Flower 幼苗根系保护器 by Chenyao Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 银奖 in 农业工具、农用设备与机械设计 Competition Category.

银农业设备· 2020

Flower 幼苗根系保护器

by Chenyao Xu

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 农业设备 Category

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The Design

About Flower 幼苗根系保护器

Flower 是一款用于花卉幼苗移栽过程中保护根系的装置。花卉的根茎极易受到外力损伤，从而降低产量，给农户带来经济损失。Flower 采用聚乳酸塑料注塑成型制造。其球形下部可保护主根免受农具与啮齿动物的伤害。两个部件通过简易的卡口式连接方式接合。凸起的颈部提供了握持部位，使成株花卉可以从土壤中被拔出，而无需用手直接接触茎部。产品提供多种尺寸，以适配不同花卉。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Flower 幼苗根系保护器是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Flower 幼苗根系保护器将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Flower 幼苗根系保护器是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: During the transplanting process, the roots and stems of flowers are easily damaged by external forces, thus reducing plant yield and causing economic losses to farmers. This is a protective device made of polylactic acid plastic that works on the roots of seedlings, protecting the main roots of flowers from damage from farm tools and rodents, and its protruding neck is designed to avoid direct hand contact with the stems of plants when pulled out.So, people can pull out the growing flowers directly from the soil.
Dimensions & Packaging: 45*45*58mm; 80*80*110mm Different flowers correspond to different sizes.
Tags: Transplantation, flower survival
Production Technology: Polylactic acid plastics injection molding.
Design Challenge: Reasonable shape, effective function and low price are the indexes at the beginning of the product design. Because it is only a kind of auxiliary device to protect flowers, its production cost, material and technology can not exceed flowers themselves, so that it has a certain function, but also should meet the market positioning.
Inspiration: In some flower producing countries such as the Netherlands, the mortality rate of rare flowers has brought great economic losses. It is very important to improve the way of flower cultivation and transplantation.
Project Duration: The project started in Hong Kong in February 2019 and was completed in November 2019.
Operation Flow: The product consists of two parts, which are connected by simple bayonet. The ball shaped bottom can help plants protect their main roots, and the neck can provide a place for people's hands to pull out flowers more easily.
Team Members: XU CHENYAO
XU LE