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Renew Fonksyon Prensipal: Makè ak Ranplasman Rechaj by Zhen Zhang and Yanan Sun

Renew Fonksyon Prensipal: Makè ak Ranplasman Rechaj by Zhen Zhang and Yanan Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Ajan in Founiti Atistik Competition Category.


AjanFouniti Atistik· 2022

Renew Fonksyon Prensipal: Makè ak Ranplasman Rechaj

by Zhen Zhang and Yanan Sun

Client: DaoDun Design

A' Design Award Ajan Winner in Founiti Atistik Category

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The Design

About Renew Fonksyon Prensipal: Makè ak Ranplasman Rechaj

Renew se yon makè ki fèt pou ranplase nwayo lank la byen rapid. Ou devise sipò plim nan avèk yon mouvman tòde, konsa pwent lan separe ak nwayo a epi ou ka mete yon nouvo nwayo san lank pa gaye. Mekanis tòde a kenbe sipò a nan plas li lè kapchon an retire. Rèl ki antoure pwent fib la kite pwent lan pliye, sa ki kenbe kontak konplè ak sifas papye a. Fòm kapchon an montre epesè pwent lan, epi koulè kapchon ak sipò ki matche montre direksyon enklinezon pwent lan. Kò a fèt ak plastik ki gen yon seksyon kawotchou.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ajan

Renew Fonksyon Prensipal: Makè ak Ranplasman Rechaj se yon ganyan A' Design Award Ajan, yon rekonesans ki gen yon prestij enmans yo bay design nivo siperyè, bèl anpil e enpresyonan. Ganyan Ajan yo se travay ki trè briyan e ki trè kreyatif ki montre ekspètiz, talan ak finès designer yo. Yo atann Renew Fonksyon Prensipal: Makè ak Ranplasman Rechaj pou se yon bèl travay modèl, remakab nan pwofesyonalis e ki gen gwo inovasyon. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Ajan se yon envansyon trè remakab, admire ki pote benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. Renew Fonksyon Prensipal: Makè ak Ranplasman Rechaj se yon kreyasyon anpil moun jalou ki reveye dezi, ki pote santiman pozitif e ki limen sipriz ak mèvèy.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This is a replaceable marker. Unlike existing markers, where refill is injected from the tip of the pen, the user can unscrew the marker, remove the refill and replace it. The pen cap of different shapes indicates the thickness of the pen cap. When fastening the thick pen cap, the color of the pen cap and the penholder can ensure the tilt direction of the pen cap, so as to avoid the pen tip upside down when using it next time.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 160mm x Depth 15mm x Height 15mm
Tags
Quick change, marker, refill, twist
Production Technology
The pen body is made of plastic, the middle gray material is rubber, and the tip is made of fiber
Design Challenge
The design challenge is how to change the refill quickly. By removing the marker, we found that the tip of the pen is inserted into the core to drain the pen water.Therefore, we decided to design the pen holder for the marker to be detachable. In order to prevent the pen holder from being pulled out when the cap is removed, the opening mode of the pen holder was designed to be twisted.Another challenge with this design is how to make sure the lines drawn by the markers are smooth. We designed grooves around the tip of the pen so that the tip can bend around to ensure that it fits the surface of the paper.
Research
By replacing the marker fluid, we found that the fluid tended to overflow. We disassembled the marker and found that the reason why the fluid flows is the pen tip is inserted into the core. Therefore, we connect the pen tip with the penholder, remove the penholder to achieve the separation of the pen tip and the pen core, to achieve the purpose of replacing the pen core.
Inspiration
Current markers are less efficient at filling pen water.The inspiration of this design comes from the replacement of the battery. Unscrew the penholder and replace the pen core. When the penholder is inserted back, the internal pen tip can be inserted into the pen core, so as to achieve the purpose of quickly replacing the supplement liquid and extending the service life of the pen.
Project Duration
The project was started in October 2021 in Beijing and finished in November 2021 in Beijing.
Operation Flow
When the pen runs out of water, the user covers the pen holder and twists it to unplug the pen and replace the pen core. In the drawing process, due to the space left for the pen tip to be bent, the complete contact between the pen tip and the paper surface can be guaranteed when the force is applied. The pen cap of different shapes indicates the thickness of the pen tip. When the pen cap corresponds to the color of the pen holder, the tilt direction of the pen cap can indicate the tilt direction of the pen tip.
Team Members
Designer:Yunsong Liu
Designer:Zhen Zhang
Designer:Yanan Sun
Designer:Xiaofan Zhou
Image Credits
Image #1: Designer Yunsong Liu, Renew, 2021.
Image #2: Designer Zhen Zhang, Renew, 2021.
Image #3: Designer Xiaofan Zhou, Renew, 2021.
Image #4: Designer Yanan Sun, Renew, 2021.
Image #5: Designer Yunsong Liu, Renew, 2021.

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