Merry Christmas to all our readers! We’ll be back with more architecture and design tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy this photo of a cabin in Norway design by Snøhetta, and take a look at the best Christmas trees and cards of the year.
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Being introverted shouldn’t be synonymous with being boring. The Friendly Borders is a fun and engaging way to manipulate spaces, creating private zones. The Japanese-fan-inspired apparatus lets you instantly open out and create an almost-opaque screen made from Trevira fabric (a type of branded woven yarn) that’s anywhere from 1.5 to 2 feet in height, based on what size you pick.
The Friendly Borders instant screen comes in a neat Birchwood case, allowing you to open it up in a matter of seconds, and close it down into a tiny box slim enough to sit on your desk or in a book-shelf. Opening it instantly gives you a comfy private zone to boost your productivity, making the Friendly Borders great for offices, libraries, schools, or perhaps even in homes (especially when two youngsters share the same room!) It does so in a way that’s fun and non-confrontational, allowing you to get your private space while not appearing unsocial or rude. It’s probably the fact that the Friendly Borders opens out like a peacock, subconsciously directing your mind towards an animal that is the very opposite of unsocial and introverted! Clever, no?
The Friendly Borders comes in subtle colors like grey and mint to complement the aesthetic of the spaces it’s put in and also to prevent you from getting overwhelmed or distracted by the color. Its Trevira fabric allows it to stay clean, to last long while maintaining its stiffness, and also bestows an unusual property to it. Given the Trevira’s flame-retardant nature, the Friendly Borders could even be used in an emergency to quickly brush off a fire (although Njustudio’s website doesn’t mention it, but Trevira’s own website boldly touts its flame-retardant properties).
Designer: Njustudio
With over 20 million FeNO or exhaled nitric oxide tests conducted worldwide, the NIOX VERO has always been the gold standard in asthma detection and management. The company behind it, Circassia, approached London-based Precipice Design to redesign their flagship FeNO kit to give it a better experience, and make it easy to operate and carry.
Tasked with the challenge of making the already popular NIOX VERO even better, Precipice immediately looked at tackling its form and its interface, making tweaks and upgrades that would add to the already advanced technology to make the NIOX VERO even better than before. The redesign saw an immediate relook at the form. The newer form boasted of a larger screen with a better, more detailed interface, the reduction of bezels to give it a high-end approach, and the inclusion of a simple handle to make the product easy to carry around. An important part of the FeNO testing kit, the mouthpiece, was moved to the side and given a cover/dock to conveniently rest in.
The interface was redesigned too, with a more visual approach. The “virtually wordless” UI helps the NIOX VERO work across countries and markets, providing an easy-to-understand visually-rich diagnosis with a minimal learning curve. The NIOX VERO even comes with three animation-driven testing modules to guide users to breathe into the machine correctly, so that the data captured is accurate, and the device conveniently stores and displays all past readings to offer convenience to the specialist using the machines.
Designer: Precipice Design
Designer: Precipice Design for Circassia
The Snapmaker 2.0 literally turns imagination into reality. Designed to practically transform into any prototyping tool you’d need to bring your ideas to life, this modular prototyping-station can be built to operate as a 3D Printer, a Laser Engraver/Cutter, and even a 3 or even 4 Axis CNC Machine. Here is what’s amazing about it though. All these machines exist in the same amount of space a laptop would take on your desk.
The Snapmaker 2.0 is constructed using modular components crafted from aluminum alloy extrusions that allow you to make your device as small or as big as you want. Its all-metal construction means near-perfect tolerances, resulting in precise work, whether it’s laser cutting or 3D printing. Within minutes, you can assemble a fully-functional machine with an X, Y, and Z-axis, and simply attach or detach modules that let you use the apparatus as a CNC Machine, Laser Engraver, or even a 3D printer with sheer simplicity, and no specific skill-set or learning curve. The Snapmaker 2.0 comes even with a touchscreen interface that lets you control your device and gives you alerts like letting you know when to change the filament on the 3D printer, or a milling-bit on the CNC machine. It even displays previews of the artwork projected on your product while using the laser-engraver module. Its modular setup lets you build exactly the fabricating tool you need, allowing you to expand or scale it down based on the size of your operation or your workspace, add a protective enclosure, or even modules like an IP Camera or an emergency kill-switch.
The device’s multifaceted approach to prototyping allows you to work not just with a variety of machining techniques but also with a wide range of materials. You can 3D print in a variety of plastic filaments, or CNC-machine materials like foam and wood, while laser-engraving on multiple mediums from paper to fabrics, leather, wood, plastic, and even composite materials. Designed for embracing creativity, the Snapmaker 2.0’s modules are easy to replace and come with auto-correcting features like self-leveling and calibration, and auto-resume during power-cuts, giving you the freedom to focus on your output, whether you’re a freelance industrial designer, engineer, artist, craftsman, small-business entrepreneur, or working in an office setup like studios, teams, or start-ups.
Designed to empower you to build your ideas, the Snapmaker 2.0 brings seriously capable and powerful professional tools to anyone with a creative inkling. No wonder it’s the most-ever funded tech-product on Kickstarter! You can grab yourself a Snapmaker 2.0 with a special 30% discount up until December 31st, 2019! Go ahead and get yourself that design workshop you always wanted!
Designer: Snapmaker
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The Snapmaker 2.0 is a modular 3-in-1 3D printers that unlock your full creative potential, from 3D printing to laser engraving, cutting, and CNC carving. Snapmaker 2.0 is smarter, faster, larger, and more powerful than ever before.
Snapmaker 2.0 modular 3-in-1 3D printers are ideal for beginners who are just getting started, hobbyists who prefer more customized options, as well as engineers and designers who want to print large objects or accurate parts with outstanding print quality.
Traditional 3D printers can only 3D print. Your Snapmaker 2.0 is completely different. With interchangeable modules, Snapmaker’s functionality can be changed quickly and effciently, just like changing lenses on a camera. Now you can make many kinds of beautiful and artistic creations using laser engraving and cutting.
You can even use Snapmaker 2.0 as a CNC router to create precision 2.5D and 3D objects. It has faster working speed and a much larger workspace than the original model. It is the perfect machine to extend your interest to CNC carving.
Snapmaker 2.0 allows you to print almost anything for your creative projects: from common applications to objects with specific mechanical properties, such as toughness, durability, and flexibility. Snapmaker 2.0 can do it all!
A wide variety of materials you find in daily life are laser engravable or cuttable, including paper, plywood, leather, acrylic, cardboard, paper, fabric, and even food like cookies and coconuts!
CNC carving is ideal for precisely carving or cutting hard materials. With Snapmaker 2.0, you won’t be limited with the options of plastic or soft materials, and you’ll be able to use the following materials for your creative projects: hardwood, PCB, acrylic, POM, carbon fiber sheet, and many more materials.
Built with high-precision parts and an overall upgraded design, Snapmaker 2.0 is able to consistently print, engrave, cut, and carve objects in high resolution. The repeatability of the machine is 0.005 mm, and the homing repeatability is 0.01mm.
Imagine a 3D printer that you can upgrade and customize. Snapmaker is more than just a series of machines. It’s a system of powerful modules and add-ons for creative people like you. You can enjoy a lot of new features simply by getting the new modules or new kits.
Snapmaker 2.0 has three models: A150, A250 and A350. You can make large prototypes, or multiple smaller objects in one go. A350 provides the largest build volume, measuring 320 x 350 x 330 mm.
As an innovative Snapmaker owner, you can further enhance your creativity with a wide variety of add-ons to personalize your Snapmaker 2.0. For greater level of applications, we’ll have Enclosures, Lights, a Handwheel, an Emergency Stop Button and a Camera available for preorder soon!
Snapmaker 2.0 can support various tool heads, add-ons, multiple linear modules, and more features using simply one controller. A big reason we are able to do this is that we innovatively adopt the CAN (Controlled Area Network) bus expansion solution which was widely used in car automation. Rather than adding more ports and make a bigger control board with tangled cables, we’ve upgraded our controller to expand your creativity by providing universal ports, multiport adapters, and a CAN Hub for adding additional CAN-bus ports.
The Snapmaker 2.0 is modular. It allows for one machine to fulfil many roles which reduces space and cost. Snapmaker A150, A250 and A350 can be transformed into even more powerful machines with the upcoming Snapmaker Rotary Module, High Power Laser Module, 700W Spindle Module, and longer linear modules!
All the Snapmaker models are built to last. For Snapmaker 2.0, we pushed the boundaries of all-metal construction even further. All modules and major components are made of high strength metal. For example, both the controller board and power adapter use aluminum alloys housings for better heat dissipation; the original POM rollers are upgraded to steel rollers to deliver a higher load-bearing capacity and rigidity.
The aerospace-grade aluminum alloys are made into precision, reliable parts of Snapmaker modules after a series of processing steps. Each manufacturing process is strictly controlled, and every part is meticulously made. Snapmaker 2.0 not only looks premium, but also consistently delivers high performance.
Snapmaker 2.0 allows the high-precision computer-controlled tools to be readily accessible for every desk. Integrating only the finest quality components, it has high accuracy and repeatability, which allows it to 3D print, engrave and cut objects in high resolution.
Our 3-in-1 software, Snapmakerjs, is tailor-made for your Snapmaker machines. One single and powerful software for all your tasks.
With the Wi-Fi feature and the USB port, you can connect your Snapmaker 2.0 to any configuration for your convenience. You can upload designs via Wi-Fi or USB flash drive and print with the touch of a button. In addition, you can update the firmware over Wi-Fi directly.
Snapmaker 2.0 comes with a smart touchscreen that simplifies the workflow of your daily projects, letting you manage the most-used tasks directly from the touchscreen. Similarly to a smartphone, this 5-inch (720 x 1280 pixels) movable touchscreen is equipped with a Quad Core A7 CPU @1.1GHz, running under Android OS. providing a smooth and fast interface.
You don’t have to worry about power outages anymore. Snapmaker 2.0 can automatically detect power-loss, and then resumes exactly where it left off. You can recover any project and get perfect printing/engraving/cutting/carving results all the time.
Bed leveling is a tricky process, especially for a large heated bed and inexperienced users. To make bed leveling easier, we added an auto-leveling function. An induction sensor can probe the bed in a grid and apply mesh-based compensation that ensures you print on a level bed every time, all without the user having to go through complicated process.
Equipped with a filament runout sensor, those who are looking to print a large object can now print without fear. This will prevent unfinished prints and “air printing”. Once it realizes that the filament has run out, the touchscreen will notify you to load a new filament and allow you to resume printing immediately.
With Snapmaker 2.0, you can print objects with deep overhangs and get a more smooth finished surface! Cooling is just as important as heating when it comes to FDM 3D printing. For the Snapmaker 2.0, the cooling system is re-designed to cool the print in the most efficient way.
Removing a print is now easier than ever. Just lift the plate and flex it, no matter the size or shape of your print. As the heated bed uses a magnetic design, you can easily remove and put back the print sheet, or change it with the laser cutting work table or CNC carving in one minute.
The built-in camera allows you to preview your design with whatever material you use. You can edit your design and precisely position it exactly where you want it to be. What you see is what you get!
Laser cutting can be as easy as drawing. The Snapmaker 2.0 can recognize and transform your drawing into a vector image for laser engraving or cutting. Furthermore, you can edit the converted vector image directly in the Snapmaker software to fit into all your creative projects!
Faster is better. We added the Line (Normal Quality) mode to provide you a fast engraving option for grayscale images. This feature can save you hours when engraving big grayscale images. The quality is still very good compared to the original Dot (High Quality) mode.
The Aluminum Grid Table is specially designed to prevent damage to the bed by defocusing the laser beam during cutting. It is removable and super firm.
Snapmaker 2.0 features a fully upgraded CNC module. Using the standard ER11 Collet, it guarantees a better concentricity that allows for faster CNC carving speed and larger step down, which saves your time significantly. It also supports over one hundred carving and cutting bits. The diameters of the bits range from 0.5mm (0.020 inches) to 6.35mm (0.250 inches).
Each Snapmaker 2.0 comes with an MDF wasteboard. It’s removable and it can protect the bed from damage as well as providing a smooth and leveled surface for precise CNC carving. Furthermore, you can use the provided aluminum clamping kits to hold down the materials more easily and more reliably.
Snapmaker 2.0’s linear module has been upgraded for easy maintenance. The leadscrew, driver chip and precision parts are completely enclosed in the aluminum alloys housings. It eliminates the problem of dirt accumulation, resulting in better durability.
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From a marketing standpoint, a collaboration between Lucasfilm designers and Porsche designers makes little sense; but I’m sure glad they did it, as it yielded this video. The two design teams met up to create a spaceship for the Star Wars universe that would be infused with Porsche’s aesthetic, and because much of the process was captured on film, we got to screenshot a lot of cool sketches and renderings that would otherwise go unappreciated:
We also learn some interesting factoids. As one example, the design for Boba Fett’s Slave One ship was inspired by L.A.’s streetlamps:
The final design does not appear in the latest movie (to my knowledge), but still looks pretty nifty:
The video itself gives a pretty good look at the design process and how the teams collaborated. If you’re a fan of both automotive design and Star Wars, this is well worth the watch:
Rise of Skywalker had terrible reviews, and I went to see it expecting it to suck–but came out of the theater happy. No matter what they did with it, a group of people would hate it, but I thought overall it was pretty good. Those of you who’ve seen it, did you like it?
Chilean architect Alberto Moletto has created a concrete-framed educational facility at a Catholic university that is designed to go “unnoticed for those who walk through the campus”.
The FEM Building is located within the San Joaquín campus for the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) – a prestigious institution started in the late 19th century. The campus is situated within Macul, a commune in the Santiago metropolitan region.
Designed by local architect Alberto Moletto, the building houses the School of Secondary Education, where students are trained to be teachers. It sits adjacent to the Faculty of Education building, helping form a dedicated space for the university’s education studies programme.
The architect set out to create a building that would sit quietly within the dense campus, where a range of architectural styles are on display. The main idea was to employ a “repetition of elements that can operate in the place silently and try to go unnoticed for those who walk through the campus”, the architect stated in a project description.
For the 455-square-metre site, Moletto created a rectangular, four-storey building that sits among tall, deciduous trees. A basement level is partly visible on the south side of the building, which faces a sunken plaza.
The exterior features concrete columns and beams that form a rectilinear grid. Each opening in the grid is 2.4 metres wide – a unit of measurement that is carried inside the building to help determine room dimensions.
“This repetition both in plan and in elevation defines the project,” the architect said, noting that the repetition helped reduce construction times.
Within the structure, the architect aimed to create spaces that were visually and spatially connected. Upon entering, visitors step into a central core with “discontinuous circulation” that provides a sense of the building’s interior composition.
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Offices, seminar rooms and study areas are dispersed throughout the 2,350-square-metre facility. A restrained palette of materials was employed, including concrete flooring, black metal trim and glass partitions. Fresh air enters through operable windows that are set within large sheets of glass.
Other buildings designed for UC’s San Joaquín campus include an innovation centre by architecture firm Elemental. The 14-storey building features concrete walls and deeply recessed windows.
Photography is by Cristóbal Palma.
Project credits:
Architect: Alberto Moletto
Associate architect: Sebastián Paredes
Team: Sebastian Fache, Juan Samaniego, Bettina Kagelmacher, Alessandra Dalmos, Giulio Moriani, Elena Fiocci , Andrea Roverato
Structural engineer: Hohemann / Stagno
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Lighting designs these days seem more like sculptural masterpieces. And Toronto based design firm PARTISANS’ latest set of lighting fixtures, Gweilo, is no exception. Gweilo is a collection of architectural lights, the result of an attempt to manipulate and harness light. “We have been trying to create light that is light itself… this is about getting as close to the source as possible. Can light be a moving object? Why can’t light pool, drip, or drape?” said Alex Josephson, the co-founder of PARTISANS. And it seems they’ve been quite successful at it.
The family of luminaries manages to capture the fluid and dynamic movement of light, giving an ethereal, otherworldly appeal and living up to its name, Gweilo, which means “white ghost” in Cantonese. The lighting fixtures function as accents, centerpieces or dividers, and come in a range of five sizes XS, S, M, L, and XL.
However, the process behind creating these pieces are equally interesting! The lights are brought to life using a technique called Thermoforming, which involves custom shaping and molding optical grade acrylic sheets when they’re super hot. At just under 400 degrees Celsius, the sheets are sculpted to mimic waves and curves. LEDs are then embedded within the sheets, producing magical silhouettes that resemble rays of light. Winning a LAMP Award in 2015 and the AZ Award for Best Lighting Installation in 2016, the luminous hand-sculpted pieces are truly a wonder to look at, and a heavenly addition to any home.
Designer: Alex Josephson of PARTISANS
365 days a year, we publish stories covering a plethora of subject matter. From reportage in faraway destinations, a newly opened art show or restaurant, innovations in tech and design, there’s something on COOL HUNTING for nearly every appetite. As such, perusing our site data to reveal the year’s most-read stories proves to be sometimes reassuring and sometimes surprising. This year’s list includes a pair of articles from our CH-hosted trip to Japan, photo essays from Champagne and Maserati’s HQ, interviews, videos and more. Whether you’re returning to a story you enjoyed, or seeing these for the first time, may they be enjoyed just the same.
guntû is a love letter to Onomichi and the sea—a passion project created by three childhood friends to celebrate the beauty, craft and flavors of their hometown. Together the shipbuilder, creative director and mayor created Japan’s first design-forward floating hotel that’s part ryokan and part luxury yacht…
From a bullet train in Kyoto, where we snacked on fresh KitKats, to an airport on the small, southern island of Amami Ōshima and ultimately through Tokyo DesignArt Week, members of COOL HUNTING’s editorial team explored Japan for our annual hosted excursion. Each year, we select a destination that embodies our love of craft, hospitality and travel off the beaten path; then we invite select readers to join along and explore as we ourselves do. To outline the steps along the way, as we do below, barely touches upon the depth of each moment—and the relationships forged along the way between each traveler and destination…
To offset the precision frequently associated with furniture design, many participants in Milan Design Week 2019 used elements from nature to add soft, organic overflow to their presentations. In many instances, we’re simply referring to the calculated use of trees and plants near or atop artificial elements of design. With two specific exhibitions, however, floral components composed the very infrastructure of the creation…
Gala attendees aside, very few enter Cipriani‘s landmark Italian neo-Renaissance hall, 25 Broadway. Opened as the ticketing office for the transatlantic Cunard Steamship Line, back in 1921, the extraordinary venue’s magic remains—underscored by the Cipriani family’s commitment to cuisine and hospitality. For the month of August, however, the doors to the building open to all (who buy tickets), and guests will find more than 65-foot ceilings and Ezra Winter’s murals. International multimedia studio Moment Factory has turned the space into a dazzling, interactive visual art experience called SuperReal…
Around 5,000 producers call the province of Champagne home. Set east of Paris, but easily accessible by train, the region, which spans 75,000+ acres (see a few hundred above), is most known for its effervescent export, but its natural splendor, and bevy of excellent eateries, fall close behind. From Épernay and Aÿ to Reims and Dizy, smaller towns blend together in a uniform sea of manicured rows of grape-growing vines and delightful plots of old architecture. At night, the chalk-soiled hills above the cobblestone streets are quiet—almost eerily so—and in the daytime the area remains similarly hushed, aside from the clattering of tractors and the calls of people hard at work—each picking around 80 kilos of grapes an hour…
One of the most special destinations in Dallas, Bonton Farms is more than an agricultural operation. Located in a once-forgotten and much-neglected neighborhood, Bonton Farms cultivates community—and hope—by offering employment opportunities, career mentorship, nutrition and cooking classes, financial education, and even a rent-to-own housing program. It not only provides nourishment in a “food desert,” but has also become a flourishing center for everyone near and far…
On a second-floor “ballroom” at the sprawling Miami Beach Convention Center, set atop a carpet that’s fetching comments of its own, Art Basel Miami Beach‘s new Meridians sector features some of the most considered, engaging works found within all of 2019’s Miami Art Week. Not only are they, as the division stipulates, large-scale in format—they are larger than life conceptually. As expected, there are momentous sculptural and painted works, but, amidst it all, one also finds video installations of unparalleled depth and beauty that address gender, sexuality, race, immigration and more…
Inside Brooklyn‘s Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse, a 1,200-square-foot vegetal installation floats 40 feet in the air. From afar, it appears that a sliver of rolling hill has been plucked from a mystical, green landscape. Up close, however, one learns that its underside is a dangling root system composed of more than 1,000 flowers. This is the centerpiece for the third annual Maison St-Germain, a homage to the world-renown elderflower liqueur so frequently used in cocktails…
Akin to the Museum of Ice Cream, there’s been a surge of installations and quasi-museums infiltrating cities—many of which seem to be built purely for social media. In what might be a happy surprise to some, FLUTTER, a new Los Angeles show, is centered around working artists as it provides a space for them to have fun. Instead of selecting a theme, FLUTTER looks to share art that’s built around play, experimentation and joy…
Dandelion Chocolate was founded 10 years ago by Cameron Ring and Todd Masonis ago as a venture out of their garage. Back then, they would sell their goods at the now-defunct underground food markets of San Francisco. “We had to start by buying machines and we bought a few bags of beans and just started roasting them up,” says Masonis about their humble origins. “We sort of got lucky that our first couple of batches were really good.” This month the brand opened a new factory, but promises that increasing production will not compromise quality—in fact, they plan on improving it…
Intending to represent “a pause, a thought, a haiku… these in between
moments in life,” the exhibition proves to be a peaceful respite from the noise of city life in Tokyo. It’s separated into two parts: a straightforward, gallery-like presentation of backdrops by INAMATT alongside objects by Google and others, and a studio space where hardware sits next to its inspiration. The latter hosts hands-on lessons, and affords guests the opportunity to play with a Pixel 4 or a Nest Mini, or to gaze at the rough drafts of these final products. The former, while gentle, lends visitors a better understanding of the intention of all collaborating parties: to soften the design of tech products to better fit our lives…
This week Maserati shuttered their 80-year-old factory in Modena, ending production of the iconic GranTurismo family of cars. It’s not a permanent closure; the space will be refurbished and retooled to prepare for their newest—yet to be named or shown—super-sports car. But before closing the modest production line where 12 cars are hand built each day, the brand decided to throw a dinner party. On the production line. For 100 guests. Catered by arguably the best chef in the world, Massimo Botura…
Rising along the central Freedom Square of Tallinn, Estonia, the Tallinn Art Hall consistently hosts thought-provoking exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. One of three institutions comprising the historic Tallinn Art Hall Foundation, the gallery’s mission includes advancing the dialogue around art internationally. And with The Art of Being Good, a recent group show that featured 15 artists from around the globe, they dug into this dialogue as it corresponds to the traumas facing every human on the planet. Thematically positioned around the question of “What would responsible art look like?” the show’s works aimed to offer alternatives to potentially harmful practices in the art world. Rather than let artists espouse ideas on other societal members and crises, they set the lens inward…
In 1982, The Jim Henson Company—hot off the first Muppet movie, but a few years before their masterpiece Labyrinth—set a new puppet-populated fantasy-fiction standard with The Dark Crystal. Featuring newly imagined characters—in original creature categories called Gelflings and Skeksis—and an immersive world known as Thra, it pioneered immersive animatronics and set design. This year, more than three decades later, Netflix viewers returned to Thra with the prequel series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. It wholeheartedly honors the filmmaking style of the original film—only each hero and villain feels more artfully alive. It’s a dark adventure that many age groups will appreciate, in a world that services more than those seeking nostalgia…
Frequently, cost inhibits the purchase of future-forward design items for the home. Breaking through this barrier, online lighting marketplace Gantri gives consumers access to the work of numerous award-winning designers at undeniably reasonable prices. This pertains to the fact that their exclusive roster of 30+ products are 3D-printed upon purchase. But Gantri isn’t just a marketplace; it’s a platform for emerging designs, an R&D facility for advancements in 3D-printing, and a development center for sustainable materials…
Hero image by Josh Rubin
A vegetable peeler, to be honest, isn’t my favorite kitchen tool. The blade always feels dangerously close to your fingers, and the mess left behind is a horror show to clean up. Not to mention, no matter how you hold it, the peeler always manages to feel uncomfortable in your hand. Hence, product designer Kevin Lau designed Graze. Graze is a smarter and better way to peel.
Featuring a sleek and elegant form, Graze looks much like an ice cream cone, one you can fit snugly into the cup of your hand. The conical shape allows you to effortlessly and efficiently peel vegetables, without having to consistently struggle to find the right angle. The blade is in the form of a little slot and has been carefully placed on one side of the cone, so the chances of nicking yourself while peeling are nill! But Graze’s most interesting feature would be its ability to store the vegetable peels. From within, Graze is completely hollow and resembles a capsule in that aspect. As you peel the vegetable using the slot-like blade, the skin slips in through it and is carefully stored within Graze’s hollow structure. A transparent cap covers the peeler, so once you’re done, you can remove the cap and discard all the leftover peels! This ensures that you aren’t left with a complex mess to deal with later on.
Crafted using plastic and sheet metal, Lau initially used scrap material to create low fidelity models of Graze, followed by 3D CAD modeling to finally design Graze’s ergonomic form, which completely streamlines the process of peeling vegetables. Prepping vegetables has never been this easy!
Designer: Kevin Lau
Our pick of the best Christmas cards we’ve received from architects, designers and brands this year includes Chris Precht’s treehouse and a festive Notre-Dame Cathedral.
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