Shi

Tea Tray for Xiamen University of Technology

It is a separable double-layer water storage tea tray, which is composed of two parts: a natural stone disk and an aluminum chassis. The center line of tapering divides the disk surface into a plane and a gradual concave surface. The plane is the "dry" area, which is used to place the tea set. Concave for the "wet" area, to achieve efficient water, water. At the same time, the lower water mouth is at the lowest point of the concave surface, and the overflow of tea water is directly observed, which is convenient for timely cleaning the water storage pan.

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Unique Properties

Tea tray is usually plane and tea water flows everywhere when using under the condition, which brings inconvenience. The design inspiration comes from bridge, which integrates plane & concave and presents the tension of shape. The concave brings height difference, which not only realizes dry and wet depart, but also can be easy to drain water, while cleverly reminding the state of water storage.

Tags

tea tray, stone design, simple, natural interaction, instinct, light weight, different materials combination

Production Technology

Shi is made of natural stone and aluminum. The natural stone is treated by CNC and water knife cutting molding technology, which surface is realized by sandblasting technology. The aluminum is treated by die drawing and cutting technology, which surface is realized by matte painting.

Design Challenge

The concave curvature of natural stone plate should not only ensure the high efficiency of drainage, and the realization of modeling, but also satisfy the reminding of water level. Through the virtual simulation and physical model test, the radius of curvature of the concave surface is determined to be 212 mm finally.

Project Duration

The project was started in xiamen in February 2019, completed in xiamen in September 2019 and exhibited in Shanghai in October 2019.

Operation Flow

The flat part of the tea tray is placed with the tea set and the concave part is the operating area. The height difference between the plane surface and concave surface allows an efficient drainage. When the water reaches three quarters of the tank, the user can visually observe the water level from the lowest point of the concave surface to facilitate the timely dumping.

Research

The tea tray design belongs to the application research, which object is to guide user behavior through the simplest language form, combining with ways of user interview, focusing group, product usability testing, consumer diary.

Inspiration

Shi is a kind of water storage tea tray, which is made of natural stone and metal (aluminum) water chassis, modeling simple. The disk is designed with drop type through the plane with concave surface, with height difference of 1.6 cm. The plane is used as dry areas, the concave as wet areas, which cleverly realizes tea-making scenarios of dry and wet depart. Besides, for the concave is lower, so we can visually see the tea overflowing from the drain, which prompts the user dumping of tea.

Image Credits

Image #1: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019. Image #2: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019. Image #3: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019. Image #4: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019. Image #5: Photographer Gang Wang, Shi, 2019.

Project Overview

Shi Tea Tray has been a Bronze winner in the Furniture Design award category in the year 2019 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

Bronze Recognition

Gang Wang was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2020, a testament to excellence of their work Shi Tea Tray.

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