Villages Galuega Autu: Seti o Ipu Faaoso by JiaYi Cai

Villages Galuega Autu: Seti o Ipu Faaoso by JiaYi Cai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Apamemea in Meafale Umukuka Competition Category.

ApamemeaMeafale Umukuka· 2020

Villages Galuega Autu: Seti o Ipu Faaoso

by JiaYi Cai

Client: Macau University of Science and Technology

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Meafale Umukuka Category

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The Design

About Villages Galuega Autu: Seti o Ipu Faaoso

Tusitusiga o le Tusi: O le Villages o se seti o ipu faaoso omea e mafai ona aveesea, na mamanuina mo luga o le laulau. E mafai ona faatulagaina ipu i ni faatulagaga eseese, ma o le faaaogaina lea ua faapea ai ona filifili e tagata faaaoga lava ia le auaunaga o loo latou manaomia. A tuufaatasia i luga o se ipu lapoa, e fausia e ipu ia se vaaiga laititi o se nuu e liua ai le faatulagaga o meaai i se laufanua matagofie. O le seti na faia i Jingdezhen mai le porisalini vevela maualuga, lea e saogalemu, leai ni mea oona ma e talafeagai mo le faaaogaina i totonu o se microwave. O le faamoemoe o lenei mamanu o le aumaia lea o le mafanafana ma le fiafia i taumafataga i aso taitasi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Villages Galuega Autu: Seti o Ipu Faaoso, 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 Villages Galuega Autu: Seti o Ipu Faaoso 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. Villages Galuega Autu: Seti o Ipu Faaoso 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: A set of flapicturesque voring tableware that makes food look like scenery. The common flavoring containers put together on the table, building a “village”. Integrating with other tableware, the plate forms a sight. As we lay out our food, we enjoy the way we build a city, creating a warmer and more enjoyable dining scene at the table.
Dimensions & Packaging: 25.0cm wide 25.0cm high temperature 3.0cm high temperature environmental protection porcelain, processing process is material selection, billet, molding, glazing, burning.
Tags: Ceramic tableware, product design, emotional design, function, aesthetics, White Cutlery
Production Technology: The production of this set of products was completed in Jingdezhen. Jingdezhen has a millennium of ceramic culture and history. The material is made of high temperature and environmental protection porcelain. It is safe, nontoxic, environmentally healthy and can be placed in microwave oven. It is made of high quality clay,repaired and bonded, the body of which is dry and glazed. Finally, the product is made by burning.It collects Jingdezhen ceramic culture and traditional Chinese aesthetics.
Design Challenge: During the process of firing, many problems such as deformation and cracking needed to be solved. Deformation and cracking affected the RQP in production which meant that it was very difficult to use white clay in the process of molding. Finally, the clay with higher hardness was selected as raw material to make this plate.
Research: The research involved a creation of functional Decorative Items that affective and playful environment with functionality, practicality and aesthetically as an approach.
This project is set to better inherit and promote traditional Chinese culture. kiln chambers, and glaze institutes are frequented.Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Rhino3D NURBS, etc.are used for preliminary design and modelling. And the structure is simple, the shape is reasonable, and it is suitable for daily life,which are flexible and can be used in the modern food industry, to form a rich modeling.
Inspiration: "Villages" is a set of removable ceramic suits seasoning bottles, With their wishes, users combine the bottles and define the service functions, for example , placing them on a plate or with ornamentation. We hope that the "village" scene can bring more warmth and joy to the users, “Village” provides a more user-friendly and pleasant dining scene. Every time when users use it, they can gain a new and interesting operation experience and also a new emotional experience.
Project Duration: This project started in August, 2018 in Macao，and finished in November, 2018 in Jingdezhen, China. It has not been exhibited yet.
Operation Flow: "Villages" is a set of removable ceramic suits seasoning bottles, which can be use in arbitrary combinations. With their wishes, users combine the bottles and define the service functions, for example , placing them on a plate or with ornamentation. We hope that the "village" scene can bring more warmth and joy to the users, which also ensures that the products adapt to changes in the way of life and never go out of style or will be in ordinary.
Patents: 201930746675.2 JiaYi Cai 2019 Guangdong ShenZhen
Team Members: JiaYi Cai is the main designer.
JiaLiang Cai : Multidisciplinary Designer
ZhiPing Chen: Material Engineering Department at UBC
ShaoShi Yan is the instructor.
Image Credits: Image #1: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #2: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #3: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #4: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #5: CAI JIAYI, 2019