Renew

Replaceable Refill Marker for DaoDun Design

Renew is a marker that users can disassemble it by twisting the pen to quickly replace the refill and reuse it. The nib has a flexible space to ensure full contact with the surface of the paper. In addition, it also features a coloring area to identify true colors. When the pen cap corresponds to the pen holder color, the tilt direction of the pen cap can indicate the tilt direction of the pen tip.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Project Overview

Renew Replaceable Refill Marker has been a Silver winner in the Art and Stationery Supplies Design award category in the year 2021 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

Silver Recognition

Yunsong Liu was recognized with the coveted Silver A' Design Award in 2022, a testament to excellence of their work Renew Replaceable Refill Marker.

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