Qi2 净水器 by Plainliv Taiwan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 银奖 in 家用电器设计 Competition Category.
银家用电器· 2021
Qi2 净水器
Client: Plainliv Taiwan Co., Ltd
A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 家用电器 Category
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About Qi2 净水器
Qi2是一款专为家庭使用而设计的模块化净水器。其设计灵感源自堆叠的砖块阵列。每一个滤芯都构成净水器机身的一部分，多个滤芯组合在一起便形成完整的机体。用户可以自由选择一至五个滤芯，包括聚丙烯滤芯、活性炭滤芯、紫外线滤芯、超滤滤芯和反渗透滤芯。借助简单的工具，用户即可增加、减少或更换滤芯。水路随滤芯一同更换，因此始终保持洁净。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 银奖
Qi2 净水器是 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Qi2 净水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。Qi2 净水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
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Our mobilized state-of-the-art design allows consumers to D.I.Y. whatever water purifier function and whenever they need. It has solid filter cartridge design, so the combined cartridges becomes the purifier itself. It's time-saving by replacing patented filter cartridges. With modular cartridge, it can be easily switched between RO, UV and direct drinking systems. We also have optional filters or functions from one to multiple combinations, more like IoT censoring module, flavor/taste module and instant cooling/heating module.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Consumers can choose their own combinations of filters up to 5 specific filters.
With 1 filter: L17 * W12 * H44 CM
With 2 filters: L25 * W12 * H44 CM
With 3 filters: L33 * W12 * H44 CM
With 4 filters: L41 * W12 * H44 CM
With 5 filters: L49 * W12 * H44 CM (Maximum)
Space required to change filters: 18 * 44 CM - Tags
- Modular design, Water, Purifier, Filter, Water Treatment, QI, water purification system, water filter, filter cartridge
- Production Technology
- The realization of sluice-type replacement method comes from the plastic injection machine. We noticed that the injection machine must overcome the high liquid pressure with no leakage, so it could be achieved the same as in the waterway. With designated parameters in the plastic production for our design, we make the waterway water-tight, which owns 2 invention patents, as well as the elegant outlook.
- Design Challenge
- Simplified modulized design make it easier not only for user but also for manufacturing. Replaceable waterway reduces the usage of the whole water purifiers, thus reduces the resources of the planet.
- Research
- The team realized that user has been troubled by traditional purifier after brainstorming with collecting market data and conducting some user experience workshops. Form Follows Function was then integrated into our design for the product.
- Inspiration
- The design comes from the ARRAY of BRICKs. Water purification needs multiple combinations of water treatment methods depending on the water quality, just like ARRAY of BRICKs. The water treatment methods have been built into different modules or filter cartridges, such as PolyPropylene, Active Carbon, Ultra Violet, UltraFiltration and Reverse Osmosis etc.. The household consumers can then make their own choice of water purifiers simply by the water quality of the area they lives, and they can easily add, reduce and replace filter cartridges at any time at any conveniences by their own.
- Project Duration
- By doing global water purifier market research in Winter 2018, we started the project workshop in Taiwan. With proposed blueprint, design validation, engineering validation, product validation, and then trial production in Summer 2020, our Qi2 product is honored to receive the Gold Medal Award among 535 pieces in the Taiwan Innotech Expo in September. The mass production and delivery is scheduled in November 2020 before Christmas season.
- Operation Flow
- Straight forward and easy to install, add, reduce and replace filter cartridges with simple tool and supporting rods inside the product package.
- Patents
- FILTRATION SYSTEM AND REPLACEMENT METHOD THEREOF/No.I630019/PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD.2017
FILTRATION SYSTEM AND REPLACEMENT METHOD THEREOF/No.ZL201720644742.7/PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD.2018
FILTRATION SYSTEM AND REPLACEMENT METHOD THEREOF/NOTICE No.15/995,914/PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD. - Team Members
- Xing, Kai-Zhi
Huang, Wen-Yi - Image Credits
- PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD., 2020.
Video Credits
Followed by PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD., 2020.
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