Float Chikho Chomwera by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Zophikira, Zodyera, Makopo ndi Zophikira Competition Category.
ChitsuloZida za Kukhitchini· 2020
Float Chikho Chomwera
Client: Float
Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award Winner in Zida za Kukhitchini Category
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About Float Chikho Chomwera
Float ndi chikho chogwiritsidwanso ntchito chopangidwa kuti muzimwera tiyi wa bubble popanda situroyi. Chikho chaching'ono chamkati chimagwira mabulosi pamwamba pa tiyi, kotero kuti mabulosiwo ndi tiyiyo zimafika pakamwa limodzi pamene chikhocho chakwezedwa. Tiyiyo imazizidwa ndi ayezi amene ali pamwambapo tisanamwedwe, zomwe zimapewa vuto la madzi ofunda kwambiri pamalendo omaliza monga zimachitikira ndi zikho za situroyi. Float amapangidwa ndi njira ya plastic injection molding ndi silicone injection molding ndipo ali ndi kukula kwa 106 kwa 106 kwa 236 millimeters. Cholinga cha kapangidwe kameneka ndi kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito zikho ndi situroyi zopondera kamodzi n'kutaya.
The Recognition
About the Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award
Float Chikho Chomwera ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino omwe amakwaniritsa zofunika za akatswiri ndi za makampani zomwe zimayembekezeka kuchokera ku zolengedwa zopangidwa bwino. Opambana a Chitsulo amaonetsa luso lalikulu, ukatswiri wapamwamba, kumvetsetsa kwa akatswiri ndi mphamvu yolenga ya opanga awo. Float Chikho Chomwera akuyembekezeka kukhala cholengedwa choyamikiridwa kwambiri, chosirira ndi chokondedwa chomwe ndi chothandiza ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a makampani ndipo ali ndi makhalidwe a ukadaulo oyenerera olumikizidwa ndi chidziwitso ndi luso. Float Chikho Chomwera amalemekezedwa chifukwa cha kusamala kwake ndipo anapangidwa kuti apereke kukonza kwa moyo kumene kumathandiza kusandutsa dziko kukhala malo abwino.
Behind the Design
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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
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