Candy 糖果3D打印机 by Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan

Candy 糖果3D打印机 by Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 银奖 in 玩具、游戏与业余爱好产品设计 Competition Category.

银玩具· 2021

Candy 糖果3D打印机

by Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan

Client: Anny Team

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 玩具 Category

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The Design

About Candy 糖果3D打印机

Candy是一款专为儿童设计的家用3D打印机，能够将糖粒打印成可食用的造型。设备通过手机应用程序进行操控，可设定打印顺序、每个模型的数量与尺寸。三个料仓可分别盛放三种不同口味的糖果，因而能够在同一件作品中融合多种味道与色彩。糖粒经加热熔化后由喷嘴挤出成型。机身采用哑光表面的塑料材质，透明亚克力视窗通过弹簧开关开启，便于取出成型的糖果。该设计的灵感源自中国民间艺术——吹糖人。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Candy 糖果3D打印机是 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Candy 糖果3D打印机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。Candy 糖果3D打印机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

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a home version of the children's candy 3D printer. The machine is operated by the mobile phone APP. It uses various flavors of candy particles as the material to print the taste and color image. There are many kinds of 3D data models to choose from, which can add a lot of fun to children's lives.This machine is simple in shape, more rounded overall, and the color tends to be cartoonish.
Dimensions & Packaging: Overall size: 202.4X294.0X168.2mm
Maximum print size: 100.5X100.5x120.0mm
Tags: Candy, 3D printing, folk traditional art, children's toys, creativity, variety
Production Technology: The candy 3D printer is mainly made of plastic material, natural color injection and matte surface.
The front window is made of transparent acrylic, and the window is opened by a spring switch to take away the finished candy.
The internal mechanical structure is the same as that of the traditional 3D printer, and the materials are all food-grade.
Inside, the granulated candy is heated and melted, and finally solidified and formed through the nozzle, just like a hot melt gun.
Design Challenge: How to absorb the advantages of traditional sugar blowers skillfully and in what form to realize them, the integration and trade-off between traditional Chinese folk art and modern technology is the most difficult point of our design.
Research: We studied the working principle of the 3D printer, the state of the sugar at different times when it was heated, investigated the color of the candy and the different shapes of the candy that the child likes, and developed and adjusted the APP.
Inspiration: The inspiration comes from the traditional Chinese folk art: "Sugar Figure Blowing Art". The children like the candy made by the artists very much. Due to the difficulty of making and the reduction of heirs, this art is gradually disappearing. We want to promote this through 3D printing technology. Interesting art has brought more children into contact with this traditional Chinese folk art and added fun to the children's lives.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 in Hebei and finished in February 2020 in Hebei China.
Operation Flow: The candy 3D printer has a total of three raw material tanks, which can be filled with three different candy raw materials. Through the APP operation, anyone can set the printing order, number, and size of the printed model. Different data models will also be displayed. The time and amount of raw materials required for different sizes. The overall image of the model tends to be cartoon.
Team Members: Fengmin Liu
Yanqing Lan
Tianlu Zhu
Anning Yu