Empty Estojo De Cartão by Song Liu and Lei Wang

Empty Estojo De Cartão by Song Liu and Lei Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Ferro in Design de Material Artístico e de Papelaria Competition Category.

FerroMaterial Artístico· 2020

Empty Estojo De Cartão

by Song Liu and Lei Wang

Client: Rongqi

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Material Artístico Category

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The Design

About Empty Estojo De Cartão

O design da caixa do cartão de visita cria uma forma negativa para mostrar o núcleo do cartão de visita do produto; As pessoas podem facilmente empurrar o cartão de visita para fora e passá-lo para o outro lado usando os polegares duplos; O design paramétrico é usado para criar a superfície principal de maneira justa. O tamanho do cartão de visita atende aos cartões de visita padrão da Ásia, Europa e América.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Empty Estojo De Cartão conquistou o A' Design Award de Ferro, um reconhecimento prestigiado atribuído a bons designs que cumprem os requisitos profissionais e industriais esperados de criações bem concebidas. Os vencedores do Ferro demonstram grande habilidade, elevada especialização, compreensão especializada e capacidade criativa dos seus criadores. Espera-se que Empty Estojo De Cartão seja uma criação muito considerada, admirada e estimada, prática e inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as melhores práticas do setor e tem características técnicas competentes associadas a conhecimento especializado e talento. Pela sua minúcia, Empty Estojo De Cartão merece respeito e destina-se a proporcionar melhorias na qualidade de vida que ajudam a tornar o mundo num lugar melhor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The design of the name card case creates a negative shape in order to show the core of the product-name card; People can easily push the name card out and pass it to the other side by using double thumbs in manner;Parametric design is used to create the main surface fairly.The size of the name card meets the Asia, Europe, American standard name card.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 50 mm× Depth 15× Height 120 for physical products.
Weight 0.031kg.
Tags: empty, card case, parametric design
Production Technology: This product is manufactured by die-casting molding using the aviation alloy material , and CNC precision milling processing molding. The surface is processed through sandblasting, oxidation.
Design Challenge: In this project development, it was a big challenge to popularize parametric tools to the design team. Persuading the design team to use a new tool can feel like a drag on the overall project. But after learning about the new tools and the new ways of working mode brought by the new tools, we got the support of the whole team.
Research: In the design of this product, we studied the application of parametric design in the product. We used grasshopper, a plug-in of Rhino software as our main tool. The introduction of parametric design improves the efficiency of communication between designers and increases the speed of design iteration.In the design of "empty" business card case, the main surface of the product adopts parametric diamond-shaped stereogram, which decreases from the edge to the middle. Firstly, its unique mathematical beauty enhances the visual recognition of products. Secondly, the gradual change decoration pattern with rhythmic sense makes people can't help touching it, which increases the tactile experience of the product. The three-dimensional decoration pattern has directivity, which provides the basic functional coordinates for the product.
Inspiration: The design of the name card box breaks the feeling of mediocrity and cheap, let the ordinary things have a decent body. In the Internet Ages, using a name transfer ceremony and boundary information than the online social app, also have better information integrity. While the name card box have the DNA of internet which put the information in the first place. The design of this pen display the industrial beauty.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2017 in Beijing and finished in September 2018 in Beijing.
Operation Flow: One side of the top of the business card box is the movable shaft, which can be opened by the user to put their business card into. The other side is a fixed part with the same shape. User can easily push the name card out and pass it to the other side by using double thumbs in manner.
Team Members: Song Liu.
Lei Wang.