Menhao Tea Ufungashaji wa Chai by Chushan Design

Menhao Tea Ufungashaji wa Chai by Chushan Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Ufungashaji Competition Category.

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Menhao Tea Ufungashaji wa Chai

by Chushan Design

Client: Shenzhen Chushan Design Culture Group Co., Ltd.

Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Ufungashaji Category

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The Design

About Menhao Tea Ufungashaji wa Chai

Menhao Tea ni mfumo wa ufungashaji wa chai, uliobuniwa kwa umbo la kasha la kuhifadhi kumbukumbu. Muundo huu unaonyesha aina sita za chai kwenye mti wa uainishaji wa asili, ukiwa na viwianishi vya asili, ratiba za utengenezaji na vipimo vya ladha. Kila kapsuli ya ndani inaonyesha viwianishi vya kijiografia, umri wa mti na maelezo ya usindikaji, ikibadilisha maneno yasiyo dhahiri ya kuonja kwa thamani zinazoweza kupimika. Kasha limetengenezwa kwa karatasi ya kraft inayoweza kuoshwa na hufungwa kwa kamba ya pamba, hivyo sanduku linaweza kutumika tena. Uchapishaji wa foili ya shaba na fedha unaonyesha michoro ya matawi ya chai na vigezo vyake. Kila sanduku lina vifuko 66 vya gramu 3.6.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award

Menhao Tea Ufungashaji wa Chai ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Menhao Tea Ufungashaji wa Chai inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Menhao Tea Ufungashaji wa Chai huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This innovative system visualizes tea cultivation through biological phylogenetic trees, mapping six major tea categories with terroir coordinates, craft evolution timelines, and flavor matrices. The archival case uses washable kraft paper for extended utility, resonating with academic aesthetics in study environments. Each inner capsule details geo-coordinates, tree age, and processing parameters, synchronized with a traceable quality DB to empower scientific tea selection for Menhao Tea.
Dimensions & Packaging: Each box contains 66 pre-measured sachets (3.6g/sachet) scientifically calibrated for dedicated teapots, achieving ideal infusion strength through single brew optimization for Menhao Tea.
Tags: Archive, Tea, Pu'er, Philosophy, Theory
Production Technology: The closure system with cotton cord reinforcement and washable kraft paper enables sustainable reuse cycles. Bronze gold hot foil stamping creates tea-branch motifs as visual anchors, complemented by silver foil parameter indicators and tactile sticker overlays that enhance visual hierarchy - establishing an archival-grade gift system balancing academic rigor and modern aesthetics for Menhao Tea.
Design Challenge: By integrating archival design elements and heritage materials, this system transforms tea selection from sensory intuition to data-driven decisions, shifting Menghao Tea culture from ambiguous traditions to measurable quality benchmarks.
Research: The research aims to establish a scientific decision-making model for tea consumption through dual approaches: visual semiotic translation and material lifecycle testing . By quantifying intangible heritage techniques into measurable craft parameters, this initiative demystifies tea culture while innovating an archival paradigm for consumer goods.
Inspiration: Inspired by 19th-century botanical archives, this system decodes tea evaluation through scientific visual metrics. Chromatic scales, quantified flavor indicators , and origin traceability codes replace ambiguous descriptors like "mellow sweetness", constructing a verifiable decision-making framework for Menhao Tea selection.
Project Duration: The project was launched in Shenzhen, China in November 2024 and fully implemented by January 2025.
Operation Flow: The archival cord-sealed closure system transforms each unboxing into tactile document retrieval ritual. This material narrative bridges historical tea research with contemporary consumption scenarios, creating sensorial archive access points for Menhao Tea.
Team Members: Yin Peng
Li Linlin
Image Credits: Image : Photographer Wang yue, Menhao Tea , 2024.