Marn Les Équipements De L'hôtel by C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award d'Argent in Ustensiles de Cuisine Competition Category.
ArgentUstensiles de Cuisine· 2018
Marn Les Équipements De L'hôtel
by C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang
Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Ustensiles de Cuisine Category
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About Marn Les Équipements De L'hôtel
S'inspirant des collations festives de la culture traditionnelle Tainan (une vieille ville de Taiwan pleine de patrimoine culturel), en les transformant en un ensemble d'équipements hôteliers, ces séries de collations festives toujours connues des locaux sous le nom de `` Marn '', signifient épanouissement dans la culture chinoise; gâteau de riz en forme de tortue comme savon pour les mains et porte-savon, gâteau aux haricots mungo comme articles de toilette, boulette sucrée Tang yuan comme crème pour les mains et petit pain à la vapeur & amp; Gâteau au sucre brun Tainan comme service à thé. L'héritage culturel de Tainan pourrait être répandu dans le monde car l'hôtel est une belle plate-forme pour promouvoir la culture locale.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award d'Argent
Marn Les Équipements De L'hôtel est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent, une reconnaissance énormément prestigieuse décernée à des designs haut de gamme, superbes et impressionnants. Les lauréats Argent sont des œuvres tout à fait brillantes et extrêmement créatives qui illustrent l'expertise, le talent et la perspicacité remarquables de leurs concepteurs. Marn Les Équipements De L'hôtel est censé être une œuvre merveilleuse, une vitrine de savoir-faire, remarquablement professionnelle et profondément innovante. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent est une invention très notable et admirée, qui sert l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. Marn Les Équipements De L'hôtel est une création très enviée qui éveille les désirs, apporte des sentiments positifs et suscite émerveillement et étonnement.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- 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
- Team Members
- Instructor: ChungSheng Chen
Designer:ChuanHsuan Chang
Designer:HsinAn Chang
Designer:YuQing Luo
Designer:SinCih Huang
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department - Image Credits
- Wei-Che Chiang
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
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