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Qterra Craft سفري ماگ by Pierre Baston, Raeshon McNeil and Patrick Bailey

Qterra Craft سفري ماگ by Pierre Baston, Raeshon McNeil and Patrick Bailey is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award برونز انعام in بيڪ ويئر، ٽيبل ويئر، ڊرنڪ ويئر ۽ ڪڪ ويئر ڊيزائن Competition Category.


برونزباورچيخاني جو سامان· 2022

Qterra Craft سفري ماگ

by Pierre Baston, Raeshon McNeil and Patrick Bailey

Client: Qterra Travel Brewers

A' Design Award برونز انعام Winner in باورچيخاني جو سامان Category

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The Design

About Qterra Craft سفري ماگ

Qterra Craft هڪ سفري ماگ آهي، جو ٻاهرئين ڪنٽرول ذريعي تازي ڪافي يا چاءِ تيار ڪري ٿو. اهو ماگ پيسيل ڪافي يا چاءِ جي پنن ۽ گرم پاڻي کي الڳ الڳ رکي ٿو، ۽ گھربل موقعي تي اُبال شروع ۽ بند ٿي سگهي ٿو. ٻاهرئين ڊائل کي موڙڻ سان هڪ ٽيليسڪوپنگ باسڪيٽ ڦهلجي ٿي، جنهنڪري استعمال دوران ماگ بند رهي ٿو. ماگ جي ڀتين ۾ لڳل هڪ فيز چينج مادو گرم مشروب کي 60 ڊگري سيلسيس تائين ٿڌو ڪري ٿو، جيئن اهو محفوظ طريقي سان پيتو وڃي سگهي. جيئن ٿڌو ٿيڻ جو عمل مڪمل ٿئي ٿو، تيئن هڪ پيلي رنگ جي رِنگ رنگ مٽائي ٿي. مقناطيسي سجاوٽي مِيڊلين ماگ جي بنيادي حصي سان لڳائي سڪن ٿيون، جيڪي ذاتي انداز ڏيڻ لاءِ استعمال ٿين ٿيون.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award برونز انعام

Qterra Craft سفري ماگ A' Design Award برونز انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، تمام گهڻو معزز اعتراف جيڪو تخليقيت، اختراع ۽ ذڪاوت سان ممتاز بهترين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. برونز جا کٽيندڙ ڀرپور مهارت واريون ۽ نمايان طور تخليقي شاهڪار آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي وسيع تجربي، تخيل ۽ ڏاهپ جي تصديق ڪن ٿيون. Qterra Craft سفري ماگ کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پيارو شيءِ هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award برونز انعام کٽيو آهي، فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي ۾ بهترين طريقا شامل ڪري ٿو ۽ ننڍين تفصيلن ڏانهن ڌيان ڏيڻ ڪري شاندار آهي. Qterra Craft سفري ماگ ضرورتون خوبصورتيءَ سان پوريون ڪري ٿو، خواهشن کي ڇهي ٿو، جذبن کي موهي ٿو ۽ تجسس ڇڪي ٿو.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Qterra Craft is a travel mug that makes fresh-brewed coffee or tea on the go with just the twist of a dial. The Craft carries ground coffee or tea leaves and hot water separately, starts and stops brewing on demand, and quickly cools hot beverage for safe drinking, all without the user’s ever opening the mug. A bright yellow ring changes color to signal when cooling is done. Interchangeable artistic medallions attach to the bottom and show the user's style every time he lifts his mug to drink.
Dimensions & Packaging
Dimensions: 100mm (widest), 62mm (base) / 230mm. Weight: 0.7kg. Volume: 355ml brewed beverage. No electrical power, cords, or batteries required.
Tags
travel, mug, brew, coffee, tea, infuser, French press, steep
Production Technology
To enable control of brewing time without opening the device and risking spills, Qterra created a telescoping basket with cam-and-follower design. The basket keeps brewing ingredients dry and fresh in transport, but expands 2-1/2 times in volume for brewing in response to the twist of an external dial. A heat-absorbing phase change material (PCM) in the walls quickly cools hot beverage to a safe 60C, and keeps it there for drinking. A thermochromic paint ring changes color to let users know when it's safe to drink, to avoid burned tongues. And magnetic disks of various materials and artistic designs attach to the Qterra's bottom to allow easy personalization to match users' changing moods.
Design Challenge
For richest flavor from tea and coffee, Qterra Craft would have to keep water hot until the user decided to brew. But to avoid a long wait or burned tongue, the Craft would also have to cool hot beverage quickly for drinking once it was brewed. Qterra solved this dual challenge by enabling the user to switch from insulating to cooling his drink just by twisting to lengthen the mug 2.5cm (1 in).
Research
Tackling the dual challenges of Qterra Craft's temperature control required a search for exceptional insulating and cooling materials, computation of ideal tapering angles, thermodynamic modelling, and prototype testing. The team found inspiration in items as diverse as telescopes, 18th-century Japanese teapots and high-end footwear. The result is a stylish design enabling the fresh brewing of hot beverages on the spot, safely and seamlessly, for richest flavor and maximum antioxidants.
Inspiration
Pierre Baston developed a deep appreciation of hot beverages over many trips to Argentina. There, he was struck by the Argentine passion for mate - a hot herbal infusion created by indigenous Guarani people 500 years ago. In Argentina, to drink mate is to brew mate, as it is almost always prepared by the drinker on the spot, just moments before drinking. With Qterra Craft, Pierre brings the freedom of easy, eco-friendly craft brewing on the go to coffee and tea lovers everywhere.
Project Duration
The project, inspired in Argentina, started in the form of initial designs created in Philadelphia in 2017, and launched in November 2021.
Operation Flow
Qterra Craft delivers rich flavor and antioxidants that come only from tea or coffee that is brewed fresh on the spot. The slim unit contains all brewing ingredients and equipment within it, and brews by external control for safe and easy brewing wherever you may be. Users get an unlimited choice of ground coffee or loose leaf tea, precise control of brewing time and agitation, and freedom from coffeehouse prices and lines. With rapid cooling to prevent burned tongues too, a seamless experience.
Team Members
Inventor: Pierre Baston
Industrial Designer: Raeshon McNeil
Lead Engineer: Patrick Bailey

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