Float Igikombe cyo Kunywa by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Ibikoresho by'Igikoni Competition Category.
IcyumaIbikoresho by'Igikoni· 2020
Float Igikombe cyo Kunywa
Client: Float
Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Ibikoresho by'Igikoni Category
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About Float Igikombe cyo Kunywa
Float ni igikombe gikoreshwa inshuro nyinshi cyagenewe kunywa icyayi cya bubble tea nta gapfundikizo (straw) gikoreshejwe. Igikombe gito kiri imbere gifata amabuye ya bubble hejuru y'icyayi, bityo amabuye n'icyayi bikagera mu kanwa icyarimwe igihe igikombe cyazamuwe. Icyayi gikonjeshwa n'urubura ruri hejuru mbere yuko kinyobwa, bikirinda ko iminyo ya nyuma iba ishyushye nk'uko bisanzwe bibaho mu bikombe bikoresha agapfundikizo. Float ikorwa hifashishijwe uburyo bwo gushyira plastiki mu gishushanyo (plastic injection molding) n'uburyo bwo gushyira silicone mu gishushanyo (silicone injection molding), kandi ifite ingano ya milimetero 106 ku 106 ku 236. Intego y'iyi gishushanyo ni ugukumira ikoreshwa ry'ibikombe n'imipfundikizo bikoreshwa rimwe gusa hanyuma bikajugunywa.
The Recognition
About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma
Float Igikombe cyo Kunywa ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. Float Igikombe cyo Kunywa biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. Float Igikombe cyo Kunywa yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.
Behind the Design
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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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