Chu Jie Cast Iron Teapot by Kairui Wan and Jiankun Sun |
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| DESIGN NAME: Chu Jie PRIMARY FUNCTION: Cast Iron Teapot INSPIRATION: The design was inspired by the traditional costumes of ancient Chu culture. Chu is a country in ancient China and it is one of the origins of Han civilization. Traditional costumes are usually the precipitation of a nation’s civilization, reflecting the unique life-style, aesthetics, and philosophy of the ancient Chu people in a concrete form. We extracted the most representative Chu elements from the existing clothing documents of Chu culture and applied them to the design of CHUJIE. Through this way, we hope more people can feel the splendor of Chu culture. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Chu·Jie is a cast iron teapot, its creation inspired by the ancient Chu State buildings and utensils. On this basis, we also introduce the elements of modern aesthetics into it. The curvilinear textured pot body and the flat mirror-shaped pot cover form a kind of aesthetic feeling of both tradition and modernity. We hope to achieve a balance between traditional design elements and modern design elements through this design. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Teapot can be placed on coffee table at home or office , people can use a teapot soak a pot of tea and enjoy their own leisure time. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in September 2017 in Beijing and finished in December 2017 in Wuhan |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Pot body of the teapot is made of rough cast iron material, the lid is a smooth metal, and the other parts used to do the old brass. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The maximum diameter of pot:13.5cm，length of product:20.5cm TAGS: Teapot,Chu Culture RESEARCH ABSTRACT: We collected a large amount of information about the culture of Chu from the Internet and literature, especially the information of traditional costumes of Chu. The members in our team categorized and analyzed the images and texts, and analyzed the colors, materials, size ratios, patterns and other elements of different categories of traditional costumes. In the end, we extracted the elements that can reflect the characteristics of most of Chu's clothing.We apply these elements to the design.The combination of black and copper is a very common color combination in the Chu culture. The shape of the kettle body is taken from the sleeve shape in the Chu country costume. The cast iron and the old brass material are often seen in the oriental classical design. CHALLENGE: The biggest challenge of this design is how we should show the Chu culture through this teapot. ADDED DATE: 2018-01-18 09:22:24 TEAM MEMBERS (4) : Kairui Wan, Sunjian Kun, Yi Zhou and Zhengyang Pi IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Creator Kairui Wan, 2018. Image #2: Creator Kairui Wan, 2018. Image #3: Creator Kairui Wan, 2018. Image #4: Creator Kairui Wan, 2018. Image #5: Creator Kairui Wan, 2018. |
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NAME: Wuhan University of Technology PROFILE: Wuhan University of Technology (hereafter referred to as WUT) was merged on May 27th 2000, from the former Wuhan University of Technology (established in 1948), Wuhan Transportation University (established in 1946) and Wuhan Automotive Polytechnic University (established in 1958). WUT is one of the leading Chinese universities under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education and one of the universities in the country’s construction plan of world-class universities and first-class disciplines. WUT is also jointly constructed by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport, the State Oceanic Administration and the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. In the past 70 years, WUT has fostered over 500,000 engineers and technicians, maintaining itself the largest scale university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education for nurturing talents oriented in the three industrial sectors: building materials industry, transportation industry and automobile industry and retaining itself an important base of nurturing high-level talents for the three industrial sectors as well as providing significant scientific and technological achievements. |
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Chu Jie Cast Iron Teapot by Kairui Wan and Jiankun Sun is Runner-up for A' Design Award in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Category, 2017 - 2018.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Kairui Wan and Jiankun Sun. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Kairui Wan and Jiankun Sun. |
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