The Natural Fountain Fa'aaogaina Muamua: Fa'apuna Vai mo Fagafao by Xu Chen and Rong Zhang

The Natural Fountain Fa'aaogaina Muamua: Fa'apuna Vai mo Fagafao by Xu Chen and Rong Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Apamemea in Tausiga Manu Fale Competition Category.

ApamemeaTausiga Manu Fale· 2021

The Natural Fountain Fa'aaogaina Muamua: Fa'apuna Vai mo Fagafao

by Xu Chen and Rong Zhang

Client: Healthlead

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Tausiga Manu Fale Category

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The Design

About The Natural Fountain Fa'aaogaina Muamua: Fa'apuna Vai mo Fagafao

Tusitusiga o le Tusi: O le Natural Fountain o se masini tufatufa vai inu mo fagafao. O le gagana o le mamanu e faigofie ma toafilemu, ma e atagia mai ai se manaʻoga mo se olaga mafanafana ma malolo. O se pito i luga e sinuositā malū e fausia ai se vaieli papaʻu, o lea o le gaioiga o le inu e toe faamanatu mai ai se siʻomaga faalenatura ma fesootaʻi ai tagata, fagafao ma le natura. O le tino fa'ata'ita'i o le mamanu e fai i le ABS e ala i le sasaina o vai i totonu (injection molding) ma o loʻo iai se iunite fa'amama fa'ama'i UV ma se faiga fa'amama vai fa'ata'amilo, e lagolagoina ai le soifua maloloina i le inu vai. O le masini paʻepaʻe e fua i le 200 i le 200 i le 180 milimita. E tasi le fa'amau e ki ai le fa'apuna, ma o le oomi mo le tolu sekone e tape ai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai The Natural Fountain Fa'aaogaina Muamua: Fa'apuna Vai mo Fagafao, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina The Natural Fountain Fa'aaogaina Muamua: Fa'apuna Vai mo Fagafao e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. The Natural Fountain Fa'aaogaina Muamua: Fa'apuna Vai mo Fagafao e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Natural Fountain(TNF) employs a timeless and inartificial design language that represents modern people's attitude for pursuing a simple and cozy lifestyle. The soft top curved surface creates a water puddle for pets' drinking need and conveys a pure concept from minimalism. Pet's drinking process from the puddle engages people in association of natural lifestyle. TNF's geometric body carries innovative UV sterilization and water circulation filter system.
Dimensions & Packaging: Pure white product. Dimensions: 200mm x 200mm x 180mm
Tags: natural, fountain, pet, drinking, soft, curved, cozy, timeless
Production Technology: It is made of ABS injection molding. Its geometric body carries innovative UV sterilization and water circulation filter system. Such design not only focuses on pets drinking health but also visually illuminates the device's unique and elegant top curved surface.
Design Challenge: The balance of minimalist aesthetics and natural style.
Research: According to the China Urban Life Research, 78.4% of young people live in a high-pressure life, and they yearn for a comfortable and relaxed rural lifestyle. Products with natural style can engage people in association of natural lifestyle.
Inspiration: According to the China Urban Life Research, 78.4% of young people live in a high-pressure life, and they yearn for a comfortable and relaxed rural lifestyle. At the same time, pets living in the city are far from the original state of life in the wild. In this context, we hope to design a pet water dispenser to embodies an original linkage between human, pets and nature.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2019 in Beijing and finished in March 2020 in Shenzhen China.
Operation Flow: The Natural Fountain has only one single button. Touch the button to turn it on, long press for 3 seconds to turn it off. It can work automatically.
Team Members: Xu Chen
YaoGang Chen
Rong Zhang
ZhiXue Zou