Music Pen Cap 笔盖 by JiaYi Cai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 美術用品設計 Competition Category.

鐵美術用品· 2020

Music Pen Cap 笔盖

by JiaYi Cai

Client: Macau University of Science and Technology

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 美術用品 Category

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The Design

About Music Pen Cap 笔盖

音乐笔盖係一套专为七至十二岁小朋友设计嘅水彩笔笔盖。每个笔盖都会发出唔同嘅音调,十二个笔盖合埋就形成一个简单嘅音阶。发声位置嘅厚薄各有唔同,表面上色并髹上一层光油。凸起嘅笔尖设计令用家可以用拇指轻松将笔盖推上或者推落。呢个设计旨在减少笔盖遗失嘅情况,同时保持小朋友对绘画嘅兴趣。小批量生产可以用感光树脂印制,大批量生产就可以用聚丙烯或者ABS塑料模制而成。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Music Pen Cap 笔盖是 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Music Pen Cap 笔盖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。Music Pen Cap 笔盖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: It's a set of pen cap that can produce different sound levels.
This product is mainly aimed at children aged 7 to 12. As the first choice for children to draw, However, that fact that the misplacing and discarding of watercolor pen without cover after use up troubles people. Our product optimize the cover of watercolor pen.It can be served as musical instrument with the combination of tumbler pen cap and gamut. our products not only have longer service life but also increased various functions.
Dimensions & Packaging: Its dimension is 18*18*53(mm).
Tags: Tumbler,pen cap,emotional design,function,Life,aesthetics
Production Technology: In the design of the pen cap, we use a special color material with different thickness.Colour the surface of the Pen Cap and add a coat of varnish.Small quantities can be processed using 3D printing techniques using photosensitive resin materials. When mass production is determined, PP or ABS plastic materials can be used for batch production using molds.
Design Challenge: The process of turning thinking into design.
Research: I observe and think about the way people use products in their life, and try to find the behavior or emotional transition between people subconsciously. Then, I will have subliminal emotional reinforcement conducive to product experience, and bring people suitable and novel products.I believe that products designed in accordance with people's subconscious can not only meet people's use habits, but also make people feel that such novel experience can resonate.
Inspiration: Pen and the pen cap are always used together, "Tumbler" pen cap combines the design of scale through visual sense, tactile sensation and auditory sense to redefine a new way of communication, to let people rethink the meaning of "paint". The tip of the cap will jut out, so you can use your thumb to push it with less energy and you can also easily unload or put on it. In the design of the pen cap, we use a special color material with different thickness.
Project Duration: The project began in Macau in January 2019 and was completed in Macau in April 2019.
Operation Flow: The Music Pen Cap is arranged according to the different collocation of colors. When the pencil lightly crosses,some different tones of crisp sweet music will come out. According to the different thickness of the pronunciation point, 12 pens will have 12 different caps with different colors. The "music" pen cap can not only exercise the player's patience,stimulating their auditory development, developing their perception of music, and maintaining their interest in painting.
Patents: 201930744732.5 JiaYi Cai 2019 Guangdong ShenZhen
Team Members: JiaYi Cai is the main designer.
JiaLiang Cai : Multidisciplinary Designer
ZhiPing Chen: Material Engineering Department at UBC
ShaoShi Yan is the instructor.
Image Credits: Image #1: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #2: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #3: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #4: CAI JIAYI, 2019
Image #5: CAI JIAYI, 2019