category

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The Design

About Shi Te-erretilua

Shi tea prestatu eta zerbitzatzeko diseinatutako te-erretilu bat da. Shik harri natural diskoa aluminiozko ur-oinarri batekin konbinatzen du. Gainazala eremu lau batean eta eremu ahur batean banatzen da, 16 milimetroko altuera-diferentziarekin. Eremu laua lehor mantentzen da eta te-zerbitzua hartzen du, eremu ahurrak, aldiz, erabilitako ura biltzen eta husten du. Isurbidea gainazal ahurraren puntu baxuenean kokatzen da, horrela ur-maila ikusgai mantentzen delarik eta erretilua garaiz hustu ahal izateko. Harria ordenagailuz kontrolatutako ebaketaren bidez moldatzen da eta harea-jaurtiketaz akabatzen da.

The Recognition

About the Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award

Shi Te-erretilua Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, sormenak, asmamenak eta zorroztasunak bereizten dituzten diseinu bikainei ematen zaien aitorpen oso prestijiotsua. Brontze-mailako irabazleak trebetasunez beteriko eta nabarmenki sortzaileak diren artefaktuak dira, beren diseinatzaileen esperientzia zabala, irudimena eta ekimena egiaztatzen dutenak. Shi Te-erretilua oso estimatua, miretsia eta maitea den objektua izatea espero da, nabarmenki profesionala eta berritzailea dena. Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu honek artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren praktika onenak biltzen ditu eta xehetasunei ematen dien arretagatik bikaina da. Shi Te-erretilua beharrak bikain asetzen dituen, desirak ukitzen dituen, sentimenduak xarmatzen dituen eta jakin-mina erakartzen duen lana da.

Behind the Design

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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.