Table Dancers Stationery by Zhang Yingli, Xv Hongxin and Li Ruotong

Bronze Art Supplies · 2020

Table Dancers Stationery

by Zhang Yingli, Xv Hongxin and Li Ruotong

Bronze A' Design Award 2020 in Art Supplies
CLIENT: Hebei University of Technology
Estimated Number of Design Views: 27,440
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About Table Dancers Stationery

Table Dancers is a set of stationery inspired by dancers wearing red shoes. The set includes a pair of compasses, a paper knife, an eraser and a tape measure. The compasses recall a ballet dancer, and the paper knife moves over the paper like a skater. The eraser is formed of three layers, from skin to flesh to bone marrow. The tape measure is pulled out of the barrel of the shoe like a slim leg. The items are made of nontoxic and light polypropylene plastic. Table Dancers adds emotional value to tools used for study and office work.

About the Bronze A' Design Award

Table Dancers Stationery is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Table Dancers Stationery is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Table Dancers Stationery splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.

Press Kit

Unique Properties: This product consists of a series of stationeries which is inspired by a dancer wearing red shoes. The stationeries include a pair of compasses, a paper knife, an eraser and a tape measure. The compasses are inspired by a ballet dancer and the paper knife is like a "skater" on the paper. The eraser has three layers, from skin to flesh to bone marrow. The tape measure is pulled out from the barrel part of the shoe as if it is an elegant and slim leg.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1.The height of compasses is 140 mm.
2.The height of the paper knife is 150mm.
3.The erasable part of the eraser is 15mm*15mm*45mm, and the non-erasable part of the eraser is 45mm*20mm*35mm.
4.Tape measure is 60mm*28mm*41mm.
Tags: stationery
Production Technology: The design background is based on study and office space. It is suitable for users who need to draw, measure and make models. Stationery is made of nontoxic and light plastic (pp).
Design Challenge: In the design process of "Table Dancers", we adjusted the shape and size of stationery many times, and finally determined the appropriate proportion. On the basis of satisfying the use function, the plan has been finally determined after consulting the opinions of many users. We hope that this design can change people's understanding and cognition of stationery. Easy use and accuracy are not the only characteristics of stationery.
Research: "Table Dancers" is a stationery design. We apply four wonderful forms of dancers to four different stationery items, including compasses, a paper knife, an eraser and a tape measure. We determine the size through man-machine data analysis, and improve the design by making models. At present, people all regard stationery as a tool with only useful value. We need to add emotional elements to stationery and know that accuracy and convenience are not the only characteristics of stationery.
Inspiration: People all regard stationery as a tool with only useful value. Is it easy to operate? Is it accurate? But we think stationery is more like our working partners. They also have life. We focus on people's emotional needs and design "Table Dancers". Inspired by dancers wearing red shoes, the stationeries include a pair of compasses, a paper knife, an eraser and a tape measure. Users can feel the pleasure of work through "Table Dancers" and we should always remember that life is beautiful.
Project Duration: The project will start in Tianjin in September 2019 and be completed in Tianjin in October 2019.
Operation Flow: Users can study or work through "Table Dancers". The compasses roll out circles on the paper like ballerinas and the paper knife is like a “skater” on the paper. In the process of using eraser, users can be pleasantly surprised to find the changes of eraser, creating inspiration for users to work. The tape measure is pulled out of the shoe barrel like a long leg, elegant and beautiful. They all remind the user not to neglect the pleasure of life while busy working.