Shi Bandeja de Chá by Gang Wang and Guokun Wang

Shi Bandeja de Chá by Gang Wang and Guokun Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Mobiliário Competition Category.

BronzeMobiliário· 2020

Shi Bandeja de Chá

by Gang Wang and Guokun Wang

Client: Xiamen University of Technology

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Mobiliário Category

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The Design

About Shi Bandeja de Chá

Shi é uma bandeja de chá concebida para o preparo e o serviço de chá. Shi combina um disco de pedra natural com um chassi de alumínio para a água. A superfície divide-se numa área plana e numa área côncava, com uma diferença de altura de 16 milímetros. A área plana mantém-se seca e acolhe o conjunto de chá, enquanto a área côncava recolhe e escoa a água usada. O ralo situa-se no ponto mais baixo da superfície côncava, de modo que o nível da água permanece visível e a bandeja pode ser esvaziada a tempo. A pedra é moldada por corte controlado por computador e acabada por jateamento de areia.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Shi Bandeja de Chá conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Shi Bandeja de Chá seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Shi Bandeja de Chá satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tea tray is usually plane and tea water flows everywhere when using under the condition, which brings inconvenience. The design inspiration comes from bridge, which integrates plane & concave and presents the tension of shape. The concave brings height difference, which not only realizes dry and wet depart, but also can be easy to drain water, while cleverly reminding the state of water storage.
Dimensions & Packaging: Product size Width 140mm x Depth 600mm x Height40mm
Package size Width 260mm x Depth700mm x Height80mm
Tags: tea tray, stone design, simple, natural interaction, instinct, light weight, different materials combination
Production Technology: Shi is made of natural stone and aluminum. The natural stone is treated by CNC and water knife cutting molding technology, which surface is realized by sandblasting technology. The aluminum is treated by die drawing and cutting technology, which surface is realized by matte painting.
Design Challenge: The concave curvature of natural stone plate should not only ensure the high efficiency of drainage, and the realization of modeling, but also satisfy the reminding of water level. Through the virtual simulation and physical model test, the radius of curvature of the concave surface is determined to be 212 mm finally.
Research: The tea tray design belongs to the application research, which object is to guide user behavior through the simplest language form, combining with ways of user interview, focusing group, product usability testing, consumer diary.
Inspiration: Shi is a kind of water storage tea tray, which is made of natural stone and metal (aluminum) water chassis, modeling simple. The disk is designed with drop type through the plane with concave surface, with height difference of 1.6 cm. The plane is used as dry areas, the concave as wet areas, which cleverly realizes tea-making scenarios of dry and wet depart. Besides, for the concave is lower, so we can visually see the tea overflowing from the drain, which prompts the user dumping of tea.
Project Duration: The project was started in xiamen in February 2019, completed in xiamen in September 2019 and exhibited in Shanghai in October 2019.
Operation Flow: The flat part of the tea tray is placed with the tea set and the concave part is the operating area. The height difference between the plane surface and concave surface allows an efficient drainage. When the water reaches three quarters of the tank, the user can visually observe the water level from the lowest point of the concave surface to facilitate the timely dumping.
Patents: PATENTS，201930411752.0，Gang Wang，2019，China
Team Members: Guokun Wang
Chenghua Pan
Xinya Feng
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.