COFFEE & TEA Lu Ding 12.2013
DAILY RITUAL OF COFFEE & TEA
C o f fe e break and tea tim e is universal, everyone has personal associations to them. When it comes to consumers, it's generally a long journey for beans and leaves to travel from exotic climes to the kitchen. So people may as well honor them with some extra chores before throwing them to the trash.
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THE INDUSTRY & POTENTIAL PARTNERS
Coffee industry and tea industry is one of the world’s most valuable agricultural commodities. The main links within the coffee and tea supply chain include: Growers Intermediaries Processors Government agencies Exporters Dealers/Brokers Roasters Retailers
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MATERIAL TESTING 01
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MATERIAL TESTING 02
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TEA CONCEPT
茶
草
GRASS
人
PERSON
木
WOOD
The concept is inspired by the Chinese charactor " 茶 ", which contains three parts: grass, person and wood. It's a free-standing personal space for drinking tea and coffee in coffee/tea bar, airport, restaurant in hotel and etc.The main materials are coffee, tea and wood.
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10:1 SCALE MODEL 1
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Based on sketches, there are three main directions of the furniture: 1. Half-covered space 2. Standing table with a lamp 3. Whole-covered space
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The final boject is a combination: simplified structure of NO.1 and the lamp-table impression of NO.2
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1:1 PROTOTYPE 1 3
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1. Main measurements 2. 1:1 Prototype 3. Material for the lamp 4. Material for the table surface
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PRODUCTION & WORK IN PROCESS 1
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Wooden structure can be made in any local wood, in this case, will be local birch . Lamp and table surface can be made anywhere using coffee-filter /tea bag paper & coffee grounds/ waste tea. Work in process: furniture making 1. Recent testing of lamp 2. Recent testing of table surface 3. Making wooden structure and joits