Renew 可替换笔芯马克笔 by Zhen Zhang and Yanan Sun

Renew 可替换笔芯马克笔 by Zhen Zhang and Yanan Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 银奖 in 美术与文具用品设计 Competition Category.

银美术用品· 2022

Renew 可替换笔芯马克笔

by Zhen Zhang and Yanan Sun

Client: DaoDun Design

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 美术用品 Category

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The Design

About Renew 可替换笔芯马克笔

Renew 是一款可快速更换墨芯的马克笔。笔杆通过旋拧动作即可拆开，笔尖与墨芯随之分离，无需担心墨水外溢即可装入新墨芯。旋拧机构在取下笔帽时可使笔杆保持稳固。纤维笔尖周围设有沟槽，令笔尖能够适度弯曲，从而与纸面保持充分接触。笔帽造型标示笔尖粗细，笔帽与笔杆颜色的搭配则指示笔尖的倾斜方向。笔身采用塑料材质，并配有橡胶部件。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Renew 可替换笔芯马克笔是 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Renew 可替换笔芯马克笔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。Renew 可替换笔芯马克笔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 replaceable marker. Unlike existing markers, where refill is injected from the tip of the pen, the user can unscrew the marker, remove the refill and replace it. The pen cap of different shapes indicates the thickness of the pen cap. When fastening the thick pen cap, the color of the pen cap and the penholder can ensure the tilt direction of the pen cap, so as to avoid the pen tip upside down when using it next time.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 160mm x Depth 15mm x Height 15mm
Tags: Quick change, marker, refill, twist
Production Technology: The pen body is made of plastic, the middle gray material is rubber, and the tip is made of fiber
Design Challenge: The design challenge is how to change the refill quickly. By removing the marker, we found that the tip of the pen is inserted into the core to drain the pen water.Therefore, we decided to design the pen holder for the marker to be detachable. In order to prevent the pen holder from being pulled out when the cap is removed, the opening mode of the pen holder was designed to be twisted.Another challenge with this design is how to make sure the lines drawn by the markers are smooth. We designed grooves around the tip of the pen so that the tip can bend around to ensure that it fits the surface of the paper.
Research: By replacing the marker fluid, we found that the fluid tended to overflow. We disassembled the marker and found that the reason why the fluid flows is the pen tip is inserted into the core. Therefore, we connect the pen tip with the penholder, remove the penholder to achieve the separation of the pen tip and the pen core, to achieve the purpose of replacing the pen core.
Inspiration: Current markers are less efficient at filling pen water.The inspiration of this design comes from the replacement of the battery. Unscrew the penholder and replace the pen core. When the penholder is inserted back, the internal pen tip can be inserted into the pen core, so as to achieve the purpose of quickly replacing the supplement liquid and extending the service life of the pen.
Project Duration: The project was started in October 2021 in Beijing and finished in November 2021 in Beijing.
Operation Flow: When the pen runs out of water, the user covers the pen holder and twists it to unplug the pen and replace the pen core. In the drawing process, due to the space left for the pen tip to be bent, the complete contact between the pen tip and the paper surface can be guaranteed when the force is applied. The pen cap of different shapes indicates the thickness of the pen tip. When the pen cap corresponds to the color of the pen holder, the tilt direction of the pen cap can indicate the tilt direction of the pen tip.
Team Members: Designer:Yunsong Liu
Designer:Zhen Zhang
Designer:Yanan Sun
Designer:Xiaofan Zhou
Image Credits: Image #1: Designer Yunsong Liu, Renew, 2021.
Image #2: Designer Zhen Zhang, Renew, 2021.
Image #3: Designer Xiaofan Zhou, Renew, 2021.
Image #4: Designer Yanan Sun, Renew, 2021.
Image #5: Designer Yunsong Liu, Renew, 2021.