Adam's Leaf 小便器スクリーン by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman

Adam's Leaf 小便器スクリーン by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in バスルーム家具・衛生陶器デザイン Competition Category.

鉄衛生陶器· 2020

Adam's Leaf 小便器スクリーン

by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman

Client: Custom Hygienics, LLC.

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 衛生陶器 Category

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The Design

About Adam's Leaf 小便器スクリーン

Adam's Leafは、男性用トイレの小便器向けに設計されたスクリーンです。葉をモチーフとした形状は中央部が高い稜線を描き、縁を傾斜させることで尿の流れを受け流し、使用者や床への跳ね返りを防ぎます。尿がスクリーン上に留まらないため、香料を加える必要もありません。Adam's Leafはほぼすべてのサイズの小便器に適合し、最長6か月間効果を保つため、資材費と清掃にかかる労務費を削減します。本製品は、使用後の生分解を促す添加剤を配合した再生プラスチックを用い、高圧射出成形によって製造されています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Adam's Leaf 小便器スクリーンは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Adam's Leaf 小便器スクリーンは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Adam's Leaf 小便器スクリーンは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Adam's Leaf is a uniquely designed men's urinal screen that effectively prevents urine splash-back for the user and keeps restroom floors clean to improve hygiene. It is biodegradable, and its design deflects the urine stream without splash or retention of urine in the urinal eliminating the need for added scents. It fits virtually any size urinal and its durability, up to six months, helps reduce material and janitorial labor costs.
Dimensions & Packaging: Adam's Leaf has dimensions of: 180mm. length, 170mm. width, 80mm. height, and weighs 114.76 grams.
Tags: It is leaf-shaped with a narrow high center ridge designed to deflect fluid
Production Technology: Adam's Leaf is produced by high pressure injection molding using recycled plastic and EcoPure which facilitates its biodegration post-use.
Design Challenge: The project was time consuming as a variety of materials and shapes were trialed to achieve a workable and durable design that was both pleasing to the eye and effective. The cost of creating an injection mold and the various trial models were expensive along with the intellectual property legal costs.
Research: Numerous prototypes were made including clay models and early 3D printed models to achieve a successful design and also several plastic formulations were trialed to achieve the correct Shore hardness and composition to allow moderate flexibility but shape retention to remain effective. EcoPure was added to enhance biodegradation post-use.
Inspiration: Adam's Leaf was inspired by the need to improve men's bathroom hygiene and takes its shape from fig leaves strategically painted in Renaissance and Pre-Renaissance art. The high fin-like center and angled leaf edges facilitate the flow of fluid off the leaf without splash back onto the user and surrounding floor, and its unusual design helps the urinal user stay focused over the urinal longer to completely finish the process also improving restroom hygiene.
Project Duration: The project idea was conceived in 2006 and the design completed after numerous prototypes and patented in 2016.
Operation Flow: It will function in any position in a men's urinal except when inverted-(upside down) and weighs enough not be moved by water from urinal flushing.
Patents: US patent-US D773,016 S November 29, 2016, patent holder, Custom Hygienics, LLC., Inventor, Michael Jones Omaha, Nebraska, USA. US Trademark Registration No. 5,885,710, October 15, 2019 ADAM'S LEAF owned by Custom Hygienics, LLC.
Team Members: Michael Jones
Sadie Mestman
Image Credits: Still photos of Adam's Leaf were taken by Andrew Lachance, Omaha, Nebraska. Videos were created by Michael Jones, Omaha, Nebraska.