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DESIGN NAME: Tulip
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Candlestick
INSPIRATION: The design comes from the subtle usage of the tulip metaphor, which represents spring, beauty, and hope in life. This design also makes lighting candlestick much easier. As the scented candles are put in and lit, the faint fragrance is exuded from the flower-shaped candlestick. With beautiful candlelight, it creates beautiful scene, providing us with joyful atmosphere of relaxation and meditation.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is candlestick design that can hold common scented candles. A lighted match stick could go along with the gap between the "petals" of the candlestick, and lit the candle.
With flame flickering, inverted reflection of the faint light in the candle solution and the subtle fragrance weave together to create a nice atmosphere for leisure and meditation.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: People can interact with this candlestick easily. While lighting it, people can easily put a match through the gaps between the petals. This design makes intuitive interaction, which enriches user experience.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in Oct 2021 and completes in Feb 2022 in Shenzhen, China.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: This candlestick is made of ceramics.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 55mm x 55mm x 70 mm
TAGS: Candlestick, tullip, furniture.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Brief observations were conducted to learn how people use candlesticks in home. Market research was also conducted to learn current solutions.
CHALLENGE: Candlestick is not only functional products at home. It should fulfill the basic function of holding candle. But it should also contribute to joyful domestic environment. It is a challenge to design candlesticks that are easy to use as well as elegant. Inspiring by nature, this design shapes candlestick in the elegant shape of tulip. This design also makes the interaction with candlesticks become much easier by creating gaps between petals.
ADDED DATE: 2022-03-26 13:37:04
TEAM MEMBERS (2) : Di Lu and Junfeng Wang
IMAGE CREDITS: Peiyao Cheng, 2021.
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NAME: Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
PROFILE: Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen is public and research-oriented university. The campus is located in the Greater Bay Area of South China. It provides comprehensive degree programs for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. It has 10 schools and 4 research centers, with research focusing on materials, intelligent equipment manufacturing, future information technology, artificial intelligence, smart cities, space science, marine engineering, and biopharmaceuticals. The campus aims to become an “internationalized, high-skilled, and research-oriented campus,” and its current emphasis is on revolutionizing higher education, attracting talent, and pioneering global education strategies.
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