Creator Mkpisi Akwụkwọ Ballpoint by Zhengliang Zhong and Fangeng He

Creator Mkpisi Akwụkwọ Ballpoint by Zhengliang Zhong and Fangeng He is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ngwá Nkà na Ngwá Ide Ihe Competition Category.

IgweNgwá Nkà· 2023

Creator Mkpisi Akwụkwọ Ballpoint

by Zhengliang Zhong and Fangeng He

Client: Dong Guan Jian Lin Industrial Co., Ltd

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ngwá Nkà Category

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The Design

About Creator Mkpisi Akwụkwọ Ballpoint

Creator bụ mkpisi akwụkwọ ballpoint nwere akụkụ dịgasị iche iche nke ndị ọrụ ya na-akpakọta onwe ha. Ahụ ọla ahụ e mepere emepe na-egosi scru, spring, na usoro igwe dị n'ime ya. Ihe ndozi mpụga nke nwere agba, ọdịdị, na ihe eji arụ ya dịgasị iche iche na-ejikọta site na interface a na-eji arụ ọrụ n'ọtụtụ ebe, nke mere na akụkụ ndị ahụ na-adabaghachi ọnụ dị ka blocks ndị e ji ewu ihe, si otú a mee ka mkpisi akwụkwọ ọ bụla bụrụ nke onwe onye ọ bụla. Ahụ mkpisi akwụkwọ a ka e mere kpamkpam site n'ọla. Ewezuga refill na spring, ihe ka ọtụtụ n'akụkụ ndị ọzọ ka e mere n'otu usoro, na ihe eji arụ ha nwere ike ịtụghachi eme ihe ọzọ kpamkpam, nke na-ebelata ojiji ike na mmefu ihe.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Creator Mkpisi Akwụkwọ Ballpoint meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Creator Mkpisi Akwụkwọ Ballpoint ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Creator Mkpisi Akwụkwọ Ballpoint maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The product has a hollowed-out all-metal pen body. Therefore, some parts such as screws and springs, and mechanical structure can be clearly seen. Users can assemble parts into a pen. Multi-style external accessories are available, so users can freely choose their favorite colors and shapes, assemble external accessories with different materials and shapes together like building blocks through the universal interface, and DIY a unique pen.
Dimensions & Packaging: L:145mm * W:13.3mm * H:13.3mm
Weight:27.5g
Tags: DIY, modular, mechanical structure, hollowed-out pen body, all-metal pen body, 100% recyclable, hexagonal shape
Production Technology: There are more than 50 production processes of traditional metal pens. Therefore, we have optimized the manufacturing process and reduced the production processes by more than 70%. The pen body is all made of metal. Except refills and springs, most parts are completed by only one process, and their materials can be recycled 100%, which greatly reduce energy consumption and resource waste.
Design Challenge: Main challenge: Fast and free assembly as well as adjustable height is realized in DIY process for users.
Solutions: All modular parts adopt universal interfaces, which ensures that users will successfully complete assembly whether interfaces are matching or not in the process. Moreover, the universal interface module greatly improves production efficiency and reduces waste of resources. It still remains 30% of infinite possibilities and expandability after assembly.
Research: Research type: To transform stationery into cultural and creative products.
Research goal: Users can assemble the product in person and enjoy the process.
Market research: Online research and professional research company data
Social impact: It creates a brand-new stationery form, which is personalized and beautiful. And the optimization of process reduces resources waste and energy consumption, which contributes to environment preservation.
Inspiration: Design draws inspiration from water element from the nature, which is hexagonal and can form various shapes in a sub-zero crystallization state. Aesthetics of mechanical structure is integrated, and the shape of the pen is formed finally.
Project Duration: The project finished in September 2022 in Dongguan city and came into the market in Asia, Europe, and North America in September 2022.
Operation Flow: It is a modular pen that can be assembled by users. They can buy multiple styles and freely assemble accessories and the pen into different styles according to their needs and preferences, so they can fully enjoy DIY in the process.
Team Members: Zhengliang Zhong, Fangeng He
Image Credits: DONG GUAN JIAN LIN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.