Yunlai Igikombe cy'Icyayi by Siyu Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Ubuhanzi Bwiza Competition Category.

BuronzeUbuhanzi Bwiza· 2021

Yunlai Igikombe cy'Icyayi

by Siyu Liu

Client: Chowan

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Ubuhanzi Bwiza Category

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The Design

About Yunlai Igikombe cy'Icyayi

Igikombe cya Yunlai ni igicuruzwa cyakozwe ku buryo bw'ubukorikori muri atelier y'ikirahure gishyushye i Guangzhou, mu Bushinwa. Yunlai mu rurimi rw'Ikinyashinwa bisobanura ibicu byizamuka buhoro buhoro. Ibishushanyo byacyo biturutse ku bushakashatsi bwo guhuza frit y'ikirahure itagatifu cyane n'ikoranabuhanga ryo gusahura umucanga ku bushyuhe bukabije hamwe n'umwanya w'ibicu kuva mu masengesho gakondo y'imiterere y'ubutaka. Umushushanya narenze kandi kuri ergonomique mu gushushanya kwubahirije imiterere, ahuza mu buryo kamere uburyo bwo guhuza n'imbaraga zo gufata by'ikiganza.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Yunlai Igikombe cy'Icyayi ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Yunlai Igikombe cy'Icyayi biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Yunlai Igikombe cy'Icyayi ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Yunlai cup is made by handmade glass workshop.
It is a design that combines humanities and arts with daily functions. Its design language comes from simulating the flowing cloud lines formed by the natural transpiration of the unique green landscape in the mid-latitude inland of the Northern Hemisphere.
At the same time, it takes into account ergonomic considerations in the streamlined design and organically combines cloud modeling with the natural contact of palm and the angle of finger holding.
Dimensions & Packaging: Maximum width 68mm x Depth 52 mm x Height 51 mm
Tags: glass, Yunlai, tea, drinking
Production Technology: The material used in this product is heat-resistant glass. It used the technology of extra-thick glass-frit and high temperature sandblasting to achieve the visual result of 70% light transmittance. It was blown out in the hot workshop of the glass studio.
Design Challenge: Although I found glass, a material that can convey ethereal oriental beauty, However, the biggest challenge is that too transparent materials are difficult to convey the concepts of blank space and invisibility in oriental aesthetics. Therefore, we continue to negotiate with the glass studio to finally obtain an inner wall thicker than ordinary glasses and make the surface reach 70% light transmittance through high-temperature sandblasting process.
Research: My research goal has always been promoting cross-cultural understanding by innovating the relationship between people and daily objects. Yunlai in Chinese means that clouds slowly rise from mountain forests, which is a portrayal of the natural landscape in most inland hilly areas of China. In order to achieve this goal, I spent a long time visiting glass handicraft studios and factories all over China to study the craft of hand-blown glass.
Inspiration: The design inspiration comes from the research on hand-blown extra-thick glass frit and high-temperature sandblasting technology, as well as observing and recording for many years and depicting the unique cloud form in inland hilly areas of the Northern Hemisphere and the visual relationship between blank space in landscape painting, combined with high-temperature sandblasting technology, the light can form soft refraction lines at different angles during use, thus reflecting this humanistic and artistic feeling from a specific geographical environment.
Project Duration: The project was launched in Guangzhou, China in January 2020 and finished in June 2020. It was exhibited and included in Tmall's original design list and was sold online in September 2020.
Operation Flow: It is suitable for a variety of daily life scenes, like for drinking beverages with various temperatures, alcohol contents, and traditional Kung Fu tea. While using it, it can observe the light and shadow refraction like invisible swimming clouds from different angles.
Its shape also provides a suitable experience for human hands to grasp. Glass can be washed in the dishwasher.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Siyu Liu, 2020.
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Siyu Liu
Image #2 : Photographer Siyu Liu
Image #3 : Photographer Siyu Liu
Image #4 : Photographer Siyu Liu
Image #5 : Photographer Siyu Liu