Bionic Design Research: Biomimetic Teacup Design With 3D Printing Technology

Tea originated in China. According to archaeologists' research, tea culture has a history of over 4700 years and has profound historical and cultural connotations. Tea utensils, also known as tea-drinking utensils, serve as carriers and become a manifestation of the spirit of the tea ceremony. This article takes product innovation design as the starting point to carry out the conceptual design of creative tea cups. Selecting tea cups as the design subject and lotus flowers as biomimetic entities, based on the characteristics of 3D printing technology, using biomimetic design for form and internal structure design, combined with hollowed-out external structure design, to form the final tea cup design product, effectively enriching the tea cup product form and meeting the diversified needs of modern consumers for tea cup products. Through the specific practical design process of this teacup, the application of biomimetic design, 3D printing technology, and hollowing-out technology will be demonstrated, in order to provide design inspiration for similar product designs.