Pawsome Pace Control Kit Kit de Control de Ritmo Pawsome by Liu Liang and Huang Lixia

Pawsome Pace Control Kit Kit de Control de Ritmo Pawsome by Liu Liang and Huang Lixia is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Coidado de Mascotas, Xoguetes, Subministros e Produtos para Animais Competition Category.

BronceCoidado de Mascotas· 2024

Pawsome Pace Control Kit Kit de Control de Ritmo Pawsome

by Liu Liang and Huang Lixia

Client: Shenzhen Yuexing Silicone Technology Co., Ltd

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Coidado de Mascotas Category

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The Design

About Pawsome Pace Control Kit Kit de Control de Ritmo Pawsome

Book Text: O Kit de Control de Ritmo Pawsome é un conxunto de comedeiros para mascotas deseñado para diminuír a velocidade da inxestión de alimento. O kit inclúe un comedeiro de silicona en forma de 8 con dous compartimentos separados, un divisor de alimento e unha esteira de alimentación lenta. Un compartimento contén o alimento e o outro a auga ou o alimento líquido. O divisor e a esteira encaixan en ambos compartimentos e tamén se adaptan a moitos tamaños de comedeiros dispoñibles no mercado. Todas as pezas están feitas de silicona apta para uso alimentario. Unha base de succión por baleiro mantén cada peza no seu lugar e evita que se tamboree. As cores azul e amarela favorecen o recoñecemento por parte de gatos e cans.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Pawsome Pace Control Kit Kit de Control de Ritmo Pawsome gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Pawsome Pace Control Kit Kit de Control de Ritmo Pawsome sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Pawsome Pace Control Kit Kit de Control de Ritmo Pawsome satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Pet Food Bowl Set comprises a figure “8” shape silicone bowl, a feed divider, and a slow feeding mat for liquid food. It can be used in flexible combinations or with other products. It is intended to help pets control their eating speed, improve wellness and eating habits. The fan shape and softness of the divider is suitable for most of the food bowl sizes now available on the market with impressive applicability and compatibility.
Dimensions & Packaging: 280mmx220mmx55mm
Tags: Pet, Slow Feeding, Silicone, Fan Shape Design, Firmness
Production Technology: All components are made of food-grade standard non-hazard silicone material. The process to manufacture: prepare some copper male electrodes, work pieces on molds, discharge on EDM machine from different angles to produce different surface ring texture effects. As the product is larger than ordinary silicone products, we need to precisely control the weight of material and test the size of different parts for even-out flow.
Design Challenge: The silicone material addresses the problems associated with the currently popular pet bowls, e.g.: overturning and noise. As there is no pet bowls made of 100% silicone on the market, the designer is forced to refer to the bowls made of other materials, in order to simulate scenarios and solve problems. For example, good floor suction should be maintained when pets are licking or colliding with it. For material properties, the designer also considers how to make a firm form without sinking.
Research: Cats and dogs have limited color vision compared to human beings. With less cone cells in retina, dogs have no special ability to perceive red and green, but cats have more cone cells than dogs, so they can identify certain colors such as blue, yellow, and green (except red). The pet set is designed with blue and yellow colors which can are perceivable to cats and dogs, so pets are given highly adaptable and recognizable visual experience.
Inspiration: Most pet bowls now available on the market just provide a simple container, instead of considering the potential health risks from eating too fast. This really matters for those pets in rehabilitation or exposed to potential health risks. This pet food bowl set is tailored to slow down eating speed as reasonable, and address some defects of most available pet bowls including the vulnerability to wobbling.
Project Duration: The project kicked off in October 2023 in Shenzhen and wrapped up in December 2023 in Shenzhen.
Operation Flow: Each component can be used alone or with other products. The figure “8” shape silicone bowl contains two separate bowls, one for pet feed and one for water or liquid food. The feed divider and slow feeding mat can be placed in both bowls to divide and slow down feeding. The slow feeding mat comes with a round handle for easy access. Each component has a vacuum suction mechanism on the bottom portion to securely hold them in place and prevent wobbling and shifting.
Team Members: Liu Liang, Huang Lixia