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Icy Ice Cream Bowl by Heloise Rajkumari Is Granted the A' Design Award in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
Heloise Rajkumari honored for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware design by the international grand jury of the 2015 - 2016 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2016 /DesignNewswire/ Icy Ice Cream Bowl by Heloise Rajkumari has been granted the A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2015 - 2016 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Icy Ice Cream Bowl
Icy is an ice cream serving dish set. Ice cream is often served in a bowl with the spoon placed separately on a plate, on a cloth or inside the bowl. Icy brings these elements together and makes the spoon a part of the serving dish. A magnetic base holds the spoon in place while the dish is carried and served. The bowls take the form of faceted crystals set in a frame, in three different shapes, to suggest cold and transparent pieces of ice. The materials are aluminium, crystal glass, stainless steel and magnets.
About Heloise Rajkumari
Heloise Rajkumari is a London-based product and architectural designer. Nature-inspired distinctive forms and features characterize her designs, focusing primarily on ergonomics and user experiences. She has a strong interest in a diverse set of lifestyle products, such as furniture, arts & crafts, homeware, bamboo products, and medical devices.
Award Record
Heloise Rajkumari is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2014 - 2015 and the 2015 - 2016 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Award
The A' Kitchenware Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good kitchenware designs by best kitchenware brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to kitchenware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and kitchenware brands from all countries. Typical entries include pots, pans, cutlery, plates, bowls and glasses. The awarded kitchenware designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/kitchenware
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/45885
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/45885
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!45885
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/138917
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Icy Ice Cream Bowl
- Function
- Ice Cream Bowl
- Category
- Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
- Colors
- Black, Gainsboro, White Smoke, Silver and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Heloise Rajkumari
- Country
- Great Britain
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2015 - 2016
- Design ID
- #45885
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image #Main, #1,#2,#3,#4 : Creator Heloise Rajkumari
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- "Icy" is an ice cream serving dish set which can hold spoons. The intent is to bring together all the elements required while serving ice cream such as bowl, plate and spoon. The idea is to change the way spoons are placed while serving and treated as a separate entity. It is either placed on the plate or cloth underneath or inside the bowl. Icy makes spoons a part of the serving bowl with a magnetic base to keep the spoon intact. It makes the serving experience more elegant and less retrofit.
- Inspiration
- It all started in a restaurant when dessert came in a typical ice cream bowl and spoons on a separate plate. It provoked to think that why these elements are treated separately when they are meant to be together. This inspired to design Icy, bringing all the elements together and taking the form of highly refractive faceted crystals with a frame, to give a perception of chill, cold transparent ice pieces of different shapes to serve ice cream in the most elegant and minimalistic way.
- Research
- Prior art Study on materials which do not shield magnetic field was conducted. Aluminium was found to be a suitable material for tableware. Another study on magnets with high Curie temperature was done in order to choose a suitable magnet which will not lose its magnetic property while casting Aluminium at temperature 700 degree Celsius.
- Challenge
- Making right choice of materials was challenging to make the magnetic base work.
- Realization and Technology
- Materials used are Aluminium, Crystal glass, 18/0 stainless steel and Sm2Co17 magnets. Aluminium has very low Relative Magnetic Permeability of 1 (equal to that of Air). So, it cannot shield the Magnetic field when its thickness is very less. The magnet is required to be embedded in the aluminium base. The pouring temperature while casting of aluminium is around 700 degree Celsius. Therefore, there is a need of a magnet which has high Curie temperature. So, Sm2Co17 magnet is used.
- Operation and Interaction
- Place the spoon on the inner side groove of the base. The spoon will be attracted towards the base because of the magnet embedded inside it. This helps in keeping the spoon intact and remain stable while carrying and serving. Then place the crystal inside the groove or cut outs on the top of the base. Adjust to make sure the crystal surface coincides with the cuts on the groove. This provides stability and avoid slipping of the crystal on the cut faces of the groove.
- Project Duration and Location
- October 2015, Bangalore, India till February 2016.
- Specifications
- Packaging Dimension: 410mmx 205mm x 100mm I base: 200mm x 60mm x 130mm, thickness 6mm Conical crystal: 62mm diameter, 170 mm Height C base: 172mm x 70mm x 70mm, Thickness 6mm Princess shape Crystal: 75 x 75 x 65 Y base: 200mm x 45mm x 75mm, Thickness 6mm Marquise shape crystal: 150mm x 55mm x 70mm
- Keywords
- Ice cream bowl, Crystal, tableware, minimalistic, bowl with spoon
