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Theunique Smart Okpukpo Mgbasa by Zhang Mengting, Li Xiaolin and Yang Chunxu

Theunique Smart Okpukpo Mgbasa by Zhang Mengting, Li Xiaolin and Yang Chunxu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Akụkụ Ụgbọ, Ihe Mgbakwunye Ụgbọ Ala na Ngwaahịa Nlekọta Competition Category.


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Theunique Smart Okpukpo Mgbasa

by Zhang Mengting, Li Xiaolin and Yang Chunxu

Client: Theunique

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Ihe Mgbakwunye Ụgbọ Category

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The Design

About Theunique Smart Okpukpo Mgbasa

Agarwood dị ụkọ ma dịkwa ọnụ. Nanị isi ya nwere ike ịnweta ọkụ ma ọ bụ mmịpụta, na-eji ya eme ihe ma ọ bụ ndị ọrụ ole na ole na-enye ya. Iji mebie oke ihe ndị a, a na-emepụta ọmarịcha esi ísì ụtọ na mbadamba ihe eji agarwood mee nke ọma mgbe mbọ afọ atọ nwere atụmatụ 60, 10 ụdị na nyocha 200. Ọ na - egosiputa usoro azụmaahịa ọhụụ enwere ike iji ya na iji ọnọdụ maka ụlọ ọrụ agarwood. Ndị ọrụ nwere ike itinye ngwa ngwa n'ime ụgbọ ala, hazie oge, njupụta na ụdị isi dị iche iche na-enwe nhịahụ ma nwee ọ enjoyụ aromatherapy ebe ọ bụla ha na-aga na mgbe ọ bụla ha na-anya ha.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Theunique Smart Okpukpo Mgbasa meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Theunique Smart Okpukpo Mgbasa ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Theunique Smart Okpukpo Mgbasa bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

Behind the Design

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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

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