Fold Taga Ti Vailaau Fa'aSaina Masani by Miao Jingyi and Zou Hu

Fold Taga Ti Vailaau Fa'aSaina Masani by Miao Jingyi and Zou Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Afifi Competition Category.

ArioAfifi· 2024

Fold Taga Ti Vailaau Fa'aSaina Masani

by Miao Jingyi and Zou Hu

Client: Mz Design

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Afifi Category

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The Design

About Fold Taga Ti Vailaau Fa'aSaina Masani

Ua fa'aalia e su'ega o le malosi o vaega aoga i le vai o taga ti tautau masani e na'o le 40 pasene pe a fa'atusatusa i le fa'afefete sa'o o vailaau. E mafua mai lenei ona e afifi e taga ti masani le vailaau i totonu, ma faigata ai le tafe lelei o le vai mai totonu i fafo. O lenei fa'ata'ita'iga e fa'amoemoe e fa'ateleina ai le malosi o le vailaau aoga ma fa'aitiitia le maumau o vailaau. Matou te fa'amoemoe fo'i e fa'aogaina le metotia fa'apipi'i pepa e sefe ai le tele o le oloa e fa'atino ai manatu o le fa'ata'ita'iga tumau. A liligi le vai i totonu, o le a fofola taulua ma taulua mai se tulaga fa'apipi'i mafolafola, ma fa'atūina se fausaga paelo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Fold Taga Ti Vailaau Fa'aSaina Masani, 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 Fold Taga Ti Vailaau Fa'aSaina Masani 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. Fold Taga Ti Vailaau Fa'aSaina Masani 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

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This traditional Chinese medicine teabag can improve the extraction efficiency of water on ingredient when brewing and improve the "effective ingredients concentration" in medicine liquid.
This teabag adopts the process of "origami". When water is poured into it, it will unfold layer by layer from a flat folded shape, forming a barrel structure. This design not only ensures extraction efficiency, but also reduces the package volume by 60%, reducing carbon emissions during transportation.
Dimensions & Packaging: During the design process, we created models of different sizes and collected user feedback and data. After ergonomic testing, the product was selected in the following dimensions: 95 mm x 95 mm x 16 mm. The outer packaging was selected in the following sizes: 100 mm x 100 mm x 100 mm.
The outer packaging is made of 100% biodegradable and renewable paper, which is lightweight and sustainable. It is printed with environmentally friendly ink to reduce pressure on the environment.
Tags: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Teabag, Sustainable Design, Fold Structure, Reduce Waste
Production Technology: This design uses 100% biodegradable and renewable paper as the raw material to produce environmentally friendly food grade filter paper. Folds are formed through the origami pressing process, resulting in a flat folding structure. The outer packaging also uses biodegradable and renewable paper, which is lightweight and environmentally friendly.
This folding structure design reduces transportation space by 60%, reducing production costs and carbon emissions during transportation.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this design is the early testing stage, where testing the efficacy of various teabags on the market requires the use of expensive testing instruments and a long cycle.
The shape design of this product is also a challenge. It not only needs to be beautiful, but also needs to achieve the function of maximizing the "concentration of active ingredient".
Research: Through searching academic papers and conducting interviews with users, we have summarized a teabag usage process that is in line with daily habits.
Physical tests have shown that the "effective drug concentration" of ordinary hanging teabag liquid is only 40% of that when directly brewing medicine. This design improves the efficiency of brewing and reduces transportation space by 60%, reducing production costs and carbon emissions during transportation.
Inspiration: Tests have shown that the "effective ingredients concentration" of ordinary hanging teabag liquid is only 40% of that when directly brewing medicine. This is because ordinary teabags wrap medicine inside, making it difficult for water to flow smoothly from the inside out.
This design aims to increase the “effective drug concentration” and reduce medicine waste. We also hope to use origami technique to save more volume in the product to implement sustainable design concepts.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2022 and finished in April 2023 in Guangzhou, China.
Operation Flow: Open the packaging, take out the medicine bag and remove the lid. Place the medicine bag above the cup and pour in hot water for brewing. During the brewing process, the medicine package will unfold layer by layer from a flat folded shape, forming a barrel like structure. After 2-5 minutes, it is ready to drink.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Jingyi Miao, 2023.
Team Members: Miao Jingyi
Zou Hu
Duan Hongli
Xu Mengzhen
Chen Deteng
Zhao Yizhu
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Miao Jingyi, Fold, 2023.
Image #2: Photographer Miao Jingyi, Fold, 2023.
Image #3: Photographer Miao Jingyi, Fold, 2023.
Image #4: Photographer Miao Jingyi, Fold, 2023.
Image #5: Photographer Miao Jingyi, Fold, 2023.