Theunique Smart Aroma Diffusor by Zhang Mengting, Li Xiaolin and Yang Chunxu

Theunique Smart Aroma Diffusor by Zhang Mengting, Li Xiaolin and Yang Chunxu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Perak in Desain Suku Cadang Kendaraan, Aksesori Otomotif dan Produk Perawatan Competition Category.

PerakAksesori Kendaraan· 2020

Theunique Smart Aroma Diffusor

by Zhang Mengting, Li Xiaolin and Yang Chunxu

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A' Design Award Perak Winner in Aksesori Kendaraan Category

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The Design

About Theunique Smart Aroma Diffusor

Gaharu langka dan mahal. Aromanya hanya dapat diperoleh dari pembakaran atau ekstraksi, digunakan di dalam ruangan dan dibeli oleh beberapa pengguna. Untuk memecahkan batasan ini, diffusor aroma cerdas dan tablet gaharu buatan tangan alami dibuat setelah upaya 3 tahun dengan lebih dari 60 desain, 10 prototipe, dan 200 percobaan. Ini mendemonstrasikan model bisnis baru yang mungkin dan menggunakan konteks untuk industri gaharu. Pengguna cukup memasukkan diffusor ke dalam mobil, menyesuaikan waktu, kepadatan dan variasi aroma dengan mudah dan menikmati aromaterapi yang imersif kemanapun mereka pergi dan kapanpun mereka berkendara.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Theunique Smart Aroma Diffusor adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain kelas atas yang indah dan mengesankan. Pemenang Perak adalah karya yang sangat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan keahlian, bakat, dan ketajaman luar biasa para desainernya. Theunique Smart Aroma Diffusor diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, etalase keahlian, sangat profesional, dan sangat inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini adalah penemuan yang sangat menonjol dan dikagumi yang bermanfaat bagi dan memajukan batas-batas seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi. Theunique Smart Aroma Diffusor adalah kreasi yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif, dan memercikkan keheranan dan kekaguman.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The product set consists of a smart aroma diffuser and several natural and hand-made agarwood tablets, which can be used inside of a vehicle. When turning on the diffusor, the tablet inside can be heated multi-dimensionally, creating an immersive aroma environment, wherever and whenever a user drives. Agarwood tablet created and heated this way can volatilise stably with longer time and higher efficiency, compared with the traditional way of burning. It revolutionises agarwood industry with an easy to use, customised, affordable and sustainable solution.
Dimensions & Packaging: 32mm x 100mm
Tags: Smart Aroma Diffusor, Natural Arwarwood Product, Vehicle-mounted, Immersive Experience, New Using Context
Production Technology: The product set is granted with design and technology patents and qualified with international safety standards of SGS and ROHS. The making of portable natural agarwood tablet takes 6 months of perfection using biotechnology, physical thermostat control, fine grinding and carefully multi-dimensional moulding by hand. The tablet maintains its precious and unique ingredients, like spirulin, furan, white wood sulphuric acid and so on. The diffusor is consisted of magnetic heat-absorbed insulation cover, polymer insulation product body and anodised aluminium casing to improve the time, efficiency, and effectiveness of volatilisation.
Design Challenge: One challenge of the project is to maximise the efficiency of aroma volatilisation. The space inside of a vehicle, duration and speed of volatilisation, density of aroma, and temperature of heating is calculated and tested carefully. Besides, as the diffusor is inserted inside of the cigarette lighter, different vehicles have different standards, it is quite hard to adjust to them.
Research: To modernise the traditional agarwood industry and let more people afford and enjoy it, the first industry-university collaborated agarwood Bio-Technology Lab is set up in China to study its new integration, using scenario and context. The R&D process takes 3 years, with 60 designs and 10 prototypes created, and over 200 experiments conducted to ensure the performance, efficiency and experience of the product.
Inspiration: Agarwood has significant meaning in culture, arts, literature and religious ceremony in China. Its aroma is rare and expensive, which can be obtained merely from burning or extraction and afforded by few users. Its usage is strictly limited by time and space. To explore its modern using context and new market possibilities, a project was launched to study agarwood with modern Bio-Technology and a product set was developed based on it.
Project Duration: The research of this project began in 2014. The product set was launched in the market in 2017. The project achieves great success in the design industry and in the market. Its series of products have won international awards like IF and Red Dot. Partners and clients include Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Accor Hotels, InterContinental Hotels, Bank of China, etc.
Operation Flow: First, put an agarwood tablet inside of a smart aroma diffuser. Then, insert the diffuser into the cigarette lighter inside of a vehicle. After turning on the diffusor, the tablet inside can be heated multi-dimensionally, creating an immersive aroma environment. Users can customised time, density and variety of aroma volatilisation with ease.
Patents: Technology Patents: 201721205892.4;201721207501.2
Design Patents: 201730355919.7
Team Members: Zhang Mengting
Li Xiaolin
Yang Chunxu
Image Credits: Zhang Mengting
Li Xiaolin
Yang Chunxu