Music Pen Cap Pendop by JiaYi Cai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in IJzer in Kunst- en Kantoorbenodigdheden Ontwerp Competition Category.

IJzerKunstbenodigdheden· 2020

Music Pen Cap Pendop

by JiaYi Cai

Client: Macau University of Science and Technology

A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Kunstbenodigdheden Category

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The Design

About Music Pen Cap Pendop

Music Pen Cap is een set pendoppen voor de waterverfstiften die door kinderen van zeven tot twaalf jaar worden gebruikt. Elke dop geeft een andere toon, zodat de twaalf doppen samen een eenvoudige muzikale toonladder vormen. De klinkende punten variëren in dikte, en het oppervlak is gekleurd en afgewerkt met een laag vernis. Een verhoogde punt maakt het mogelijk om de dop met de duim op- of af te duwen. Het ontwerp is erop gericht het verlies van pendoppen te verminderen en de interesse in schilderen levend te houden. Kleine aantallen kunnen worden geprint in lichtgevoelige hars, terwijl grotere oplages kunnen worden gegoten in polypropyleen of ABS-kunststof.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in IJzer

Music Pen Cap Pendop is winnaar van de A' Design Award in IJzer, een prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan goede ontwerpen die voldoen aan de professionele en industriële eisen die worden verwacht van goed ontworpen creaties. Winnaars in IJzer tonen grote vaardigheid, hoge specialisatie, deskundig inzicht en het creatieve vermogen van hun makers. Music Pen Cap Pendop wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerde, bewonderde en gekoesterde creatie te zijn die praktisch en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in IJzer heeft gewonnen, integreert de beste praktijken uit de sector en heeft bekwame technische kenmerken die verbonden zijn met knowhow en talent. Music Pen Cap Pendop wordt gerespecteerd om zijn grondigheid en is ontworpen om verbeteringen van de levenskwaliteit te bieden die helpen de wereld een betere plek te maken.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It's a set of pen cap that can produce different sound levels.
This product is mainly aimed at children aged 7 to 12. As the first choice for children to draw, However, that fact that the misplacing and discarding of watercolor pen without cover after use up troubles people. Our product optimize the cover of watercolor pen.It can be served as musical instrument with the combination of tumbler pen cap and gamut. our products not only have longer service life but also increased various functions.
Dimensions & Packaging: Its dimension is 18*18*53(mm).
Tags: Tumbler,pen cap,emotional design,function,Life,aesthetics
Production Technology: In the design of the pen cap, we use a special color material with different thickness.Colour the surface of the Pen Cap and add a coat of varnish.Small quantities can be processed using 3D printing techniques using photosensitive resin materials. When mass production is determined, PP or ABS plastic materials can be used for batch production using molds.
Design Challenge: The process of turning thinking into design.
Research: I observe and think about the way people use products in their life, and try to find the behavior or emotional transition between people subconsciously. Then, I will have subliminal emotional reinforcement conducive to product experience, and bring people suitable and novel products.I believe that products designed in accordance with people's subconscious can not only meet people's use habits, but also make people feel that such novel experience can resonate.
Inspiration: Pen and the pen cap are always used together, "Tumbler" pen cap combines the design of scale through visual sense, tactile sensation and auditory sense to redefine a new way of communication, to let people rethink the meaning of "paint". The tip of the cap will jut out, so you can use your thumb to push it with less energy and you can also easily unload or put on it. In the design of the pen cap, we use a special color material with different thickness.
Project Duration: The project began in Macau in January 2019 and was completed in Macau in April 2019.
Operation Flow: The Music Pen Cap is arranged according to the different collocation of colors. When the pencil lightly crosses,some different tones of crisp sweet music will come out. According to the different thickness of the pronunciation point, 12 pens will have 12 different caps with different colors. The "music" pen cap can not only exercise the player's patience,stimulating their auditory development, developing their perception of music, and maintaining their interest in painting.
Patents: 201930744732.5 JiaYi Cai 2019 Guangdong ShenZhen
Team Members: JiaYi Cai is the main designer.
JiaLiang Cai : Multidisciplinary Designer
ZhiPing Chen: Material Engineering Department at UBC
ShaoShi Yan is the instructor.
Image Credits: Image #1: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #2: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #3: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #4: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #5: CAI JIAYI, 2019