Marn 酒店設施 by C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang

Marn 酒店設施 by C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 廚具設計 Competition Category.

銀廚具· 2018

Marn 酒店設施

by C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang

Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 廚具 Category

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The Design

About Marn 酒店設施

從傳統台南文化的節日小吃（台灣一個充滿文化底蘊的古老城市）中汲取靈感，將它們轉變為一套酒店設施，這些系列節日小吃一直被當地人稱為“ Marn”，這意味著滿足在中國文化中烏龜狀的年糕作為洗手液和肥皂盒，綠豆餅作為洗護用品，湯圓甜餃子作為洗手液和bun頭。台南黑糖bun頭蛋糕作為茶具。台南文化遺產可能會傳播到世界各地，因為酒店是推廣本地文化的理想平台。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Marn 酒店設施是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Marn 酒店設施將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Marn 酒店設施是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Marn, pronunciation in mandarin means fulfillment in Chinese culture. The design was inspired by cultural heritage related to Tainan traditional local snacks and foods. Wishing to preserve the culture and widespread to the world by transforming the famous local festive snacks into hotel amenities, like; turtle-shaped rice cake into hand soap & soap dish, mung bean cake into toiletries, tang yuan sweet dumpling into hand cream and steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake into tea set. All were hand crafted in ceramic which looks identical to the festive snacks.
Dimensions & Packaging: Turtle-shaped rice cake / hand soap & soap dish L120mm x W60mm x H16mm
Mung bean cake / toiletries L200mm x W80mm x H10mm
Tang Yuan sweet dumpling / Hand cream L100mm x W100mm x H23mm
Steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake / tea set L300mm x W300mm x H55mm
Tags: Hotel amenities, Daily necessities, Gift, Ceramics, Cultural Hotel
Production Technology: All were handcrafted.
Material used is white ceramic.
Design Challenge: Most of the hotel amenities typically the same, the most challenging issue in this project is to design a set of amenities derived from local culture festive snacks for The Place, a design hotel brand of Royal Hotels & Resorts, that sets to connect with local cultures of Tainan. Handcrafted pottery, kiln formation and have to be identical to the festive snacks is the hardest part. The team managed to create the products lifelike the real snacks.
Research: Type of Research: Hotel amenities with local culture image
Research Objectives: To preserve and to propagate culture heritage of Tainan festive snacks from local to global.
Methodology: culture study and morphological analysis, Image Scale.
Data Collections: Market Survey, Target User Analysis.
Research Tools: Solidworks, Sketch-Up, 3D Printing.
Production Method: pinching pottery, glazing, kiln formation.
Inspiration: Having inspiration from the festive snacks of traditional Tainan culture, an old city in Taiwan full with cultural heritage; turtle-shaped rice cake, mung bean cake, tang yuan sweet dumpling and steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake, transforming the snacks image into a set of hotel amenities, Tainan culture heritage could be spread to the whole world as the hotel is a nice platform to promote local culture.
Project Duration: This project started in Sept 2017 in Tainan, estimate to finish in March 2018, having its first appearance in Taiwan Young Designers' Exhibition (YODEX) in May 2018.
Operation Flow: Since the set of hotel amenities lifelike the festive snacks, travelers will find them very interesting when checking into the room, eventually they will look for each of the item connected to the cultures behind it. The cultural hotel served as the platform to communicate with travelers from everywhere, allowing them to learn and to feel the culture heritage of Tainan in an interesting way during their stay, could be better appreciated and shared amongst travelers.
Patents: patent pending
Team Members: Instructor: ChungSheng Chen
Designer:ChuanHsuan Chang
Designer:HsinAn Chang
Designer:YuQing Luo
Designer:SinCih Huang
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
Image Credits: Wei-Che Chiang
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department