Float Upyana Q'ero by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Yanuna Llamkana Kamay Competition Category.
FierruYanuna Llamkana· 2020
Float Upyana Q'ero
Client: Float
A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Yanuna Llamkana Category
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The Design
About Float Upyana Q'ero
Float nisqaqa, huk kutimanta hukmanta servikuq q'eroqa, "bubble tea" nisqata pitusniyoqta mana upyanapaqmi diseñasqa kanku. Ukhu q'eroqa buburbujakunata teemanta patapi hap'in, chaymi q'erota hoqarichkaspa burbujakunapas teepas kuska simiman chayanku. Teeqa qonqorninpa hanaqpi kachkaq chullunkuwan chiriyachisqa kan, ñawpaqta upyanapaq, chaymi pitusniyoq q'erokunapi rikhurikuq qhata puchukaq trawuchakunata upyanata pisichin. Float-qa plásticomanta hina siliconamanta chullurichispa (injection molding) ruwasqa kan, kayninpas 106 kimsanta 106 kimsanta 236 milímetroswan tupun. Kay diseñoq munayninqa mast'ana q'erokunata chaymanta pitusnintapas pisichanapaqmi kan.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu
Float Upyana Q'ero A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. Float Upyana Q'ero sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta Float Upyana Q'ero yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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