Yunlai Tas Te by Siyu Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Bwonz in Bozar Competition Category.

BwonzBozar· 2021

Yunlai Tas Te

by Siyu Liu

Client: Chowan

A' Design Award Bwonz Winner in Bozar Category

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The Design

About Yunlai Tas Te

Gode Yunlai se yon pwodui fèt ak men ki soti nan yon atèlye vè cho nan Guangzhou, Lachin. Yunlai an chinwa vle di nwaj k ap monte dousman. Konsepsyon an soti nan rechèch ki konbine frit vè trè epè ak teknoloji sablaj ak ot tanperati avèk espas nwaj ki soti nan penti peyizaj tradisyonèl. Desinyatè a te konsidere tou ègonimi nan konsepsyon epreyiv la, ki konbine òganikman kontak natirèl ak ang pou kenbe nan pla men an.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Bwonz

Yunlai Tas Te se yon ganyan A' Design Award Bwonz, yon rekonesans ki gen anpil prestij yo bay design ekselan ki make pa kreyativite, enjenyozite ak finès. Ganyan Bwonz yo se objè ki abil anpil e ki kreyatif nan fason ki frape, ki otantifye gwo eksperyans, imajinasyon ak debouyaj designer yo. Yo atann Yunlai Tas Te pou se yon objè anpil moun estime, admire e renmen, ki pwofesyonèl e inovatè nan fason remakab. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Bwonz enkòpore pi bon pratik nan atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji, e li ekselan pou atansyon li bay detay. Yunlai Tas Te satisfè bezwen yon fason espledid, li touche dezi, li chame santiman e li atire kiryozite.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Yunlai cup is made by handmade glass workshop.
It is a design that combines humanities and arts with daily functions. Its design language comes from simulating the flowing cloud lines formed by the natural transpiration of the unique green landscape in the mid-latitude inland of the Northern Hemisphere.
At the same time, it takes into account ergonomic considerations in the streamlined design and organically combines cloud modeling with the natural contact of palm and the angle of finger holding.
Dimensions & Packaging: Maximum width 68mm x Depth 52 mm x Height 51 mm
Tags: glass, Yunlai, tea, drinking
Production Technology: The material used in this product is heat-resistant glass. It used the technology of extra-thick glass-frit and high temperature sandblasting to achieve the visual result of 70% light transmittance. It was blown out in the hot workshop of the glass studio.
Design Challenge: Although I found glass, a material that can convey ethereal oriental beauty, However, the biggest challenge is that too transparent materials are difficult to convey the concepts of blank space and invisibility in oriental aesthetics. Therefore, we continue to negotiate with the glass studio to finally obtain an inner wall thicker than ordinary glasses and make the surface reach 70% light transmittance through high-temperature sandblasting process.
Research: My research goal has always been promoting cross-cultural understanding by innovating the relationship between people and daily objects. Yunlai in Chinese means that clouds slowly rise from mountain forests, which is a portrayal of the natural landscape in most inland hilly areas of China. In order to achieve this goal, I spent a long time visiting glass handicraft studios and factories all over China to study the craft of hand-blown glass.
Inspiration: The design inspiration comes from the research on hand-blown extra-thick glass frit and high-temperature sandblasting technology, as well as observing and recording for many years and depicting the unique cloud form in inland hilly areas of the Northern Hemisphere and the visual relationship between blank space in landscape painting, combined with high-temperature sandblasting technology, the light can form soft refraction lines at different angles during use, thus reflecting this humanistic and artistic feeling from a specific geographical environment.
Project Duration: The project was launched in Guangzhou, China in January 2020 and finished in June 2020. It was exhibited and included in Tmall's original design list and was sold online in September 2020.
Operation Flow: It is suitable for a variety of daily life scenes, like for drinking beverages with various temperatures, alcohol contents, and traditional Kung Fu tea. While using it, it can observe the light and shadow refraction like invisible swimming clouds from different angles.
Its shape also provides a suitable experience for human hands to grasp. Glass can be washed in the dishwasher.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Siyu Liu, 2020.
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Siyu Liu
Image #2 : Photographer Siyu Liu
Image #3 : Photographer Siyu Liu
Image #4 : Photographer Siyu Liu
Image #5 : Photographer Siyu Liu