Focus Functio Principalis: Apparatus Thearius by Ranyi Luo

Focus Functio Principalis: Apparatus Thearius by Ranyi Luo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Instrumenta Culinae Competition Category.

AesInstrumenta Culinae· 2020

Focus Functio Principalis: Apparatus Thearius

by Ranyi Luo

Client: Jiahao

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Instrumenta Culinae Category

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The Design

About Focus Functio Principalis: Apparatus Thearius

Textus Libri: Focus est apparatus thearius fictilis portabilis ad theam parandam et bibendam. Apparatus in duas partes divisus est, ollam unam et poculum unum, quae in unam formam compactam et facile portandam coniunguntur. Species ab obiectivo photographico ducta est, cum structura clara elevata in medio partium superioris et inferioris. Focus ex argilla porcellanea Sinensi traditionali factus est, glasura clara et glasura externa arenosa ornatus, per coctionem fictilem formatus. Filum cochleare et paries duplex periculum adurendi minuunt, et rostrum fluxum aquae lenem praebet.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Focus Functio Principalis: Apparatus Thearius victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Focus Functio Principalis: Apparatus Thearius rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Focus Functio Principalis: Apparatus Thearius necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Focus is a ceramic tea set that subverts the appearance characteristics of traditional ones. The tea set is divided into two parts: a single pot and a single cup. Focus is a portable tea set, it has a unique integrated design to facilitate people to carry, and can provide people with convenient tea life anytime and anywhere. In the center of the upper and lower parts of the tea service, there is a bright and raised appearance structure, which is designed in accordance with the inspiration of the lens. The screw thread design and double-layer structure design of the tea cup can prevent people from scratching and scalding, these designs are very practical.
Dimensions & Packaging: 89mm×85mm×90mm 80mm×80mm×35mm
Tags: Portable tea set, Lens, Modernity, Ceramic
Production Technology: The tea set is made of Chinese traditional porcelain clay, combined with a bright glaze and a frosted outer glaze. The production method was ceramic firing technology.
Design Challenge: How to integrate the design inspiration of modern camera lens with the traditional ceramic has become a challenge. For example, the fusion between ceramic glazes has been continuously explored in the production process.
Research: In the study of traditional Chinese tea culture, we found that the number of young people who like drinking tea is increasing. We hope to design a tea set that overturns the traditional tea set and has modern flavor to bringing more possibilities for people's tea life. While you are drinking tea, it brings the visual sense of fashion and modernity.
Inspiration: The element of lens inspiration in camera capture is a common element in modern life. Focus tea set features a camera structure, with the camera lens as the main element of its appearance, which looks very modern. The combination of an industrial camera lens with a high degree of precision and traditional Chinese ceramics is a design where modernity collides with tradition. The tea set integrates the elements of mechanical industry and unique modern design, and integrates aesthetics and practicability. Even in a busy city life, you will feel very relaxed when you smell the tea aroma.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2019 in Guangzhou,China.
Operation Flow: The tea set is portable for making tea, with geometric texture and anti-scalding design, which can be held comfortably with one hand. It also has a distinctive spout with smooth water flow.
Team Members: Ranyi Luo
Image Credits: Main Image: Ranyi Luo, 2020
Supporting Images: Ranyi Luo, 2020