Slanted Lid
Flat Cup
A portable container that redefines everyday drinkware through a tilted structure. Achieving spatial optimization while innovatively enhancing the drinking experience and practical functionality through a subtle angle adjustment.
01 · The Challenge — The Traditional Cup's Pain Points
Traditional cylindrical cups have low space utilization — occupying large volume in a bag. And drinking requires significantly tilting one's head back, an uncomfortable experience.
Modern life contexts are complex, yet there's no support for multi-functionality (e.g. temporarily holding medication). How to simultaneously solve portability, comfort, and functional extension in one portable container was the core challenge.
02 · The Solution — One Angle, Multiple Benefits
True Innovation from Deep Detail Insight
Through a 15° tilted structural innovation, a millimeter-scale adjustment simultaneously achieves: optimizing the drinking angle to reduce neck tilt, the angled lip naturally forming a small rest surface, and a flat profile creating ultimate portability.
03 · Blueprint — Structural Logic
Flat Profile
Breaks convention — minimizes carry volume, slides effortlessly into a briefcase.
Angled Lip
Provides an ergonomic drinking angle while maintaining visual elegance.
Rest Surface
The tilted lid surface naturally forms a small groove — temporarily holds tablets or tea bags.
04 · Capabilities
Drinking Experience
Optimized lip angle significantly reduces neck tilt — providing a more comfortable, elegant drinking posture.
Space Efficiency
The flat design fits like a book — perfectly adapting to briefcase and backpack compartments without wasting space.
Desktop Multi-function
The angled lid with micro-recess becomes a temporary "desktop mini tray" for small items like tablets.
05 · Impact
Not just a change of form — but a deep insight into life's details. This project established the design methodology of "small changes creating large experience improvements," receiving authoritative recognition in the professional field.
🏆 National Utility Model Patent · ⭐ China Academy of Art "Future Star" Award