Float Kapu Inu by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu

Float Kapu Inu by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taputapu Tunu, Rīhi, Inu me te Kuku Competition Category.

RinoTaputapu Kīhini· 2020

Float Kapu Inu

by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu

Client: Float

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Taputapu Kīhini Category

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The Design

About Float Kapu Inu

Ko Float he kapu whakamahi anōtia i hangaia hei inu tī pupuhi mo te kore hiakai ki te kakau miti. He kapu iti kei roto e pupuri ana i ngā puru i runga ake i te tī, nā reira ka eke tahi ngā puru me te tī ki te waha i te wā e hikitia ana te kapu. Ka whakamātaotia te tī e te hukapapa kei runga ake i mua i te inumanga, e karo ana i ngā migi whakamutunga mahana e kitea nuitia ana i ngā kapu kakau miti. Ka hangaia a Float mā te whakarewa hātepe kīhini kirihou me te whakarewa hātepe kīhini konumohe, ā, ko ōna nui he 106 ki te 106 ki te 236 mirimita. Ko te whāinga o te hoahoa he whakaiti i te whakamahinga o ngā kapu kore-hoki-mai me ngā kakau miti.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Float Kapu Inu 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 Float Kapu Inu 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 Float Kapu Inu 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: FLOAT is a reusable cup that doesn’t need a straw but still can drink bubble tea. The inner cup put the bubbles above the drink, so the tea and bubbles would arrive at our mouth together while we raise our head to drink. Also, in this way, the tea will be cooled by ice before drinking, which solves the problem that the straw cups always let people drink the bottom part of the drink which isn’t cooled by ice piece above the drink.
Dimensions & Packaging: 106mm x 106mm x 236mm
Tags: reusable, cup, bubble tea, sustainable design
Production Technology: plastic injection molding, silicone injection molding
Design Challenge: The most difficult part in the process is the adjustments of using fluency. Based on our core concept ”the motivation of continuous using comes from a good user experience", we improved and adjusted hundreds of times in details such as the caliber of the rim and the slope of the inner cup, in order to make user has the best drinking experience.
Research: “Bubble tea” is an unique street drink culture that is risen in Taiwan since the 1980s. According to media statistics, more than 1.5 billion cups of bubble tea drinks are sold every year in Taiwan, which means there are more than 1.5 billion disposable containers are used every year as well.
Although there are many reusable cups being launched every year in Taiwan, we found that people tend to lower the time of using after buying them. So we did survey, interviews and use mind-mapping to find the reason: the reusable straws are not only difficult to clean, but also not easy to carry around.
That’s why we came up with Float to be the solution to these problems.
Inspiration: Bubble tea is an unique street drink culture in Taiwan; however, a handful freshness each day brings a billion of disposable plastic cups and plastic straw waste every year. We want to create a experience that is better than the disposable straw cup, and let people be more willing to use reusable cup to purchase bubble tea. reduce the numbers of disposable plastic cups and straws.
Project Duration: Started from Nov. 2018 to Dec. 2019
Operation Flow: FLOAT is a reusable cup that doesn’t need a straw but still can drink bubble tea. The inner cup put the bubbles above the drink, so the tea and bubbles would arrive at our mouth together while we raise our head to drink. Since people make a billion of disposable plastic cups and plastic straw waste while drinking bubble tea, we want to create a experience that is better than the disposable straw cup, and let people be more willing to use reusable cup to purchase bubble tea, and reduce the numbers of disposable plastic cups and straws.
Patents: Patented.
Patent No. M584644
Patent Holder. Wu, Tianyu ; SHIH FANG
Year. 2019
Team Members: Fang Shih
Tian-yu Wu
Image Credits: All Images: Photographer Oni Lai