These days i spend most of my time in the factory. It is a pretty cool experience for me. The stuffs there are REALLY nice. Although i am the 4th level student, i am still new here and unfamiliar with all the machines in the studio. I learnt a lot this week, feeling good and busy at the same time.
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I consider the proportion of pe de and te of a integrated product design procedure is like the famous painting of Mondrian composition with red yellow and blue.
These colors should be balanced coordinate and harmonized with each other in a painting. So I tend to think these three parts of design should come together at the same time. they are all essential but in my opinion and especially In my project People takes the biggest part of the research. And this board shows what I have been doing for the last few weeks I started doing brainstorming first. After gathering all my ideas, I classified them into 5 main parts: problems, reasons, enjoyable experience, learn quickly and PEDETE. The Reason part includes social, personal, historical, economical reasons( infantilism, overbearing and over protected parents, one child policy and aging society, lose of responsibility of younger generation) all of which need my deeper study for the next few weeks. The happy experience is Sth I hope to achieve by my design. Then I did the questionnaire, I got 103 responses from different parts of world and the bar and pie chart reports are here. I started doing user behavior observing at the same time , I observed 17 cooking beginners in two weeks and recorded their behavior during their cooking. And I edited a short video and published on my blog. I also keep on looking for the relevant product on the internet and in supermarket. Like the products shown in the design box. Those sketch are not original because I still haven't made up my mind . I hope I can draw some for the real Guru's day . The technology part of my project is about the ergonomic of tools. And I want to do some research about the origin of kitchen ware I hope the study can help me with the understanding of this project. I also find Sth from the observing that cooking beginners love to share what they are cooking by social net work by sharing and talk to other people, maybe this is the chance for me to do Sth more social digital and have more to talk about technology. So back to the people part, last week I have been doing an experiment of hand tools.I feel learn cooking is like learn how to walk. There are no rules for walking and there is no rules for cooking, we always do it in our own way . For us, walking is the simplest thing in ordinary life, but for baby they have to learn walking by assistant, taught by others and by their own understanding and practice. After the baby learning and living for a few years, they get their own walking posture just like some people gets toe in and some gets toe out and some has the habits walking elegantly and some are not. Not matter how long you took learn walking and whatever way you walk, u would always know how to walk as u grow up. In a similar way, some people can cook delicious meal, someone can't and someone learn quickly and some one still don't know how to cook. I think the problem is how we are taught and how we are assisted by the tools and how we think of cooking, which are very important to build a good cooking habit. After the brainstorming and the observing, I found a interesting point that most cooking beginners learn cooking by trying. But As a cooking learner myself, I don't really understand how those kitchen ware work and how to chose when there are so many in the market. What are the different between kitchen ware and stationary and garden ware and DIY tools. What's the different between shaver and peeler, paper scissors and kitchen scissors, saws and carving knife. So I guess maybe it would be a good point for me to try it myself and do the experiment with others that I can understand why tools should be made like this. I hope I can make tools that can teach cooking in a quick, enjoyable and right way for beginners. You’ve probably never tried to cook with your eyes closed, but imagine if you didn’t have a choice. For the blind & sight impaired people around the world, this otherwise simple task can be as daunting as it is dangerous. Sento cookware answers the practical needs of the sight impaired individuals with a variety of safe utensils with unique tactile qualities for easy identification. Not limited to the blind, this flame-resistant, easy to measure, friendly looking design is great for the beginner-cook as well. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/07/29/tactile-cookware-for-the-blind/#qwZkRKJrzO5Xgq0V.99辑. My room became a small studio. Don't want to go out to the library these days because of the cold weather. ^^
hate the process of chopping ingredients while cooking so I rely heavily on those German contraptions that you see on teleshopping networks. However there are times when I envy the kitchens of Masterchief and all those glossy tools and equipments that the participants get to use. The Chopp – chopping board looks fit enough to be in one of the shows. It’s a board with interchangeable functionality and features a hollow base to hold all the chopped food. The board and its components are made of high density Polyethylene and the base is made of ABS PC all of which are fused with Antimicrobial to help kill and inhibit the growth of bacteria. The board includes two storage containers, a cheese grater with storage container and interchangeable heads, a preparation aid for fruit like apples and pears etc, an egg holder and a feature for cutting fruit and vegetables like carrots and cucumbers etc. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/10/17/ergonomic-chopp-ing/#8TCqORk0VCKg5Y2A.99 The Afrodite aims at igniting passion with its range of sensual cookware. Based on the idea that food cooked with love and passion is a personal representation of us, it looks at delving into a journey filled with discovering pleasure in a unique way. Homage to the Greek goddess of love and beauty, the set is a refreshing new approach to culinary bliss. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2012/03/06/eat-something-sexy/#PZGxBEUi2WhkyAQX.99 do you know how helpful I would have found these when I first started living on my own, first taking the time to cook extended meals for myself? Totally. If that’s your situation, get on top of these. All the functionality you need to stay fit in the kitchen without the mess, and an array of colors to spice up the atmosphere! Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/06/30/raise-your-spatula-high/#RkkOUsTg2cYyi0PU.99 If you’re like me then you love eating but hate the clean up. Many a time I’ve eaten straight out of the pot just because I didn’t want to deal with washing plates later. The Pot Plate is the perfect solution. Cook your food inside and use the compartmentalized lid as a serving tray. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/11/17/foodies-rejoice-eat-right-from-the-pot/#CrjPiI18MrofE1gE.99 Single hand cook Although they may have the accurate recipe in hand, professional chefs know that the perfect stew or soup is always seasoned using approximations. It’s got to do with gut instincts I suppose, and unfortunately not all of us are blessed with that. So if you are looking for professional chef quality food at home, then you need the help of Ingressure. Ingressure is an appliance that accurately measures the ingredients of your soup, sauce or stew. It is intuitive enough to let you know how much salt, pepper or spice you need for the dish. It uses advanced sensors and comes with multiple attachments to suit your purpose. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2012/08/13/chef-approved-cooking/#2FuIhvBJKS0WyxKp.99 I found Electrolux would be a great source for me to find some new idea about cooking! Cook from a box, literally! The Mobile Kitchen Kit includes a cutting board, flexible induction cooking pad, strainer, spatula, wooden spoon, cutting knife, peeling knife, skillet, saucepan and a strainer. All the tools that help you cook a variety of meals, even on the go! Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/06/13/top-25-entries-of-electrolux-design-lab-2011/#rp0YqeYcso1miuFc.99 EcoWash is a portable dishwasher that works with a hand crank. A few good swirls gets the inner mechanism working to clean the dishes in an eco-friendly way. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/06/13/top-25-entries-of-electrolux-design-lab-2011/#rp0YqeYcso1miuFc.99 Digital age is here people and the next step in recipe management is the Coo.boo digital cookbook. Hang it up next to the ladles or stack it next to the dishes, it syncs and stores all your secret stuff that even Monica Geller can’t access. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/05/22/10-creative-and-noteworthy-kitchen-companions/#T7mOYB75expGdAyq.99 You need not be an Italian by birth to love Spaghetti, and those oodles noodles need not be created by flour alone. The Vegetable Twister challenges your creativity with cucumbers, potatoes, zucchini, radish and many other types of vegetables. Shove them in the Twister and shape out Cucumber Pasta! Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/05/22/10-creative-and-noteworthy-kitchen-companions/#T7mOYB75expGdAyq.99 Our world is over technologized and we tend to stop enjoying the simple things in life. Evidence can be found in our kitchen, where blenders and food processors clutter our working space. BasicKnives reinterprets one of our most basic kitchen tools, the knife. The set of knives makes other kitchen tool redundant by incorporating different (cutting)-actions within the un-used surfaces of the blades. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2007/09/27/do-it-all-knife/#wefrqfdDCFIya70K.99 Spice up the art of cooking with these delightful salt ‘n peppers shakers called the Samba! Akin to playing the maracas, these shakers bring back the fun-element in cooking. Handcrafted in fine bone china, they come in three versions and two finishes: salt and pepper, salt and chilli or sugar and cocoa; in red or black silicone rubber seals finishes. My pick is the sugar and cocoa in black! Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/11/17/spice-it-up-with-samba/#EmJEsO95ii1tEaxr.99 I am no Italian Chef, and so I have always struggled with getting just the right amount of pasta cooked for the guests sitting at my table. Thanks to German Design studio, ding3000, the answer to my noodle problems has been solved. Noooodle is a device designed for measuring spaghetti portions. Noooodle allows you to measure off just the right amount of spaghetti from one to up to four people. The design can also be used to place hot cooking pots on so as not to burn your counter space when laid upon it. Konstantin Slawinski are responsible for manufacturing Noooodle. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/04/16/oodles-of-noodles/#g3swIf9C8j7icvwj.99 Ok, here’s a thought, we often repeat certain steps or patterns while cooking, especially near the sink area. So how about organizing ourselves so that the steps are easy and quick to follow. For example steps like washing food, putting food into containers, cleaning the chopping board, etc can be minimized as we draw connections between each action to simplify the workflow, we will work more efficiently. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2013/01/25/simple-life-starts-from-the-kitchen/#OTbyLoxOZLktMpzI.99 The big pocket of Kangaroo apron usually functions as same as any other apron’s pocket. It can be used as a mitten when we need to pick up a hot cooking utensil. The pocket has a protective padding inside so that our hands can be protected from heat and only the top part of the pocket was sewed for smooth movement. Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2007/02/20/kangaroo-apron-by-jongoh-lee/#GAfXhmHIjOK3Ez73.99 I finally got 103 responses for my questionnaire, i though i would get 200 or more but i am already satisfied with that. Thanks all my friends who helped me with this. I am looking for the problems and interesting factors from the recordings and experience now. I will do more brainstorming this week.
The outcome of the research is shown in the diagrams.I got responses from different parts of world. But i am really interested in how the one-child policy influence on the Chinese young adults. So i asked a lot of the oversea students from China about their opinions and i am pretty sure that they are cooking beginners because most of my friends don't know how to cook back in China. Here are some pictures and a short video about the research I have been doing this week. The link of 优酷 version for mainland China is shown below:
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