Menhao Tea Ipfunyika ry'Icyayi by Chushan Design

Menhao Tea Ipfunyika ry'Icyayi by Chushan Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu in Igishushanyo cy'Ipaki Competition Category.

ZahabuIpaki· 2025

Menhao Tea Ipfunyika ry'Icyayi

by Chushan Design

Client: Shenzhen Chushan Design Culture Group Co., Ltd.

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu Winner in Ipaki Category

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The Design

About Menhao Tea Ipfunyika ry'Icyayi

Menhao Tea ni sisitemu y'ipfunyika ry'icyayi, ryakozwe mu buryo bw'agasanduku k'ububiko bw'inyandiko z'agaciro. Iri shusho rigaragaza ibyiciro bitandatu by'icyayi ku giti cy'amasano (phylogenetic tree), hamwe na koordinate z'inkomoko, gahunda y'ibihe by'ubukorikori n'ingero z'uburyohe. Buri kagapfunyika ko imbere kagaragaza koordinate z'aho gaturuka, imyaka y'igiti n'amakuru y'uburyo bwo gutunganya, bisimbuza amagambo adasobanutse yo gusogongera imibare ipimika. Agasanduku gakozwe mu mpapuro za kraft zishobora kozwa kandi gafungwa n'umugozi w'ipamba, bityo agasanduku gashobora kongera gukoreshwa. Ikandagizwa ry'ibipapuro bya bronze n'ifeza rigaragaza imitako y'amashami y'icyayi n'ibipimo. Buri gasanduku karimo udupfunyika 66 twa garama 3.6.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu

Menhao Tea Ipfunyika ry'Icyayi ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Zahabu, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo biri ku rwego rwa mbere, bitangaje kandi by'indashyikirwa. Abegukanye Zahabu ni ibihangano birimo udushya twinshi, bifite icyerekezo kandi bimurika, bigaragaza impano, ubwenge n'ubuhanga bw'ababihanze. Menhao Tea Ipfunyika ry'Icyayi biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano gishimwa cyane, gishyiraho imigendekere mishya kandi gitanga agaciro katigeze kaboneka. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Zahabu ni umushinga utangaje kandi wubahwa ugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Menhao Tea Ipfunyika ry'Icyayi itera ibyifuzo bikomeye, ikangura ishyaka, ishishikariza guhanga kandi igatwara imitima yacu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This innovative system visualizes tea cultivation through biological phylogenetic trees, mapping six major tea categories with terroir coordinates, craft evolution timelines, and flavor matrices. The archival case uses washable kraft paper for extended utility, resonating with academic aesthetics in study environments. Each inner capsule details geo-coordinates, tree age, and processing parameters, synchronized with a traceable quality DB to empower scientific tea selection for Menhao Tea.
Dimensions & Packaging: Each box contains 66 pre-measured sachets (3.6g/sachet) scientifically calibrated for dedicated teapots, achieving ideal infusion strength through single brew optimization for Menhao Tea.
Tags: Archive, Tea, Pu'er, Philosophy, Theory
Production Technology: The closure system with cotton cord reinforcement and washable kraft paper enables sustainable reuse cycles. Bronze gold hot foil stamping creates tea-branch motifs as visual anchors, complemented by silver foil parameter indicators and tactile sticker overlays that enhance visual hierarchy - establishing an archival-grade gift system balancing academic rigor and modern aesthetics for Menhao Tea.
Design Challenge: By integrating archival design elements and heritage materials, this system transforms tea selection from sensory intuition to data-driven decisions, shifting Menghao Tea culture from ambiguous traditions to measurable quality benchmarks.
Research: The research aims to establish a scientific decision-making model for tea consumption through dual approaches: visual semiotic translation and material lifecycle testing . By quantifying intangible heritage techniques into measurable craft parameters, this initiative demystifies tea culture while innovating an archival paradigm for consumer goods.
Inspiration: Inspired by 19th-century botanical archives, this system decodes tea evaluation through scientific visual metrics. Chromatic scales, quantified flavor indicators , and origin traceability codes replace ambiguous descriptors like "mellow sweetness", constructing a verifiable decision-making framework for Menhao Tea selection.
Project Duration: The project was launched in Shenzhen, China in November 2024 and fully implemented by January 2025.
Operation Flow: The archival cord-sealed closure system transforms each unboxing into tactile document retrieval ritual. This material narrative bridges historical tea research with contemporary consumption scenarios, creating sensorial archive access points for Menhao Tea.
Team Members: Yin Peng
Li Linlin
Image Credits: Image : Photographer Wang yue, Menhao Tea , 2024.