Float Kikombe cha Kunywea by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Vyombo vya Kuokea, Mezani, Kunywa na Kupikia Competition Category.
ChumaVyombo vya Jikoni· 2020
Float Kikombe cha Kunywea
Client: Float
Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award Winner in Vyombo vya Jikoni Category
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About Float Kikombe cha Kunywea
Float ni kikombe kinachoweza kutumika tena kilichobuniwa kwa ajili ya kunywa chai ya bubble bila kutumia mrija. Kikombe cha ndani hushikilia bubble juu ya chai, ili bubble na chai vifike kinywani pamoja wakati kikombe kinapoinuliwa. Chai hupozwa na barafu iliyo juu yake kabla ya kunywewa, jambo linaloepusha miminiko ya mwisho yenye joto zaidi ambayo ni kawaida kwa vikombe vinavyotumia mrija. Float hutengenezwa kwa njia ya kumiminia plastiki kwa kutumia mtambo (plastic injection molding) na kumiminia silikoni kwa kutumia mtambo (silicone injection molding), na una vipimo vya milimita 106 kwa 106 kwa 236. Lengo la ubunifu huu ni kupunguza matumizi ya vikombe na mirija inayotumika mara moja kisha kutupwa.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award
Float Kikombe cha Kunywea ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima unaotolewa kwa miundo mizuri inayokidhi mahitaji ya kitaalamu na ya kiviwanda yanayotarajiwa kutoka kwa kazi zilizobuniwa vizuri. Washindi wa Chuma huonyesha ustadi mkubwa, utaalamu wa hali ya juu, uelewa wa kitaalamu na uwezo wa kibunifu wa waumbaji wao. Float Kikombe cha Kunywea inatarajiwa kuwa kazi inayothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambayo ni ya vitendo na bunifu. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora za tasnia na una sifa za kiufundi zenye uwezo zilizounganishwa na ujuzi na kipaji. Float Kikombe cha Kunywea inaheshimiwa kwa uangalifu wake na imebuniwa kutoa maboresho ya ubora wa maisha yanayosaidia kuufanya ulimwengu kuwa mahali bora zaidi.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- FLOAT is a reusable cup that doesn’t need a straw but still can drink bubble tea. The inner cup put the bubbles above the drink, so the tea and bubbles would arrive at our mouth together while we raise our head to drink. Also, in this way, the tea will be cooled by ice before drinking, which solves the problem that the straw cups always let people drink the bottom part of the drink which isn’t cooled by ice piece above the drink.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 106mm x 106mm x 236mm
- Tags
- reusable, cup, bubble tea, sustainable design
- Production Technology
- plastic injection molding, silicone injection molding
- Design Challenge
- The most difficult part in the process is the adjustments of using fluency. Based on our core concept ”the motivation of continuous using comes from a good user experience", we improved and adjusted hundreds of times in details such as the caliber of the rim and the slope of the inner cup, in order to make user has the best drinking experience.
- Research
- “Bubble tea” is an unique street drink culture that is risen in Taiwan since the 1980s. According to media statistics, more than 1.5 billion cups of bubble tea drinks are sold every year in Taiwan, which means there are more than 1.5 billion disposable containers are used every year as well.
Although there are many reusable cups being launched every year in Taiwan, we found that people tend to lower the time of using after buying them. So we did survey, interviews and use mind-mapping to find the reason: the reusable straws are not only difficult to clean, but also not easy to carry around.
That’s why we came up with Float to be the solution to these problems. - Inspiration
- Bubble tea is an unique street drink culture in Taiwan; however, a handful freshness each day brings a billion of disposable plastic cups and plastic straw waste every year. We want to create a experience that is better than the disposable straw cup, and let people be more willing to use reusable cup to purchase bubble tea. reduce the numbers of disposable plastic cups and straws.
- Project Duration
- Started from Nov. 2018 to Dec. 2019
- Operation Flow
- FLOAT is a reusable cup that doesn’t need a straw but still can drink bubble tea. The inner cup put the bubbles above the drink, so the tea and bubbles would arrive at our mouth together while we raise our head to drink. Since people make a billion of disposable plastic cups and plastic straw waste while drinking bubble tea, we want to create a experience that is better than the disposable straw cup, and let people be more willing to use reusable cup to purchase bubble tea, and reduce the numbers of disposable plastic cups and straws.
- Patents
- Patented.
Patent No. M584644
Patent Holder. Wu, Tianyu ; SHIH FANG
Year. 2019 - Team Members
- Fang Shih
Tian-yu Wu - Image Credits
- All Images: Photographer Oni Lai
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