O.boat Tetera by Ladan Zadfar & Mohammad Farshad

O.boat Tetera by Ladan Zadfar & Mohammad Farshad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño de Menaje de Cocina Competition Category.

HierroMenaje de Cocina· 2016

O.boat Tetera

by Ladan Zadfar & Mohammad Farshad

Client: Creator studio

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Menaje de Cocina Category

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The Design

About O.boat Tetera

O.boat es un esfuerzo por combinar el arte del origami con utensilios prácticos. O.boat es una tetera con forma de barco de origami. Está dividido en tres partes separadas: la primera parte es el recipiente de agua que es la parte inferior del bote, la segunda parte es donde se hace el té y se coloca en la parte superior del recipiente de agua y la tercera parte es el cierre de la maceta. La consideración de los diseñadores fue diseñar un módulo que muestre que todo podría tener una forma diferente y de una manera completamente nueva.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

O.boat Tetera ha ganado el A' Design Award de Hierro, un reconocimiento prestigioso concedido a buenos diseños que cumplen los requisitos profesionales e industriales que se esperan de creaciones bien diseñadas. Los ganadores de Hierro demuestran gran habilidad, alta especialización, comprensión experta y capacidad creativa de sus creadores. Se espera que O.boat Tetera sea una creación muy apreciada, admirada y querida, práctica e innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Hierro integra las mejores prácticas del sector y tiene características técnicas competentes unidas a conocimiento práctico y talento. O.boat Tetera es respetado por su minuciosidad y está concebido para aportar mejoras en la calidad de vida que ayudan a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This design is an elegant, beautiful teakettle which is a concept lies in the fusion of origami boats and a teapot and is a true pleasure to partake from.This design is divided in two parts that match together vertically.The underneath part is where we pour water and the top part is where we make tea.This design is made of clear tempered soda-lime glass and metal, it also has a little grid shield which we pour dry tea in it and then it is put into the top part and it has caoutchouc handholds.
Dimensions & Packaging: The width of this teakettle is 300 mm , its depth is 130 mm and its height is 200 mm .
Tags: teapot, teakettle, origami, boat, kitchenware, tea, ship
Production Technology: This design is made of three different materials: clear tempered soda-lime glass which is stabile and resistant to strikes,metal that shape the lines of the boat and holds the structure,caoutchouc that shapes the handholds and it is designed like it is no different from the metal that is used and you can see the whole concept and think the handholds are also made of metal.The caoutchouc handholds are for preventing hands to burn.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to combine origami and kitchenware like teakettle and make it work . The hardest part was to shape something that shows our point of view and the aspects that were important for designers.
Research: We did a major research on origami and all the shapes that could be made and we studied about how we can mix the origami world with our world and make it practical .
Inspiration: Origami is one of the most interesting hand arts ever, once we read an article about origami that was written by an origami professor, he said we can use origami for everything because it is everywhere and that was the sparkle of this idea. If origami is everywhere and we can use it for everything why not in the kitchen!We started working on a new teapot and kettle that is a concept of an origami boat. We also used colors that mostly represent the ocean and the sea to let you feel its content.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2016 in Iran and finished in February 2016 .
Operation Flow: O.boat is a teakettle that is formed based on origami art . The basic thought was to design kitchenware that represents origami shapes and lines . Nowadays designers are trying to present new looks and aspects for almost everything around , this product was a quest in order to change the taste and look of a kitchenware that is mostly used , teakettle !
Team Members: Ladan Zadfar
Mohammad Farshad
Image Credits: Ladan Zadfar
Mohammad Farshad