London Design Gold

2026

Tripod Strawberry Smart Sensor Trash Can

Entrant

Jiangmen Shisong Technology Co., Ltd.

Category

Product Design - Trash Can

Client's Name

Country / Region

China

This trash can combines furniture-inspired design with smart interactive technology, achieving a dual leap in both aesthetics and functionality. Moving away from the traditional floor-standing can forms, it draws on side tables and floor lamps, standing tall and elegant on three silver-colored legs. The design enhances its modern technological appeal, allowing it to harmoniously blend into living rooms, bedrooms, and other spaces. The trash can takes strawberries as its design prototype, with smooth, rounded lines capturing the vitality of strawberries. The can body is made from high-gloss ABS, mimicking the glossy, firm, and enticing strawberry skin. The colors are carefully chosen: Bordeaux Red evokes the plumpness of ripe strawberries, while Monet White mirrors the creamy look of unripe strawberries—perfect for light luxury, Scandinavian, and other interior styles.

Addressing the common hassle of bending over to throw away trash, this trash can is elevated on a sleek tripod, making tossing waste effortless in both sitting or standing postures—perfect for seniors, expectant mothers, or those with sensitive backs. Its suspended design keeps the floor underneath clear, eliminates hygiene dead spots, and leaves room for robot vacuums or mops to pass through, simplifying daily cleaning routines. Equipped with advanced infrared sensors and mechanical linkage, this can transforms a simple act of tossing trash into a delightful interactive ritual. Its integrated lid opens with a simple wave of the hand, while the brand logo breathing light illuminates as the lid rises as if nodding in acknowledgment, giving life to an otherwise impersonal machine. Users can effortlessly switch between Sensor Mode and Open Mode with a single button, and the dry cell lasts up to 360 days, combining intuitive operation with low energy consumption.

Credits

Designer
Tiffany Lau
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