Creator Peni Poni Kinipōpō by Zhengliang Zhong and Fangeng He

Creator Peni Poni Kinipōpō by Zhengliang Zhong and Fangeng He is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Lako Hana Noʻeau a me Lako Palapala Competition Category.

HaoLako Hana Noʻeau· 2023

Creator Peni Poni Kinipōpō

by Zhengliang Zhong and Fangeng He

Client: Dong Guan Jian Lin Industrial Co., Ltd

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Lako Hana Noʻeau Category

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The Design

About Creator Peni Poni Kinipōpō

He peni poni kinipōpō hui like ʻia ʻo Creator, kahi e hui pono ai nā mea hoʻohana iā lākou iho. Hōʻike ka ʻili metala hakahaka i nā kui, nā ʻūpā, a me ke kōkua mīkini ma loko. Hoʻopili nā mea hoʻonui waho ma nā waihoʻoluʻu, nā ʻano kiʻi, a me nā mea ʻano like ʻole ma o kahi kikowaena kūpono i nā mea a pau, no laila e kūpono like ana nā ʻāpana e like me nā poʻo kūkulu, a lilo kēlā me kēia peni i mea pilikino. Hana ʻia ka ʻili holoʻokoʻa mai ka metala. Koe wale nō nā refill a me nā ʻūpā, hoʻopau ʻia ka nui o nā ʻāpana ma ka hana hoʻokahi, a hiki ke hana hou loa ʻia nā mea, kahi e hōʻemi ai i ka hoʻohana ikehu a me ka ʻōpala mea.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Creator Peni Poni Kinipōpō i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Creator Peni Poni Kinipōpō he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Creator Peni Poni Kinipōpō no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The product has a hollowed-out all-metal pen body. Therefore, some parts such as screws and springs, and mechanical structure can be clearly seen. Users can assemble parts into a pen. Multi-style external accessories are available, so users can freely choose their favorite colors and shapes, assemble external accessories with different materials and shapes together like building blocks through the universal interface, and DIY a unique pen.
Dimensions & Packaging: L:145mm * W:13.3mm * H:13.3mm
Weight:27.5g
Tags: DIY, modular, mechanical structure, hollowed-out pen body, all-metal pen body, 100% recyclable, hexagonal shape
Production Technology: There are more than 50 production processes of traditional metal pens. Therefore, we have optimized the manufacturing process and reduced the production processes by more than 70%. The pen body is all made of metal. Except refills and springs, most parts are completed by only one process, and their materials can be recycled 100%, which greatly reduce energy consumption and resource waste.
Design Challenge: Main challenge: Fast and free assembly as well as adjustable height is realized in DIY process for users.
Solutions: All modular parts adopt universal interfaces, which ensures that users will successfully complete assembly whether interfaces are matching or not in the process. Moreover, the universal interface module greatly improves production efficiency and reduces waste of resources. It still remains 30% of infinite possibilities and expandability after assembly.
Research: Research type: To transform stationery into cultural and creative products.
Research goal: Users can assemble the product in person and enjoy the process.
Market research: Online research and professional research company data
Social impact: It creates a brand-new stationery form, which is personalized and beautiful. And the optimization of process reduces resources waste and energy consumption, which contributes to environment preservation.
Inspiration: Design draws inspiration from water element from the nature, which is hexagonal and can form various shapes in a sub-zero crystallization state. Aesthetics of mechanical structure is integrated, and the shape of the pen is formed finally.
Project Duration: The project finished in September 2022 in Dongguan city and came into the market in Asia, Europe, and North America in September 2022.
Operation Flow: It is a modular pen that can be assembled by users. They can buy multiple styles and freely assemble accessories and the pen into different styles according to their needs and preferences, so they can fully enjoy DIY in the process.
Team Members: Zhengliang Zhong, Fangeng He
Image Credits: DONG GUAN JIAN LIN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.