Eleware Instrumentum Mensae by Linlin Li

Eleware Instrumentum Mensae by Linlin Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Instrumenta Culinae Competition Category.

ArgentumInstrumenta Culinae· 2021

Eleware Instrumentum Mensae

by Linlin Li

Client: Linlin

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Instrumenta Culinae Category

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The Design

About Eleware Instrumentum Mensae

Eleware est instrumentum mensae ad convivium hodiernum in Sinis destinatum. Haec supellex respondet modo quo mores cenandi traditi tempore mutantur. Eleware tres partes formis distinctis complectitur. Patina ossibus destinata altitudinem auctam habet quae faciem ossaque celat cum ossa expuuntur. Patina cibaria fundum inclinatum habet qui oleum a cibo percolare adiuvat. Patera eandem curvaturam ac calix theae sequitur, ut ius sicut thea gustari possit. Partes ex argilla factae et rotae figulinae ope formatae sunt.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Eleware Instrumentum Mensae victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Eleware Instrumentum Mensae opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Eleware Instrumentum Mensae creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Because of the globalization, influenced by different cultures, the traditional Chinese dining etiquette is changing through times. Eleware is a set of tableware combining current modern dining culture of China and design together to make dining process more elegant and less embarrassing. It has three innovative shapes- increasing the height of the plate to hide face and bones when spitting out bones, using inclined bottom to help filter out oil on the food and adopting the same curve as teacups to make people enjoy their soup like tea.
Dimensions & Packaging: 140*130*40mm
140*130*120mm
110*100*55mm
Tags: Culinary, Culture and ritual, Behaviour and Psychology
Production Technology: Clay Throwing
Design Challenge: The hardest part of Eleware is the process of evaluation and getting feedback from different users. As different people have different feelings and opinions, it's hard to decide the right suggestions for me. The solution is to ask more questions to find the reasons behind the suggestions and evaluate the shape based on those reasons
Research: Questionnaires, Participants or Experiments, Fly-on-the-Wall Observation, Interview, Prototyping, Photo Studies, Design Ethnography
Inspiration: This project was inspired by the culture and ritual in tableware design and how it's influencing the shape of culinary. As traditional culture and ritual are changing over time, the shape of the tableware should also change to fit the current cultural environment and make dining process less embarrassing.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2017 in China and finished in August 2018 in China
Operation Flow: It has three functions. The bone plate can hide your face and bones when spitting out bones. The food plate can filter out oil by the inclined bottom. The bowl has the same curve as teacups to make people enjoy their soup like tea.
Image Credits: Sound: https://y.music.163.com/m/song?id=27514104&userid=294773819&app_version=8.0.21