Float Kofin Sha by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe in Kayan Dafa Abinci Competition Category.
Baƙin ƘarfeKayan Dafa Abinci· 2020
Float Kofin Sha
Client: Float
Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe Winner in Kayan Dafa Abinci Category
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About Float Kofin Sha
Float kofi ne mai sake amfani da shi wanda aka tsara don shan shayin kumfa (bubble tea) ba tare da amfani da bambaro ba. Wani ƙaramin kofi na ciki yana riƙe da kumfan a saman shayin, don haka kumfan da shayin su isa baki tare a lokacin da aka ɗaga kofin. Ƙanƙarar da ke sama tana sanyaya shayin kafin a sha shi, wanda hakan ke hana sha ɗumi a ƙarshen shan kamar yadda yakan faru da kofunan da ake amfani da bambaro. An yi Float ta hanyar amfani da fasahar allurar filastik (plastic injection molding) da allurar silicone (silicone injection molding), kuma girmansa ya kai milimita 106 zuwa 106 zuwa 236. Manufar ƙirar ita ce a rage amfani da kofuna da bambaro na yau da kullum (disposable).
The Recognition
About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe
Zanen Float Kofin Sha ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe, wata karramawa mai daraja da ake bai wa kyawawan zane-zane waɗanda ke cika buƙatun ƙwararru da masana'antu da ake tsammani daga ƙirƙire-ƙirƙire da aka tsara da kyau. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Baƙin Ƙarfe suna nuna babban ƙwarewa, ƙwarewa ta musamman, fahimtar ƙwararru da ikon ƙirƙira na masu ƙirƙirar su. Ana sa ran zanen Float Kofin Sha ya zama ƙirƙira da ake girmamawa sosai, ake sha'awa da ƙauna wacce ke da amfani kuma mai sababbin abubuwa. Wannan zane da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe yana haɗa mafi kyawun ayyukan fannin kuma yana da halayen fasaha masu cancanta da ke da alaƙa da sanin yadda da baiwa. Ana girmama zanen Float Kofin Sha saboda cikakkiyar kulawarsa kuma an tsara shi don ba da ingantuwar rayuwa da ke taimakawa wajen mai da duniya wuri mafi kyau.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- FLOAT is a reusable cup that doesn’t need a straw but still can drink bubble tea. The inner cup put the bubbles above the drink, so the tea and bubbles would arrive at our mouth together while we raise our head to drink. Also, in this way, the tea will be cooled by ice before drinking, which solves the problem that the straw cups always let people drink the bottom part of the drink which isn’t cooled by ice piece above the drink.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 106mm x 106mm x 236mm
- Tags
- reusable, cup, bubble tea, sustainable design
- Production Technology
- plastic injection molding, silicone injection molding
- Design Challenge
- The most difficult part in the process is the adjustments of using fluency. Based on our core concept ”the motivation of continuous using comes from a good user experience", we improved and adjusted hundreds of times in details such as the caliber of the rim and the slope of the inner cup, in order to make user has the best drinking experience.
- Research
- “Bubble tea” is an unique street drink culture that is risen in Taiwan since the 1980s. According to media statistics, more than 1.5 billion cups of bubble tea drinks are sold every year in Taiwan, which means there are more than 1.5 billion disposable containers are used every year as well.
Although there are many reusable cups being launched every year in Taiwan, we found that people tend to lower the time of using after buying them. So we did survey, interviews and use mind-mapping to find the reason: the reusable straws are not only difficult to clean, but also not easy to carry around.
That’s why we came up with Float to be the solution to these problems. - Inspiration
- Bubble tea is an unique street drink culture in Taiwan; however, a handful freshness each day brings a billion of disposable plastic cups and plastic straw waste every year. We want to create a experience that is better than the disposable straw cup, and let people be more willing to use reusable cup to purchase bubble tea. reduce the numbers of disposable plastic cups and straws.
- Project Duration
- Started from Nov. 2018 to Dec. 2019
- Operation Flow
- FLOAT is a reusable cup that doesn’t need a straw but still can drink bubble tea. The inner cup put the bubbles above the drink, so the tea and bubbles would arrive at our mouth together while we raise our head to drink. Since people make a billion of disposable plastic cups and plastic straw waste while drinking bubble tea, we want to create a experience that is better than the disposable straw cup, and let people be more willing to use reusable cup to purchase bubble tea, and reduce the numbers of disposable plastic cups and straws.
- Patents
- Patented.
Patent No. M584644
Patent Holder. Wu, Tianyu ; SHIH FANG
Year. 2019 - Team Members
- Fang Shih
Tian-yu Wu - Image Credits
- All Images: Photographer Oni Lai
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