Nio X Csm 家居香薰座 by Nio Life is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

鐵傢俱· 2022

Nio X Csm 家居香薰座

by Nio Life

Client: NIO Life

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Nio X Csm 家居香薰座

Nio X Csm係一系列以陶瓷製成嘅家居香氛用品。呢個系列包括精油座、香薰爐同燭台。每件作品都採用相同嘅鵝卵石造型,並根據唔同用途作出微調,令整個系列既多變又易於生產。選用陶瓷材質係因為呢種物料能夠吸收精油,令香味持續更耐。使用方法非常簡單,只需將香氛用品放置喺鵝卵石座上即可。呢啲鵝卵石座仲可以擺放喺餐桌同書架上作裝飾之用,又或者旅行時隨身攜帶。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Nio X Csm 家居香薰座是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Nio X Csm 家居香薰座將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Nio X Csm 家居香薰座因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a Home Fragrance range including essential oil holders, incense burners and candle holders. The project combines NIO’s Blue Sky Coming vision with modern Scandinavian simplicity and usability, aiming to create a simple product which can be placed anywhere in the home. Each product uses the same beautiful pebble form and slightly adjusted, makes this a versatile design, simple to produce and with room to expand. Simple yet nature shape highlights the details of pebble form and also fragrance.
Dimensions & Packaging: Multi dimensions
Production Technology: Porcelain
Design Challenge: The challenge in the design process was how to make the fragrance last longer. Through researching materials and carrying out tests, the designer chose to concentrate on using Porcelain to absorb the essential oils, in order to keep the fragrance for a longer period of time. These pebbles can also be portable and used as car fragrance.
Research: As a group we spent time researching NIO’s values and what might fit in with their company brand and vision. My role throughout the group work was to research climate change, sustainable materials and ethical practice within ceramics. This research later influenced my choice of using natural air purifying materials, such as Bee’s Wax Candles and White Sage incense - both proven to remove toxins from air in the home.
Inspiration: Inspired by the Blue Sky Coming vision, the product aims to create a picture: Being on the beach, where the air is freshest and you can almost taste the sea. Spending time outdoors, picking up pebbles and feeling the physically comforting stones. The products enable users to sense sea at home and convey the concept that people all breath freely and run happily under the blue sky.
Project Duration: Started in August 2018, first sale in February 2020.
Operation Flow: All users need to do is very simple. They should just place fragrance items on the products. The products add joy and relaxation for users both at home and during travel. Further, it can be placed as decoration on tables or bookshelves.
Team Members: NIO Life
Miranda Swanson
Paprika Williams