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Renew Marcador amb recarga remplaçabla by Zhen Zhang and Yanan Sun

Renew Marcador amb recarga remplaçabla by Zhen Zhang and Yanan Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award d'Argent in Forniduras d'Art Competition Category.


ArgentForniduras d'Art· 2022

Renew Marcador amb recarga remplaçabla

by Zhen Zhang and Yanan Sun

Client: DaoDun Design

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Forniduras d'Art Category

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The Design

About Renew Marcador amb recarga remplaçabla

Renew es un marcador concebut per remplaçar rapidament lo còr d'encra. Lo pòrta-pluma se desvissa amb un movement de torsion, aital la ponta se separa del còr e se pòt inserir un còr novèl sens escampar d'encra. Lo mecanisme de torsion manten lo pòrta-pluma en plaça quand se tira lo capuchon. De rasas a l'entorn de la ponta en fibra permeton a la ponta de se plegar, çò que manten un contacte complet amb la superfícia del papièr. La forma del capuchon indica lo grasitge de la ponta, e las colors coordonadas del capuchon e del pòrta-pluma mòstran la direccion d'inclinason de la ponta. Lo còs es fach de plastic amb una seccion en cauchoc.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Renew Marcador amb recarga remplaçabla a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent, una reconeissença extraordinàriament prestigiosa acordada a de designs d'ort de gamma, esplendids e impressionants. Los ganhaires de l'Argent son d'òbras terriblament brilhantas e extrèmament creativas que illustran l'experiéncia, lo talent e la finessa excepcionals de lors designers. S'espèra que Renew Marcador amb recarga remplaçabla siá una òbra meravilhosa e de referéncia, notablament professionala e prigondament innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent es una invencion fòrça notabla e admirada, que fa un ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Renew Marcador amb recarga remplaçabla es una creacion immensament envejada que desrevelha de desirs, aduch de sentiments positius e fa néisser l'estonament e l'esmaiment.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
This is a replaceable marker. Unlike existing markers, where refill is injected from the tip of the pen, the user can unscrew the marker, remove the refill and replace it. The pen cap of different shapes indicates the thickness of the pen cap. When fastening the thick pen cap, the color of the pen cap and the penholder can ensure the tilt direction of the pen cap, so as to avoid the pen tip upside down when using it next time.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 160mm x Depth 15mm x Height 15mm
Tags
Quick change, marker, refill, twist
Production Technology
The pen body is made of plastic, the middle gray material is rubber, and the tip is made of fiber
Design Challenge
The design challenge is how to change the refill quickly. By removing the marker, we found that the tip of the pen is inserted into the core to drain the pen water.Therefore, we decided to design the pen holder for the marker to be detachable. In order to prevent the pen holder from being pulled out when the cap is removed, the opening mode of the pen holder was designed to be twisted.Another challenge with this design is how to make sure the lines drawn by the markers are smooth. We designed grooves around the tip of the pen so that the tip can bend around to ensure that it fits the surface of the paper.
Research
By replacing the marker fluid, we found that the fluid tended to overflow. We disassembled the marker and found that the reason why the fluid flows is the pen tip is inserted into the core. Therefore, we connect the pen tip with the penholder, remove the penholder to achieve the separation of the pen tip and the pen core, to achieve the purpose of replacing the pen core.
Inspiration
Current markers are less efficient at filling pen water.The inspiration of this design comes from the replacement of the battery. Unscrew the penholder and replace the pen core. When the penholder is inserted back, the internal pen tip can be inserted into the pen core, so as to achieve the purpose of quickly replacing the supplement liquid and extending the service life of the pen.
Project Duration
The project was started in October 2021 in Beijing and finished in November 2021 in Beijing.
Operation Flow
When the pen runs out of water, the user covers the pen holder and twists it to unplug the pen and replace the pen core. In the drawing process, due to the space left for the pen tip to be bent, the complete contact between the pen tip and the paper surface can be guaranteed when the force is applied. The pen cap of different shapes indicates the thickness of the pen tip. When the pen cap corresponds to the color of the pen holder, the tilt direction of the pen cap can indicate the tilt direction of the pen tip.
Team Members
Designer:Yunsong Liu
Designer:Zhen Zhang
Designer:Yanan Sun
Designer:Xiaofan Zhou
Image Credits
Image #1: Designer Yunsong Liu, Renew, 2021.
Image #2: Designer Zhen Zhang, Renew, 2021.
Image #3: Designer Xiaofan Zhou, Renew, 2021.
Image #4: Designer Yanan Sun, Renew, 2021.
Image #5: Designer Yunsong Liu, Renew, 2021.

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