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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Monday, 12 September 2011
Experience Enrichment: Kitchen Tongs
Product Poster |
Product Usage Story Board |
Orthographic Drawing (CAD) |
Rationale: “Kitchen
Tongs”
Kitchen Tongs are often designed with a distinctive
look. The looks of it often replicates each other’s appearance. It does not
look intimidating nor friendly in the user’s eye. At times, the normal look of
it triggers a sense of performing a duty. But of course consumers are used to
its normal appearance. Redesigning
cooking tongs allows design revision its usual design allowing changes towards
its ergonomic, materials, innovation applied and as well as its aesthetics.
Figure 1:
New Design - Kitchen Tongs
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The sleek shape, size and weight of this
Kitchen tongs promote good ergonomics in terms of handling the product. It does
not create tension towards the wrist cause of its subtle curvature shape, lines
and light weight construction therefore can easily manoeuvre in different motions.
This characteristic promotes an overall good ergonomic of the product reason to
establish a pleasurable “living relationship” between the product and its user.
The materials used are aluminium steel, abraded
and sandblasted then hard anodized and revolutionary plastic base that can be
joined with anodized aluminium. The hinge is an integrated nylon that serves as
the hinge and spring. These materials are common but joined together in an
innovative manner ensuring the products durability and hygienic impact towards
food safety.
The Kitchen Tongs delivers an eye pleasing
experience. The anodized silver aluminium steel enhances the subtlety of lines
and curvatures on the outside while the obsidian bright green highlights the
inside. Furthermore, the anodized aluminium gives an elegant and solid build
just like the mussels’ shell. The plastic on the inside though contrastingly
serves like comforting and nurturing extension of the user’s hand. This kitchen
tongs is designed to deliver aesthetic looks that is appealing towards the
consumer.
This everyday hand tool, Kitchen tongs, is
designed for consumer to have a more pleasurable product that enriches and
enhances their experience while interacting with it, in this case – pleasurable
cooking. Practicality is presented through the simplicity of the design and easy
usability. Although it’s simple it is ergonomically built for consumer’s safety
and experience. The subtlety of the shape and lines, contrasting materials and
finish is visually appealing and gives a psychologically pleasuring experience.
The design although not revolutionary delivers an innovative construction
approach through the joining of anodized aluminium and plastic base materials
together. The design approach towards this product delivers elegant
contemporary product with utilitarian respect that effectively demonstrates
integration of design elements and principles.
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