Float Šalica za piće by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu

Float Šalica za piće by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Željezna nagrada A' Design Award in Posude za Pečenje, Stolno Posuđe, Posuđe za Piće i Posuđe za Kuhanje Competition Category.

ŽeljezoKuhinjsko Posuđe· 2020

Float Šalica za piće

by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu

Client: Float

Željezna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Kuhinjsko Posuđe Category

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The Design

About Float Šalica za piće

Float je šalica za višekratnu upotrebu dizajnirana za pijenje bubble teaja bez slamke. Unutarnja šalica drži kuglice iznad čaja, tako da kuglice i čaj zajedno dopiru do usta kada se šalica podigne. Čaj se hladi ledom iznad njega prije nego što se popije, čime se izbjegavaju topliji zadnji gutljaji koji su uobičajeni kod šalica sa slamkom. Float je izrađen postupcima injekcijskog prešanja plastike i silikona, a mjeri 106 x 106 x 236 milimetara. Cilj dizajna je smanjiti upotrebu jednokratnih šalica i slamki.

The Recognition

About the Željezna nagrada A' Design Award

Float Šalica za piće je pobjednik Željezne nagrade A' Design Award, prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje dobrim dizajnima što ispunjavaju profesionalne i industrijske zahtjeve očekivane od dobro dizajniranih kreacija. Željezni pobjednici pokazuju veliku vještinu, visoku specijalizaciju, stručno razumijevanje i kreativne kapacitete svojih stvaratelja. Očekuje se da Float Šalica za piće bude visoko cijenjena, voljena i njegovana kreacija koja je praktična i inovativna. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Željeznu nagradu A' Design Award integrira najbolje industrijske prakse i ima kompetentne tehničke karakteristike povezane sa znanjem i talentom. Float Šalica za piće se poštuje zbog svoje temeljitosti i dizajniran je da pruži poboljšanja kvalitete života koja pomažu da svijet postane bolje mjesto.

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