The Dew Ipu Kī by Sean Hongxin Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Lako Hōʻoma, Pā ʻAi, Kiʻaha a me Lako Kuke Competition Category.

KeleaweLako Kuke· 2020

The Dew Ipu Kī

by Sean Hongxin Zhang

Client: Hongxin Zhang

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Lako Kuke Category

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The Design

About The Dew Ipu Kī

Ke Kīnā Text: ʻO The Dew he ipu kī i hana ʻia me ke aniani a me ke kila kūʻē i ka kōnane ʻole. Ua hoʻoulu ʻia ke ʻano hana lau kī mai ke kumu hana kope kahiko o ʻItalia. Ua waiho ʻia nā lau kī i loko o ka lua kiʻekiʻe. Ke hoʻohuli ʻia ʻo The Dew i lalo, hoʻoneʻe ka mana ea i ka wai mai ka ʻaoʻao kiʻekiʻe a i ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa. Noho mau nā lau kī i ka ʻaoʻao kiʻekiʻe, no laila, lilo ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa i ipu hoʻokau kī. Ua hoʻoulu ʻia ke ʻano o ke kino mai ke ʻano o ka hōkūmau, kahi e ulu mālie ai i ka hui pū ʻana o ka haurani, e like me ke kūkulu mālie ʻana o ke kī.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā The Dew Ipu Kī i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā The Dew Ipu Kī he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā The Dew Ipu Kī i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Green represents not only the tea culture, but is healthierthan its competitor coffee, or even black tea, its own kind. Therefore, that is why I created The Dew teapot, the function of the teapot is inspired by Italian traditional coffee maker. By playing with the air pressure upside down, the liquid of tea at the upper part return to the lower part and leaves the tea leaves at the upper part, the lower part become the teapot and the user could enjoy the tea.
Tags: Teapot, electric, design, dew
Production Technology: Glass, stainless steel
Inspiration: The inspiration of the teapot was taken from hundreds of drawings of the formation of the dewdrop. The formation of the dewdrop is a process of accumulation, wherein it will absorb moisture and grows gradually. Just like the tea making process of teapot The Dew. It also gives me inspiration about the aesthetics of the teapot's shape.
Image Credits: Hongxin Zhang

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