Fig 1.
The design and comprehensive evaluation process of tea sets.
Table 1.
Interview guideline with tea set consumers.
Table 2.
Interview guideline with tea set product designers.
Table 3.
Interview guideline with tea set product sales staff.
Table 4.
Open coding process.
Table 5.
Axial coding process.
Table 6.
Selective coding process.
Fig 2.
Chinese tea set product evaluation indicators hierarchical model.
Table 7.
Judgment matrix index importance level numerical scale table.
Table 8.
Judgment matrix and weight values for the target level.
Table 9.
Judgment matrix and weights for functional criteria.
Table 10.
Judgment matrix and weights for safety criteria.
Table 11.
Judgment matrix and weights for functional criteria.
Table 12.
Judgment matrix and weights for functional criteria.
Table 13.
Axial coding process.
Table 14.
RI values of matrix order 1–9.
Table 15.
Consistency test results.
Fig 3.
The auspicious beast—“cunning”.
Fig 4.
Extraction of cultural elements.
Fig 5.
Preliminary design schemes.
Fig 6.
Tea set innovative design scheme rendering.