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Direct-Light Cake Candles

The Match Candle Can Be Stricken, Lit and Inserted Straight into Dessert

— November 12, 2013 — Art & Design
It isn't as if lighting a candle has too many complex steps, but the Match Candle really is a delightful concept! Submitted as an entry that ended up winning a 2013 Red Dot Design Award, this prospective product brings efficiency to decorating a birthday cake.

Cui Zehao, Hu Chuan, Chen Xing, Zhang Wei, Yang Fan and Zhao Xiaoshen worked with the Ningbo Coor Design & Manufacture Company on project. It comprises a plastic matchbox with a durable strike strip of red phosphorus, on which you can set flame to tips made of sulfur, chlorate, manganese dioxide and glass powder. The main body of the matchsticks is much thicker than usual. It's actually modeled on the striped and colorful birthday candle so that the Match Candles can be placed directly onto a cake.
Trend Themes
1. Direct-light Cake Candles - A new way of decorating birthday cakes with a matchstick-inspired candle that can be inserted straight into the dessert, offering a potentially more efficient and fast solution to traditional birthday candles.
2. Red Dot Design Award - A design award that recognizes innovative products and ideas like the Match Candle, signaling a growing trend in recognizing the importance of design in products and services.
3. Efficiency in Decorating - The Match Candle offers a more efficient way of decorating birthday cakes, highlighting a growing trend in finding more practical and functional solutions to everyday problems.
Industry Implications
1. Consumer Goods - The Match Candle is a new product that belongs in the consumer goods industry, which is constantly looking for innovative solutions to meet consumers' needs.
2. Design - The Red Dot Design Award recognizes products that excel in design and innovation, creating a growing demand for innovative and efficient design solutions.
3. Food and Beverage - The Match Candle provides an alternative way of decorating desserts, highlighting the potential for innovation in the food and beverage industry.
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