The Grand Teeblad by Guokun Wang and Gang Wang

The Grand Teeblad by Guokun Wang and Gang Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award yn Izer in Bakark, Tafelark, Drinkark en Keukenark Ûntwerp Competition Category.

IzerKeukenark· 2020

The Grand Teeblad

by Guokun Wang and Gang Wang

Client: Wushi Design

A' Design Award yn Izer Winner in Keukenark Category

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The Design

About The Grand Teeblad

De Grand is in teeblad ûntworpen foar it tradisjonele Sineeske teesetten. It haadlichem is makke fan swart stien, mei in ynlis fan luxe stien pleatst neffens de goudene seksje. It bladoerflak is foarme as in trapsgewize geometryske foarm mei in gleardichheid tusken heage en lege nivo's. Wetter streamt fan it hegere gebiet, dêr't de teepot stiet, nei it legere gebiet, dêr't de kopkes pleatst binne, en ferlit dêrnei fia in ferburgen ôfrin. De stien is foarme troch CNC-bewurking mei oanfoljend hânwurk, en it oerflak is poetst.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Izer

The Grand Teeblad is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Izer, in prestisjeuze erkenning foar goede ûntwerpen dy't foldogge oan de profesjonele en yndustriële easken dy't ferwachte wurde fan goed ûntwurpen skeppings. Izerwinners litte grutte feardigens, hege spesjalisaasje, deskundich begryp en kreatyf fermogen fan har makkers sjen. Fan The Grand Teeblad wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierbere skepping is dy't praktysk en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Izer yntegrearret de bêste praktiken fan de sektor en hat feardige technyske skaaimerken ferbûn mei kennis en talint. The Grand Teeblad wurdt respektearre foar syn yngeandens en is ûntwurpen om ferbetteringen fan de kwaliteit fan it libben te leverjen dy't helpe de wrâld ta in bettere plak te meitsjen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: From the perspective of industrial design, "the grand" creatively combines luxury stone and tea tray design with the CNC machining technology. Not only is the overall modelling contracted, it skillfully realize The function of the tea tray to drain water by the precise calculation of geometric surface form 3.5 shelving.
Dimensions & Packaging: width 900mm x depth 280mm x height30mm
Tags: Stone, simple, tea tray, Oriental aesthetics
Production Technology: The design uses PROE to build a 3-dimension model, use CNC to process stone material and use polished fire for surface treatment.From the perspective of industrial design, "the grand" creatively combines luxury stone and tea tray design with the CNC machining technology. and skillfully realize the function of the tea tray to drain water by the precise calculation of geometric surface form 3.5 shelving. The main body of "the grand" is made of black stone, which is embedded luxury stone according to the rules of the golden section, looking exquisite and breaking through the visual imagination.
Design Challenge: As the hidden outlet is inclined to open slot, CNC machining is difficult to realize itself. But combineing with some manual processing operation would solve the problem perfect.
Research: By studying the process of traditional Chinese tea brewing, the high and low gradient of the tea tray is designed to match the users' daily behaviors and to achieve the goal of natural interaction. As a better kind of natural material for tea disk carrier, stone is more waterproof and wear-resisting than others.
Inspiration: Luxury stone, high-end, scarce, unique, shining with the spirit of jewel.
The main body of "the grand" is made of black stone, which is embedded luxury stone according to the rules of the golden section, looking exquisite and natural picturesque, breaking through the visual imagination and emanating from the inside out noble sense.
Project Duration: The design began in xiamen in April 2017 and completed in December 2017.
Operation Flow: The teapot is usually placed high and the cup is placed low while making tea. So as to the tea water will flow from high to low through the gradient of the disk height, which provides convenience to use.
Patents: zl201830314677.1
Team Members: gang wang
Image Credits: guokun wang，industrial designer, 2017.