Potpourri 香薰加湿器 by Yong Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 家用电器设计 Competition Category.

铁家用电器· 2023

Potpourri 香薰加湿器

by Yong Zhang

Client: Liaoning Petrochemical University（School of Art and Design）

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 家用电器 Category

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The Design

About Potpourri 香薰加湿器

Potpourri 是一款将空气加湿与鲜活花卉相结合的加湿器。超声波振动将水化为超细雾气，既润泽周围空气，又为置于其中的花卉浇水。雾气弥散时，花瓣中的香气分子随之被带入空气中，从而同时实现加湿与自然芬芳。透明亚克力罩体保护植物，让自然光照射其中，并形成一个半封闭空间以实现局部水循环。两个按键可调节功率档位、工作时长及待机状态。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Potpourri 香薰加湿器是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Potpourri 香薰加湿器将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Potpourri 香薰加湿器因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Potpourri is a natural aromatherapy humidifier combined with flowers. Water and humidify flowers through the humidifier. When the humidifier works, natural flowers will be accompanied by flowers, which can achieve the dual effect of humidification and aromatherapy. Potpourri uses transparent acrylic cover material to prevent the plants from being damaged while receiving natural light. It can also create a relatively closed space for flower plants, thus achieving partial water circulation.
Dimensions & Packaging: 200mm x 200mm x 320mm
Tags: Natural, healthy, Humidifier
Production Technology: Potpourri uses ultrasonic humidification and high-frequency ultrasonic shock to turn water mist into ultrafine particles. The water mist can also be diffused into the air along with the oil cells in the petals, which can freshen the air, improve health and create a comfortable environment. Potpourri chooses transparent acrylic cover as the external protection material, which does not hinder the lighting of flowers, but also plays the role of protecting flowers, and can form an independent circulation system.
Design Challenge: The focus of this design project is to add a function that meets the needs of modern people for humidifier, and the increase of aromatherapy function is the design focus of this project. The difficulty of this design project is to implant the flowers perfectly into the humidifier. When the humidifier works, it is necessary to achieve the planting environment of the flowers and perfectly diffuse the oil molecules in the petals into the air.
Research: The fast pace of life makes people pursue a healthier and more close to the natural living environment. As a small household appliance commonly used by modern people, humidifier brings users a healthy living environment, but also needs to create a more close to the natural environment. Potpourri humidifier combines flowers to humidify users and create a suitable ecological environment for breeding flowers. The fragrance of flowers will be diffused along with the work of the humidifier, thus creating a healthier and natural environment for users.
Inspiration: People are more yearning for a natural and healthy living environment, and the demand for humidifiers also increases. Most of the humidifiers on the market are difficult to achieve natural and healthy aromatherapy effect, and floral fragrance is often the most natural real fragrance. Organic combination of pot and humidifier, in the process of humidification, can meet the cultivation environment of flowers, flowers blooming aroma mixed with the humidifier released moisture in the face.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2022 at in fushun, liaoning province, China, and finished in March 2023 at in fushun, liaoning province China.
Operation Flow: When working on Potpourri, atomized water vapor can be used to humidify and replenish water for flowers. As Potpourri humidifies, the scent molecules in the flowers are dispersed into the air along with the water mist for humidifying and aromatherapy effects. Potpourri has two buttons: adjusting gear and switch. The function button can be used to adjust the power gear of the humidifier, and long press to set the working time; Switch button Tap the switch and hold down to set the standby state.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Yipeng Xiang, Variations, 2023.
Image #2: Photographer Yipeng Xiang, Variations, 2023.
Image #3: Photographer Yipeng Xiang, Variations, 2023.
Image #4: Photographer Yipeng Xiang, Variations, 2023.
Image #5: Photographer Yipeng Xiang, Variations, 2023.