Flower Radicis Plantulae Custos by Chenyao Xu

Flower Radicis Plantulae Custos by Chenyao Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Instrumenta Agricolaria Competition Category.

ArgentumInstrumenta Agricolaria· 2020

Flower Radicis Plantulae Custos

by Chenyao Xu

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Instrumenta Agricolaria Category

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The Design

About Flower Radicis Plantulae Custos

Flos est instrumentum ad radices plantularum florum in transplantatione protegendas. Radices et caules florum facile viribus externis laeduntur, quod proventum minuit et damna oeconomica agricolis affert. Flos ex materia plastica acidi polylactici formatione iniectiva conficitur. Pars inferior in speciem globi formata radicem primariam ab instrumentis agrestibus et roditoribus tutatur. Duae partes simplici nexu ad modum sicae iunguntur. Collum prominens manubrium praebet, ut flores adulti e solo educi possint sine directo manuum contactu cum caulibus. Magnitudines diversis floribus congruunt.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Flower Radicis Plantulae Custos victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Flower Radicis Plantulae Custos opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Flower Radicis Plantulae Custos creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: During the transplanting process, the roots and stems of flowers are easily damaged by external forces, thus reducing plant yield and causing economic losses to farmers. This is a protective device made of polylactic acid plastic that works on the roots of seedlings, protecting the main roots of flowers from damage from farm tools and rodents, and its protruding neck is designed to avoid direct hand contact with the stems of plants when pulled out.So, people can pull out the growing flowers directly from the soil.
Dimensions & Packaging: 45*45*58mm; 80*80*110mm Different flowers correspond to different sizes.
Tags: Transplantation, flower survival
Production Technology: Polylactic acid plastics injection molding.
Design Challenge: Reasonable shape, effective function and low price are the indexes at the beginning of the product design. Because it is only a kind of auxiliary device to protect flowers, its production cost, material and technology can not exceed flowers themselves, so that it has a certain function, but also should meet the market positioning.
Inspiration: In some flower producing countries such as the Netherlands, the mortality rate of rare flowers has brought great economic losses. It is very important to improve the way of flower cultivation and transplantation.
Project Duration: The project started in Hong Kong in February 2019 and was completed in November 2019.
Operation Flow: The product consists of two parts, which are connected by simple bayonet. The ball shaped bottom can help plants protect their main roots, and the neck can provide a place for people's hands to pull out flowers more easily.
Team Members: XU CHENYAO
XU LE