"The furnace"
Tuo Yue stove
Design of Electric Ceramic Furnace
Electric ceramic stove design

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Tea ware design / 2021 /Product Design
Designer: Zhang Hu
Designer:Hu Cheung

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The design inspiration of the furnace comes from the use of firewood stove with bellows when I was a child. The firewood stove with bellows is warm, interesting and fun in our memory, especially the sound made by pulling the bellows makes people have a strong memory resonance. The wind box is the smell of a childhood home. Wood is stuffed into the fire pond and the wooden wind box is pulled to produce the smell of mother cooking. It brings warmth to the family. There is also a steam atmosphere of boiling water.
The fifth chapter of "Tao Te Ching" says: "Between heaven and earth, is it still true? It is empty and unyielding, moving and getting better.". The bellows is also called by Lao Tzu.
The positioning of the furnace is an electric pottery furnace for boiling water and tea. Functionally speaking, it can also be used as a kitchen stove. The left side of the furnace is a pull switch, pull out and push back to the original position is the function of on and off, the right side of the furnace is to adjust the size of fire, through the left and right movement of the metal button to adjust the size of fire. It is completely different from the existing products in the market in terms of switch, fire control and appearance design, forming its own product recognition degree. In terms of appearance design, the geometrical design language is used to express the contrast between minimalism and complexity. Compared with the right side, the texture of the left side is complex. In surface treatment, the right side is in sharp contrast with the left side, and the right side is more detailed. The bulge on the top of the right is a small rectangular chimney. Although it is only a decorative function, it can make the product more atmospheric and detailed.