Clickseal Te Pounamu Wai by Avner Balachsan

Clickseal Te Pounamu Wai by Avner Balachsan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taputapu Puni me ngā Taputapu Waho Competition Category.

RinoTaputapu Puni· 2023

Clickseal Te Pounamu Wai

by Avner Balachsan

Client: Source Human.Nature LTD

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Taputapu Puni Category

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The Design

About Clickseal Te Pounamu Wai

Ko te potae Clickseal he mea hou, ngahau, ngawari me te tere ki te whakahaere, kaore he miro. Neke atu i te kotahi rau tau te potae pounamu tuku iho, a kua pai tana mahi. Heoi, me te whainga ki te whakamahine me te aro ki te wheako inu ano. I muri mai i te rangahau a nga kaiwhakamahi, i whakatauhia kia hoahoa ano te potae me te tukanga o te whakatuwhera me te kati. Ka whakatuwherahia te potae me te kowha hauwha ngawari ka kati me te pana ngawari kia rongo ra ano koe i te pao, e tohu ana kua kati te potae me te parepare. Kia pai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Clickseal Te Pounamu Wai te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Clickseal Te Pounamu Wai he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Clickseal Te Pounamu Wai mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Clickseal cap is innovative, FUN, easy and fast to operate, without any threading.

The traditional bottle cap has been around for over a century and has served its purpose well. However, we were asked to develop an innovative drinking bottle. We chose to focus on and refine the drinking experience itself. Following user research, we decided to redesign the cap and the process of opening and closing it.
Dimensions & Packaging: Height (with cap) 24cm
width 9cm
Weight 230gr / 0.5lb
Tags: outdoor, bottle, hydration, water bottle, camping, source, click seal
Production Technology: The Clickseal is made in Israel by Source company and produced from durable and quality materials:

Quality bottle container Tritan by Eastman
Uniqe formula of Acetal cap
Silicone sealing
PE tube

BPA+PVC Free
Design Challenge: The action and solution are easy and straightforward, but the engineered patented cap was definitely not,
we had years of tryouts to develop the best solution with the best materials for heavy-duty use.

After hundreds of extreme testing - like throwing bottles on the floor at various angles and heights, we developed our own unique material for the cover and cup.
We used focus groups for every revision development until we got the finalized solution.

The hardest part was to find the exact balance of the silicone seal, so it would Click and be fun and easy as we wanted it to be, without compromising the sealing mission. That took dozens of revisions.
Research: Our incentive was to innovate the experience for the user, we dedicated a great effort to finalizing the concept, to have the most fun out of the simplest action, such as opening and closing the bottle cap without compromising on the leakproof sealing.
Inspiration: In the process of enhancing the bottle-drinking experience, we were inspired by the tubing industry that uses irrigation connectors.
We looked at a simple daily garden hose connector, that was the first inspiration,
following that principle, We developed a revolutionary cap that opens and closes with an intuitive "click" motion.
Project Duration: The development project started in 2019 and finished in 2022 in Israel
Operation Flow: The cap is opened with a simple quarter twist and closes with a gentle push until you hear the CLICK, indicating that the cap is securely closed and leakproof.

As there is no threading, there is also no need to tighten the cap with force - One of the most significant advantages of this new cap design is that it can be opened and closed with minimal effort therefore much easier to use for everybody, children, people with arthritis or other conditions that affect hand mobility, or just when training, traveling outdoors or just driving a car.

The new bottle cap design is sleek and modern. The cap is available in a range of colors. All bottles are made of Tritan (BPA-free).
The designed cap comes in 2 different bottle models, ACT a single-wall water bottle and ECO a double-walled daily bottle with an insulating space between the walls to prevent the bottle from sweating.
Patents: Patent no.11230415
Image Credits: Image #No 1 : Photographer Israel Furlender , ClickSeal, 2023.
Image #No 2 : Photographer Israel Furlender , ClickSeal, 2023.
Image #No 4 : Photographer Amit Naor , ClickSeal, 2022.
Image #No 5 : Photographer Israel Furlender , ClickSeal, 2023.

Video, Ein-Hashofet production, ClickSeal, 2023.