Tea Seedling Pots Sustainable Cup by Yu-Ting Chen |
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| DESIGN NAME: Tea Seedling Pots PRIMARY FUNCTION: Sustainable Cup INSPIRATION: In order to transport tea seedlings, merchants mostly use plastic seedling bags filled with soil for cutting propagation. When tea farmers plant tea seedlings, they need to cut off the outer bag, which not only consumes manpower and damages the root system. Also affects the seedling throwing operation of the tea planting machine and the survival rate of tea seedlings. It is estimated that about 10 million discarded plastic seedling bags will be produced. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Tea-seedling Pots is based on the concept of perpetual circulation, which is suitable for the size of planting equipment, so that tea farmers can transplant mechanically and do lots of planting. The tea branches are used as container materials, and the double-layer structure is used, which contains fertilizers, so that it can completely protect the roots before transplanting, improve the survival rate, and reduce the behavior of tea seedling traders using plastic bags to raise seedlings. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Put the growing tea tree into the outer layer Tea-Seedling POTS for transplantation. The inner layer decomposes automatically in the soil and the outer layer can be broken and mixed into the soil. Making tea seedling pots by collecting tea branches and leaves. Not only can it be friendly to the tea garden environment and self decompose into tea garden fertilizer, but it can also reduce human resources and improve the survival rate of tea seedlings PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project began in August 2022 and was completed in Taipei, Taiwan in May 2023. |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Material: Tea branches and stems, paper. Production: gypsum mold, sodium alginate, tea stem shredding. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Materials: Trimmed tea branches and stems / each inner pots size from Length 10cm x Width 10cm x Height 16cm / each outter pots size from Length 14cm x Width 14cm x Height 13cm TAGS: Tea trees, recycled materials, agricultural waste, SDGs, friendly planting RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Objective: To learn and understand Waste generated during the process of growing tea and its treatment methods. Method, Data collection: : Collect tea waste during the tea planting process and dispose of it with plastic straps. With the goal of sustainability, an interview outline was designed. Through interviews with teachers and tea farmers, environmental issues related to tea cultivation were investigated, and the tea environment was improved. Planting was carried out in a friendly environment and tea farmers friendly manner. Research tools: Adobe Illustrator, procreate, keyshot, tea branch material. CHALLENGE: Appropriate amount of sodium alginate needs to be added due to the need to strengthen the firmness of the tea seedling pots. And the proportion needs to be constantly adjusted during the process to complete the mold turning. ADDED DATE: 2023-06-20 16:37:26 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: Image#1~#5: Yu-Ting Chen, 2023. |
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NAME: National Taipei University of Education/ Department of Arts and Design PROFILE: The National Taipei University of Education (NTUE) was inaugurated in 1895. At present, NTUE comprises 3 colleges, namely Education, Humanities and Arts, Science. The University actively pursues a policy of international academic collaboration. Links with higher education institutions worldwide are formed and maintained through formal academic agreements, exchange programs, symposia and visits. NTUE strives to be an excellent, exquisite, innovative and competitive university which specializes in teacher training, educational research, artistic design, digital technology, cultural innovation, and continuing education. |
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Tea Seedling Pots Sustainable Cup by Yu-Ting Chen is Winner in Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Category, 2023 - 2024.· Read the interview with designer Yu-Ting Chen for design Tea Seedling Pots here.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Yu-Ting Chen. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Yu-Ting Chen. |
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