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Happy Aquarius Workout Silicone Water Bottle

A' Design Award 2017 Gold Winner in Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design

19 April 2017

Happy Aquarius Workout Silicone Water Bottle by Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen
Happy Aquarius Workout Silicone Water Bottle by Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen
Happy Aquarius Workout Silicone Water Bottle by Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen
Happy Aquarius Workout Silicone Water Bottle by Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen
Happy Aquarius Workout Silicone Water Bottle by Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen

Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen · CLIENT: ACDC Creative

Happy Aquarius is a safe and good grip water bottle for all ages. It has a smooth smiling curvature shape designed and eye-catching double sided colors appearance, presenting a sense of young, energetic and fashionable. Made by 100 % recyclable food grade silicone, sustaining temperature range form 220 deg. C to -40 deg. C, no plasticizer leached out and is BPA free. The soft touch surface coating provides silky feel, nice in hold and grip. Springiness, elasticity and the hollow structure feature enable the bottle to work-out as hand gripper as well as light-weight dumbbell.

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Unique Properties
The smooth smiling curvature design and eye-catching appearance by combination of duo colors, showing a sense of young, energetic and fashionable. Made by 100 % recyclable food grade silicone material, sustaining high low temperature 220deg C ~ -40deg C, safe without any leaching of plasticizer and is BPA free. The soft touch surface coating provides silky feel good hold and grip, its flexibility, elasticity and the center hollow structure feature enable the bottle to workout as hand gripper and light-weight dumbbell.
Dimensions & Packaging
Size: L100 W80 H240 mm
Volume: 400ml
Material: FDA food grade silicone
Tags
Silicone, Water, Bottle, Workout, Aquarius.
Production Technology
Material: Using Silicone as the main material for water bottle is the first of its kind.
Production Tech: Double Sided Color Formation method was menifested.
Surface Touching:Silky Soft Touch Coating, enhance the touch of the surface.
Design Challenge
Double sided Color Formation for silicone material is always a challenge, and a curvature hollow structure in the middle of the bottle was even a much tougher challenge. In order to achieve the good hold and grip shape, eye-catching color planning, a special molding technique applied. This kept the team try and error for many times that finally comes up with the good solution.
Project Duration
The project started in 2014 finished in 2015 in Tainan, and was exhibited in 2015 Creative Expo Taiwan as well as 2015 Taipei International Invention Show. Awarded by 2015 GoldenPin Design Award, Taiwan. Design Patent D167870.
Operation Flow
Is a safe and good hold water bottle for all ages. Soft touch coating on the surface, providing a silky feel. Besides its water bottle usage, it can be used as handgripper or dumbbell.
Research
Type of Research: Silicone Material in Daily Use
Research Objectives: To achieve the very first water bottle to be made in silicone material with double sided color and hollow structure.
Methodology: Morphological Analysis, Image Scale.
Data Collections: Market Survey, Target User Analysis.
Research Tools: Solidworks, Sketch-Up, 3D Printing.
Inspiration
When I noticed water bottle made by PC or plastic will leach out plasticizer & BPA, I try to design a bottle safe enough for my children. So I come up with this silicone water bottle with peanut shape which is good hold & grip.
Image Credits
ChungSheng Chen
Patents
Design Patented. Patent No: D167870. Patent holder: Acdesign Associates International CO.,Ltd. 2015. TAIWAN.

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