The Grand Àwo Tii by Guokun Wang and Gang Wang

The Grand Àwo Tii by Guokun Wang and Gang Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Ìdáná, Ohun-èlò Oúnjẹ, Ohun Mímu àti Ohun Ìṣe Oúnjẹ Competition Category.

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The Grand Àwo Tii

by Guokun Wang and Gang Wang

Client: Wushi Design

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-èlò Ìdáná Category

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The Design

About The Grand Àwo Tii

Grand jẹ́ àwo tii tí a ṣe àpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀ fún ọ̀nà ìbílẹ̀ ṣíṣe tii ní Ṣáínà. A ṣe ara pàtàkì rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú òkúta dúdú, pẹ̀lú okuta olówó iyebíye tí a fi sí i gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlànà "golden section". A ṣe àwòrán ojú àwo náà ní ọ̀nà jíjìnà tí ó dà bí àtẹ̀gùn onígun mẹ́rin, tí ó ní ìyàtọ̀ láàrin ibi gíga àti ibi kékeré. Omi máa ń sàn láti ibi gíga, níbi tí ìkòkò tii ti dúró, lọ sí ibi kékeré, níbi tí àwọn ago tii ti wà, kí ó tó jáde nípasẹ̀ ihò tí a fi pamọ́. A ṣe àpẹẹrẹ òkúta náà nípasẹ̀ ẹ̀rọ CNC pẹ̀lú iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ àfikún, a sì dán ojú rẹ̀.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

The Grand Àwo Tii jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé The Grand Àwo Tii yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún The Grand Àwo Tii nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: From the perspective of industrial design, "the grand" creatively combines luxury stone and tea tray design with the CNC machining technology. Not only is the overall modelling contracted, it skillfully realize The function of the tea tray to drain water by the precise calculation of geometric surface form 3.5 shelving.
Dimensions & Packaging: width 900mm x depth 280mm x height30mm
Tags: Stone, simple, tea tray, Oriental aesthetics
Production Technology: The design uses PROE to build a 3-dimension model, use CNC to process stone material and use polished fire for surface treatment.From the perspective of industrial design, "the grand" creatively combines luxury stone and tea tray design with the CNC machining technology. and skillfully realize the function of the tea tray to drain water by the precise calculation of geometric surface form 3.5 shelving. The main body of "the grand" is made of black stone, which is embedded luxury stone according to the rules of the golden section, looking exquisite and breaking through the visual imagination.
Design Challenge: As the hidden outlet is inclined to open slot, CNC machining is difficult to realize itself. But combineing with some manual processing operation would solve the problem perfect.
Research: By studying the process of traditional Chinese tea brewing, the high and low gradient of the tea tray is designed to match the users' daily behaviors and to achieve the goal of natural interaction. As a better kind of natural material for tea disk carrier, stone is more waterproof and wear-resisting than others.
Inspiration: Luxury stone, high-end, scarce, unique, shining with the spirit of jewel.
The main body of "the grand" is made of black stone, which is embedded luxury stone according to the rules of the golden section, looking exquisite and natural picturesque, breaking through the visual imagination and emanating from the inside out noble sense.
Project Duration: The design began in xiamen in April 2017 and completed in December 2017.
Operation Flow: The teapot is usually placed high and the cup is placed low while making tea. So as to the tea water will flow from high to low through the gradient of the disk height, which provides convenience to use.
Patents: zl201830314677.1
Team Members: gang wang
Image Credits: guokun wang，industrial designer, 2017.