Candy キャンディ3Dプリンター by Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan

Candy キャンディ3Dプリンター by Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 玩具・ゲーム・ホビー製品デザイン Competition Category.

銀玩具· 2021

Candy キャンディ3Dプリンター

by Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan

Client: Anny Team

A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 玩具 Category

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The Design

About Candy キャンディ3Dプリンター

Candyは、キャンディの粒から食べられる形を出力する、子ども向けの家庭用3Dプリンターです。本体はモバイルアプリで操作し、造形の順序や各モデルの数量・サイズを設定できます。3つのタンクには3種類の異なるフレーバーのキャンディを入れられるため、一度の造形で味と色を組み合わせることが可能です。粒状のキャンディは加熱・溶融され、ノズルを通して成形されます。本体はマットな表面のプラスチック製で、透明なアクリル製の窓はスプリング式スイッチで開き、完成したキャンディを取り出せます。デザインは、中国の民間芸術である「吹糖人（飴細工の吹き人形）」から着想を得ています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀賞

Candy キャンディ3Dプリンターは、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。Candy キャンディ3Dプリンターは、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。Candy キャンディ3Dプリンターは、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a home version of the children's candy 3D printer. The machine is operated by the mobile phone APP. It uses various flavors of candy particles as the material to print the taste and color image. There are many kinds of 3D data models to choose from, which can add a lot of fun to children's lives.This machine is simple in shape, more rounded overall, and the color tends to be cartoonish.
Dimensions & Packaging: Overall size: 202.4X294.0X168.2mm
Maximum print size: 100.5X100.5x120.0mm
Tags: Candy, 3D printing, folk traditional art, children's toys, creativity, variety
Production Technology: The candy 3D printer is mainly made of plastic material, natural color injection and matte surface.
The front window is made of transparent acrylic, and the window is opened by a spring switch to take away the finished candy.
The internal mechanical structure is the same as that of the traditional 3D printer, and the materials are all food-grade.
Inside, the granulated candy is heated and melted, and finally solidified and formed through the nozzle, just like a hot melt gun.
Design Challenge: How to absorb the advantages of traditional sugar blowers skillfully and in what form to realize them, the integration and trade-off between traditional Chinese folk art and modern technology is the most difficult point of our design.
Research: We studied the working principle of the 3D printer, the state of the sugar at different times when it was heated, investigated the color of the candy and the different shapes of the candy that the child likes, and developed and adjusted the APP.
Inspiration: The inspiration comes from the traditional Chinese folk art: "Sugar Figure Blowing Art". The children like the candy made by the artists very much. Due to the difficulty of making and the reduction of heirs, this art is gradually disappearing. We want to promote this through 3D printing technology. Interesting art has brought more children into contact with this traditional Chinese folk art and added fun to the children's lives.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 in Hebei and finished in February 2020 in Hebei China.
Operation Flow: The candy 3D printer has a total of three raw material tanks, which can be filled with three different candy raw materials. Through the APP operation, anyone can set the printing order, number, and size of the printed model. Different data models will also be displayed. The time and amount of raw materials required for different sizes. The overall image of the model tends to be cartoon.
Team Members: Fengmin Liu
Yanqing Lan
Tianlu Zhu
Anning Yu