Float Umsebenzi Ophambili: Indebe Yokusela by Fang Shih and Tian-Yu Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweZixhobo zokuBhaka, iTafile, ukuSela kunye nokuPheka Competition Category.
IntsimbiIzixhobo zaseKhitshini· 2020
Float Umsebenzi Ophambili: Indebe Yokusela
Client: Float
Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award Winner in Izixhobo zaseKhitshini Category
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About Float Umsebenzi Ophambili: Indebe Yokusela
Umbhalo Wencwadi: I-Float yindebe esetyenziswa ngokuphindaphindiweyo eyenzelwe ukusela iti ye-bubble ngaphandle kwesitrowu. Indebe ekhoyo ngaphakathi ibambe amaqhosha ngasentla kweti, ukuze amaqhosha kunye neti kufike emlonyeni kunye xa indebe iphakanyisiwe. Iti ipholiswa ngomqhwa ongasentla kwayo phambi kokuba iselwe, nto leyo ephepha ukusela izitshuphe zokugqibela ezishushu ezidla ngokubakho kwiindebe ezinezitrowu. I-Float yenziwa ngokugalela iplastiki ekhonkolweni (plastic injection molding) kunye nokugalela isiliconi ekhonkolweni (silicone injection molding) yaye ilinganiselwa kwi-106 nge-106 nge-236 milimitha. Injongo yoyilo kukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kweendebe nezitrowu ezisetyenziswa kanye kuphela.
The Recognition
About the Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award
Float Umsebenzi Ophambili: Indebe Yokusela ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo okunikwa imiyilo elungileyo eyanelisa iimfuno zobungcali neemveliso ezilindelekileyo kwimveliso ezicwangciswe kakuhle. Abaphumeleleyo beNtsimbi babonisa ubuchule obukhulu, ubuchule obuphezulu, ukuqonda kwengcali namandla okuyila abayili babo. Float Umsebenzi Ophambili: Indebe Yokusela iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimveliso exatyiswa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo neyinto entsha. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award udibanisa iindlela ezilungileyo kakhulu zemboleko kwaye unezimpawu zobuchwephesha ezifanelekileyo ezidityaniswe nolwazi netalente. Float Umsebenzi Ophambili: Indebe Yokusela iyahlonelwa ngenxa yenkcukacha yayo kwaye yacwangciselwa ukunika uphuculo lomgangatho wobomi olunceda ukwenza ihlabathi libe yindawo engcono.
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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