Guanshan Tuakiri Waitohu Umanga by Hong Jia Min

Guanshan Tuakiri Waitohu Umanga by Hong Jia Min is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Whakairoiro, Whakaahua Ringa me te Whakawhitiwhiti Ataata Competition Category.

RinoWhakairoiro· 2025

Guanshan Tuakiri Waitohu Umanga

by Hong Jia Min

Client: Jijia Brand Creative Studio

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Whakairoiro Category

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The Design

About Guanshan Tuakiri Waitohu Umanga

He tuakiri waitohu umanga i hangaia mō tētahi toa tī miraka. Ka whakamahia e te hoahoa nei ngā tohu Hainamana hei tūāpapa, ā, ka whakaōnamatatia te hanganga o te tuhi tūturu (clerical script) me te pupuri tonu i tōna wairua tawhito. Ka noho tōna putake ki roto i te ātaahua taonga o te Rāwhiti, ā, ka whakakotahihia ngā āhua o ngā rauwiri waikōrero (ink wash) me ngā oko tī. Ko te tohu matua e whakaatu ana i tētahi rauwiri me tētahi kapu tī kua whakatakotoria kia taupatupatu, kia puta mai ai tētahi tikanga rua. Ko ngā tuhi peita waikōrero e whakaahua ana i te anga kōhatete o te rauwiri porowhita tūturu, ā, ko te āhua o te kapu e ahu mai ana i ngā oko tī Jianzhan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Guanshan Tuakiri Waitohu Umanga 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 Guanshan Tuakiri Waitohu Umanga 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 Guanshan Tuakiri Waitohu Umanga 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: Anchored in the philosophy of teahouse as home, we construct a contemporary sanctuary for tea connoisseurs. Our brews extract primal essences from ancient tea groves, harmonized with mountain springs and melted snow to reveal terroir authenticity. Spaces crystallize tea mountains textures and light interplay, crafting immersive nomadic tea sanctuaries that engage all senses.
Dimensions & Packaging: The brand multi series tea collections employ phytographic design extracting each teas botanical essence and marrying it with Chinese aesthetic principles. This methodology crystallizes into Neo Chinese packaging that embodies product specific visual identities.
Tags: Oriental, Creativity, Tea , Ink Painting, Chinese
Production Technology: The creative process prioritizes onomastic morphology deriving visual forms directly from the brands nomenclature while integrating product typology. This methodology undergoes cultural synthesis through strategic collisions between contemporary creativity and Chinese heritage elements, generating innovative semiotic expressions rooted in commercial context.
Design Challenge: The project requires the seamless integration of multiple elements to simultaneously communicate the brand core identity, embody Oriental aesthetics, and ensure versatile application across diverse scenarios.
Research: We reconfigure tea rituals through Ceramic Deconstructionism transposing bamboo brazier fans mechanical logic into ergonomic curves, translating ink bleeds into tactile gradients on vessel surfaces. Packaging evolves into Tactile Typology archives where material stratigraphy chronicles tea history, Neo Chinese design manifests as Parametric Archaeology methodology.
Inspiration: Rooted in Chinese tea ware aesthetics, the concept reimagines Song Dynasty tea house imagery through calligraphic brushwork. Capturing the symbiotic relationship between luzan brazier fans and tea utensils, Ink tonalities outline the fan silhouette, its flowing strokes organically morphing into modern teacups streamlined forms. This visual philosophy of holding a fan while contemplating tea manifests through design.
Project Duration: Located in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China, this project was designed in October 2024.
Operation Flow: Carve the eraser into desired shapes, saturate its sculpted surfaces with ink, then employ this unconventional tool as a brush substitute. Through rhythmic imprinting and calculated pressure variations on paper, the rubber matrix undergoes iterative experimentation. Each impression accumulates ink dynamics angular edges deposit geometric patterns while worn facets create mist like gradients.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Hong Jia Min, 2024.
Team Members: Hong Jia Min
Image Credits: Hong Jia Min