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Compact Primary Function: Masini Faʻamamā Ea by Xu Chen and Rong Zhang

Compact Primary Function: Masini Faʻamamā Ea by Xu Chen and Rong Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Ea Mālū Competition Category.


ArioEa Mālū· 2021

Compact Primary Function: Masini Faʻamamā Ea

by Xu Chen and Rong Zhang

Client: Healthlead

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Ea Mālū Category

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The Design

About Compact Primary Function: Masini Faʻamamā Ea

Book Text: O le Compact o se masini faʻamamā ea ua mamanuina mo totonu o fale laiti. E maua mai e le masini le fua o le tuʻuina atu o le ea mama e 200 kupita mita i le itula i totonu o se voluma laʻitiiti, o lea e fetaui ai le masini faʻamamā mo avanoa nofofale faʻatapulaʻa. O se ala ea fou e tuʻufaʻatasia ai le lagolago o filo faʻamamā, le tele o vaega pito i fafo ma le ala i ni vaega tasi, ma totoe ai naʻo vaega autu e lima. O le faʻaitiitia o le aofaʻi o vaega e faʻaitiitia ai le lavelave o le gaosiga ma le tau, ma taugofie ai le ea mama i totonu o fale. O se pia i le ogatotonu pito i luga e umia ai se mea talivaʻa e galue faʻatasi ma le tele o mea faʻagaioi mamao infrared. O le tino e faia mai i le ABS ua faʻafefe faʻafefeteina.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Compact Primary Function: Masini Faʻamamā Ea, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Compact Primary Function: Masini Faʻamamā Ea e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Compact Primary Function: Masini Faʻamamā Ea o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The Compact Air Purifier can blend in multitype of small scale interiors to fit target customer's living condition credit to its 200m3/h CADR into a small volume. Curves at top center reveals a receiver matched with multitype of infrared remote controller, creating an overall visual center. Corner curves and clean design illuminates its elegant impression. It merges various parts such as the filter support parts, some appearance parts and the air tunnel parts into one. Then, the product has only 5 main parts, which greatly reduces the cost.
Dimensions & Packaging
White body with grey top. Dimensions: 308mm x 153mm x 461mm
Tags
air purifier, purifier, compact, cost, curve
Production Technology
White body with grey top. ABS injection molding.
Design Challenge
The challenge comes from design constraints imposed by cost.
Research
CAP shares external and internal parts and rearranges assembling method through its innovative wind tunnel design, reducing manufacture complexity and cost. Such design enables lower retail prices and allows massive low-income population a chance to improve indoor air quality.
Inspiration
People in developing regions are facing the situation of low income and air quality issue. So the design team try to create a innovative wind tunnel to reduce manufacture complexity and cost. The design aim to allow massive low-income population a chance to improve indoor air quality. So, we redesigned the structure of the product and merged various parts such as the filter support parts, some appearance parts and the wind tunnel parts into one. Then, this product has only 5 main parts, which greatly reduces the volume and costs.
Project Duration
The project started in April 2019 in Beijing and finished in March 2020 in ShenZhen, China.
Operation Flow
Touch the button on the top of the machine.
Team Members
Xu Chen
YaoGang Chen
Rong Zhang
ZhiXue Zou

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