Restless Chopsticks أدوات المائدة by Marko Stanojevic

Restless Chopsticks أدوات المائدة by Marko Stanojevic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية in تصميم أدوات الخَبز والمائدة والشرب والطهي Competition Category.

برونزأدوات المطبخ· 2023

Restless Chopsticks أدوات المائدة

by Marko Stanojevic

Client: UMA Network Ltd

جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية Winner in أدوات المطبخ Category

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The Design

About Restless Chopsticks أدوات المائدة

Uma هي شركة رأس مال استثماري في هونج كونج تركز على الاقتصادات الإبداعية. تم تصميم عيدان تناول الطعام المضطربة لتكون بمثابة شيء تذكاري، يمثل قيمة الشركة في استثمار الموارد لإحداث تغيير. شعار الشركة يشبه نبضة على خط مسطح، والتي كانت مدمجة في عود تناول الطعام المسطح. يتم دائمًا رفع الجزء الأمامي من عيدان تناول الطعام وإبقائه بعيدًا عن سطح الطاولة، مما يزيل الحاجة إلى مسند عيدان تناول الطعام. تم تصميم جهاز Pulse ليظل دائمًا متباعدًا بدرجة كافية، بحيث لا يتصادم، وهو صالح وظيفيًا لالتقاط الطعام، وصولاً إلى القضمات الصغيرة الأكثر تطلبًا.

The Recognition

About the جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية

Restless Chopsticks أدوات المائدة هو فائز بجائزة A' Design Award البرونزية، وهي تقدير رفيع المكانة يُمنح للتصاميم المتميزة التي تتسم بالإبداع والبراعة وحدة الذكاء. والفائزون بالبرونزية مصنوعات بارعة بوفرة ومبدعة بصورة لافتة، تؤكد الخبرة الواسعة والخيال وسعة الحيلة لدى مصمميها. ويُتوقع أن يكون Restless Chopsticks أدوات المائدة قطعة عالية التقدير ومحل إعجاب وحب، شديدة الاحترافية والابتكار. وهذا التصميم الفائز بجائزة A' Design Award البرونزية يتبنى أفضل الممارسات في الفن والعلم والتصميم والتكنولوجيا، ويتميز بعنايته بالتفاصيل. ويلبّي Restless Chopsticks أدوات المائدة الاحتياجات على أفضل وجه، ويلامس الرغبات، ويأسر المشاعر، ويستثير الفضول.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The body of a chopstick is divided into sections: one at top is held by hand and the other one at the tip comes in contact with food and mouth, with an overlooked neutral zone between them. This zone is where the design intervention took place - a ‘distancer’ shaped like the company logo (a Pulse on the flat line) was inserted, elevating the tip of the chopstick away from the surface however it dropped down, eliminating the need for a chopstick rest. This is done, regarding the positioning and size, so that the chopsticks remain functional and do not collide when in use.
Dimensions & Packaging: The product is 260mm long, with 7.5mm width at the back end and 3.5 at the front. The Pulse segment itself is 25mm long and 13.5mm wide between the maximum-distance points. This makes the front end always elevated from the surface by a minimum of 5.5mm.
Tags: Tableware, chopsticks, utensils, tradition, narrative design, memento object
Production Technology: The product is made of titanium with bi-color titanium coating (dark gray and gold), all food-grade. Surface is polished in two steps allowing for two finishes.
Design Challenge: It was a challenge to transform an ordinary object, a pair of chopsticks, into a future-proofing tradition and contemporized heritage. Their beautiful simplicity is only disturbed by the fact that a third object is actually needed in the etiquette of how they are used - a chopstick rest. This contradiction of “clean two that actually need a third” to work properly made the design direction clear: find a way for the purpose that the chopstick rest is for to be fulfilled, but without the rest.
Research: Remaining true to East Asian heritage, the Pulse (life) segment is titanium coated in golden color with polished surface finish, while the straight parts (flat line) of the chopstick are titanium coated in matte dark gray with brushed finish to create contrast between the two. Each polishing and titanium-gold coating of the Pulse is on purpose done in a low controlled manner against highly controlled and repetitive-mass-production feel of the brushed, dark-gray flat line parts of the object. Allowing shiny, golden randomness to happen is in tune to the actual beauty of randomness of a real life. Finally, on a very concrete level, it makes each chopstick piece unique and special.
Inspiration: UMA is a Hong Kong venture capital company focused on creative economies. The task was to design a multi-facetted communication object representing the company's values (invest resources to make a change), but also to be able to function independently in a retail environment. A set of chopsticks, iconic and recognizable, culturally relevant, was a chosen as a topic. UMA logo, a Pulse on the flat line, was embedded into a flat-lined chopstick becoming its' functional, aesthetical and communication core, all in one stroke.
Project Duration: Hong Kong SAR, China
Operation Flow: Chopsticks with no rest :)
Patents: UMA Network Limited
Image Credits: UMA Network Limited