Gradient Ramp
Gradient Ramp is an adhesive tape designed to make the cut end easier to find. Standard transparent tape is very thin, so the edge is often hard to locate after use. Gradient Ramp carries a gradient of color along its length. When the tape is cut, the layers create a visible color difference at the cut line. The user looks for the area of strongest contrast and lifts the tape from that point. The tape is made of a PVC film without plasticizer, which offers good low temperature resistance, strong initial tack and easy cutting.
Gradient Ramp Tape by Bruce Tao has been featured as an innovative illustration of industrial design by the A' Design Awards. Gradient Ramp Tape won the Iron A' Design Award in Art and Stationery Supplies Design in 2021. The A' Art and Stationery Supplies Design Award is an international, meritocratic, just and fair design recognition program which honors superior design of brushes, paints, sketchbooks, pencils, pastels, easels, canvases, markers and more.
