Happy Aquarius ʻo Ka ʻeke Wai Silicone Kaʻaila by Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Lako Haʻuki, Hoʻoikaika Kino a me Lako Leʻaleʻa Competition Category.
GulaLako Haʻuki· 2017
Happy Aquarius ʻo Ka ʻeke Wai Silicone Kaʻaila
by Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen
Client: ACDC Creative
A' Design Award Gula Winner in Lako Haʻuki Category
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The Design
About Happy Aquarius ʻo Ka ʻeke Wai Silicone Kaʻaila
Pōmaikaʻi ʻo Aquarius he wai palekana a palekana piha ka wai wai no nā makahiki āpau. Aia kahi hiʻohiʻona curvature hoʻonaninani i hoʻolālā ʻia a me ka nānā ʻana i ka maka o ka maka o ka lua o ke kaila, e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻano ʻōpio, ikaika a me ka hana. Hana ʻia e 100% silicone mākeke ʻai meaʻai, mālama ʻia i ke ʻano wela o ka 220 deg. C i -40 deg. C, ʻaʻohe plasticizer i lele aku i waho a ua manuahi ʻo BPA. Hāʻawi i ka lole palupalu palupalu i kahi manaʻo silky, maikaʻi i ka paʻa a me ka puʻu. ʻO ka hoʻōla, ka elasticity a me ka hiʻohiʻona hollow ʻoi aku ka mea i hiki ai i ka kīʻaha ke hana i waho o kahi lima lima e like me ka dumbbell māmā.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Gula
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Happy Aquarius ʻo Ka ʻeke Wai Silicone Kaʻaila i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Happy Aquarius ʻo Ka ʻeke Wai Silicone Kaʻaila he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Happy Aquarius ʻo Ka ʻeke Wai Silicone Kaʻaila i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The smooth smiling curvature design and eye-catching appearance by combination of duo colors, showing a sense of young, energetic and fashionable. Made by 100 % recyclable food grade silicone material, sustaining high low temperature 220deg C ~ -40deg C, safe without any leaching of plasticizer and is BPA free. The soft touch surface coating provides silky feel good hold and grip, its flexibility, elasticity and the center hollow structure feature enable the bottle to workout as hand gripper and light-weight dumbbell.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Size: L100 W80 H240 mm
Volume: 400ml
Material: FDA food grade silicone - Tags
- Silicone, Water, Bottle, Workout, Aquarius.
- Production Technology
- Material: Using Silicone as the main material for water bottle is the first of its kind.
Production Tech: Double Sided Color Formation method was menifested.
Surface Touching:Silky Soft Touch Coating, enhance the touch of the surface. - Design Challenge
- Double sided Color Formation for silicone material is always a challenge, and a curvature hollow structure in the middle of the bottle was even a much tougher challenge. In order to achieve the good hold and grip shape, eye-catching color planning, a special molding technique applied. This kept the team try and error for many times that finally comes up with the good solution.
- Research
- Type of Research: Silicone Material in Daily Use
Research Objectives: To achieve the very first water bottle to be made in silicone material with double sided color and hollow structure.
Methodology: Morphological Analysis, Image Scale.
Data Collections: Market Survey, Target User Analysis.
Research Tools: Solidworks, Sketch-Up, 3D Printing. - Inspiration
- When I noticed water bottle made by PC or plastic will leach out plasticizer & BPA, I try to design a bottle safe enough for my children. So I come up with this silicone water bottle with peanut shape which is good hold & grip.
- Project Duration
- The project started in 2014 finished in 2015 in Tainan, and was exhibited in 2015 Creative Expo Taiwan as well as 2015 Taipei International Invention Show. Awarded by 2015 GoldenPin Design Award, Taiwan. Design Patent D167870.
- Operation Flow
- Is a safe and good hold water bottle for all ages. Soft touch coating on the surface, providing a silky feel. Besides its water bottle usage, it can be used as handgripper or dumbbell.
- Patents
- Design Patented. Patent No: D167870. Patent holder: Acdesign Associates International CO.,Ltd. 2015. TAIWAN.
- Team Members
- ChungSheng Chen
Tainan University of Technology, Product Design Dept
EnYang Chen
National Kaohsiung First University of Science & Technology
Innovation Design Engineering Dept
Acdesign Associates International Co.,Ltd
Jin Hui Co.,Ltd. - Image Credits
- ChungSheng Chen
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