Silver Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design · 2021
Elves Camping Accessories
by Qing Yan
- A' Design Award 2021 Silver Winner in Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
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About Elves Camping Accessories
Elves is a camping accessory set designed to reduce environmental impact. The set includes a solar powered fire pit, a drip coffee brewer, tableware and a hanging light. The fire pit provides an area for roasting marshmallows and folds down for transport. Lights are embedded in each piece, forming decorative patterns that replace a table cloth and create ambiance after dark. Oak wood, steel and PLA are used for the products, with thin cardboard for the packaging. The set invites families to gather outdoors without adding carbon emissions.
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- Unique Properties
- "Elves" is a camping accessory set that offers sustainable design solutions for users that are conscientious about their carbon footprint and the impacts on the environment. At the heart is a re-imagined fireplace that runs on solar energy and is designed to provide a new experience, complete with an area to roast marshmallows. After all, sustainability needs the products in the set to help provide a positive camping experience in nature, without creating more CO2 emissions by doing so.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- - The S’more Pit : Open mode: 22.5 x 22.5 x 30inches; Close mode: 5 x 5 x 37 inches
- Dish: 15.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 inches; Bowl : 5.5 x 5.5 x 4 inches
- Drip coffee brewer: 5.5 x 5.5 x 12.5 inches
- Multifunctional light: 3.75 x 3.75 x 7.5 inches - Tags
- Camping, light, accessory, marshmallow, coffee, tableware, mood, ambiance, family
- Production Technology
- Product: Oak Wood, Steel, PLA
Packaging: thin cardboard - Design Challenge
- It is a challenge to balance the simplicity of camping gear and the romantic of the ambiance lighting.
- Project Duration
- The project started and finished in Fall,2020, in China
- Operation Flow
- “Elves” has lights embedded in the S’more Pit, Coffee Brewer, Tableware, and Hanging Light, “Elves” creates a strong ambiance in nature, replacing the table cloth through decorative light patterns.
- Research
- In order to elevate the camping experience, I researched about both camping and glamping. I interviewed 5 glampers and campers, plus one expert who owns a glampground. The method I used in the interviews is card sorting, timeline, and Dixit deck. The insight I got is: lighting is essential to a campground. People care about whether it is photogenic because they want to post glamorous experiences on social media.
- Inspiration
- Glamping is an activity that can be financially out of reach for many. “Elves” elevates the camping experience through simple pleasures that are created through diversified outdoor activities. Today's busy lifestyle can make eating together a challenge, but the benefits of gathering as a family are worth the effort. “Elves” encourages us to gather around the campfire and around the dinner table, satisfying the fundamental need of communal belonging that we all share. It's what makes us “human”.
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