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Villages וויליידזשעס by JiaYi Cai

Villages וויליידזשעס by JiaYi Cai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award אין בראָנדז in באַקוואַרג, טישגעשיר, טרינקגעשיר און קאָכגעשיר דיזײַן Competition Category.


בראָנדזקיכגעשיר· 2020

Villages וויליידזשעס

by JiaYi Cai

Client: Macau University of Science and Technology

A' Design Award אין בראָנדז Winner in קיכגעשיר Category

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The Design

About Villages וויליידזשעס

Book Text: וויליידזשעס איז אַ סעט פֿון אָפּנעמעוודיקע קעראַמישע געווירץ־כלים, באַשאַפֿן פֿאַרן טיש. די כלים קענען ווערן צונויפֿגעשטעלט אין פֿאַרשידענע קאָמבינאַציעס, אַזוי אַז דער באַניצער באַשטימט אַליין די פֿונקציע פֿון באַדינונג. אַז מען שטעלט זיי צוזאַמען אויף אַ טעלער, פֿורעמען די כלים אויס אַ קליינע דאָרף־סצענע, וואָס פֿאַרוואַנדלט די עסן־אַנשטעלונג אין אַ לאַנדשאַפֿט. דער סעט ווערט אויסגעפֿירט אין דזשינגדעדזשען פֿון הויכטעמפּעראַטור־פּאָרצעליי, וואָס איז זיכער, ניט־סכּנהדיק, און פּאַסיק צום ניצן אין אַ מיקראָוועלן־אויוון. די כוונה איז צוצוברענגען וואַרעמקייט און הנאה צום טעגלעכן עסן.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award אין בראָנדז

Villages וויליידזשעס איז אַ געווינער פֿון דעם A' Design Award אין בראָנדז, אַן העכסט פּרעסטיזשע אָנערקענונג וואָס ווערט געגעבן צו אויסגעצייכנטע דיזײַנס וואָס שטעכן אַרויס מיט קרעאַטיוויטעט, דערפֿינדונג און קלוגשאַפֿט. בראָנדז-געווינער זענען זייער בקיאותדיקע און אויפֿפֿאַלנדיק קרעאַטיווע אַרטיפֿאַקטן וואָס באַשטעטיקן די ברייטע דערפֿאַרונג, פֿאַנטאַזיע און דערפֿינדונג-קראַפֿט פֿון זייערע דיזײַנערס. פֿון Villages וויליידזשעס ווערט דערוואַרט אַז עס איז אַ הויך געשעצטע, באַוווּנדערטע און ליבע זאַך וואָס איז אויפֿפֿאַלנדיק פּראָפֿעסיאָנעל און אינאָוואַטיוו. דער דאָזיקער געווינענדיקער דיזײַן פֿון A' Design Award אין בראָנדז פֿאַראײניקט די בעסטע פּראַקטיקן אין קונסט, וויסנשאַפֿט, דיזײַן און טעכנאָלאָגיע, און איז אויסגעצייכנט פֿאַר זײַן אויפֿמערקזאַמקייט צו דעטאַלן. Villages וויליידזשעס באַפֿרידיקט באַדערפֿענישן פּראַכטפֿול, רירט אָן תּאוות, פֿאַרכּישופֿט געפֿילן און רופֿט נײַגעריקייט.

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

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