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Name of the submitted project or idea (in English or both English and your language)
Transformer Box Reuse Project
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URL of a video introducing the work（under 5 minutes）
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHMct3a2wtQ&t=2s
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Detailed explanation of the submitted project or idea (in English or both English and your language)
The transformer boxes are essential to power generation and are the main material of this project. Metal covers represent color schemes and illustrations in different times and cities. They have become a common scene in Taiwan, and a part of collective memories. We design to keep all kinds of traces and marks on them over 20 years of service, from color blocks, illustrated landscapes to rusty erosions. They all capture beautiful moments in time.
From different parts of Taiwan, including outlying islands, these retired transformer boxes are reproduced into three lifestyle products with precise cutting technique and unique transparent coating .
Base on the feature of transformer box materials, these thick and heat-tolerant materials are made into table trivets. Packages are produced from recycled plastic bottle fiber, and can be used as table trivets as well.
The tray is made from transformer box materials and metal tube inventories.
The badge is inspired by common landscape illustrations on transformer boxes, with profiles from mountain, forest, cloud, flower, and sun. -
Keywords
#Ecosystem#Material #Transformerbox
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If you have a website for your submitted project or idea, please provide the URL
https://www.pinkoi.com/flagship/tpcreative#unit-1620089254956
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Special Prize Question 1: How does your project or idea make use of local resources, such as materials and knowledge, to tackle its challenge?
From different parts of Taiwan, including outlying islands, these retired transformer boxes represent color schemes and illustrations in different times and cities. They have become a common scene in Taiwan, and a part of collective memories. We design to keep all kinds of traces and marks on them over 20 years of service. They all capture beautiful moments in time. These retired transformer boxes are reproduced into three lifestyle products with new roles and values to become part of our daily life again.
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Special Prize Question 2: How does your project or idea sustain its activities through the involvement of the local community?
Taiwan Power Company is committed to optimal efficiency between resource usage and power output. As an electricity supplier for the country, Taipower also contemplates on the environment and sustainability.
This project is executed by TPCreative, a department of Taiwan Power Company. TPCreative is how Taiwan Power Company practices circular economy and sustainability. It collects byproducts, obsolete equipments, and materials in the power generation process. After research, development and design, they are transformed into lifestyle products to trigger environmental awareness among consumers. -
Special Prize Question 3: How does your project or idea eliminate waste or pollution while regenerating natural resources?
