Spoon Whakamātau Hapūtanga by MrSmith Studio

Spoon Whakamātau Hapūtanga by MrSmith Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taputapu Rongoā me ngā Pūrere Hauora Competition Category.

RinoHua Rongoā· 2020

Spoon Whakamātau Hapūtanga

by MrSmith Studio

Client: PRIMA Lab SA

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Hua Rongoā Category

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The Design

About Spoon Whakamātau Hapūtanga

Ko te Spoon he whakamātau hapūtanga mō te whakamahi kotahi, i hoahoatia mō te whakamahinga i te kāinga. Ko te āhua e ahu mai ana i tētahi pune, e whai ana i ētahi hanga ngāwari, māmā me tētahi mata whānui ake mō te wāhanga pupuri. Ko nga tapa katoa kua whakaporomingatia kia whai āhua whakahoahoa, nā te mea ka whakamahia te whakamātau i tētahi wā tūmataiti, whakaihiihi hoki. Ko te wāhi pupuri kua tītaha, kua whakanuia hoki kia pai ake te hangarau tangata (ergonomics) me te whakamahinga mārama. Ko te rahi o te Spoon he 130 x 25 x 10 mirimita, ā, ko tōna taumaha he 14 karamu. I hangaia te tinana mai i te kirihou koiora (bioplastic) kua werohia, hei whakaiti i te tapuae waro, ā, kua whakaritea te matotoru o ia wāhanga kia tiakina te rawa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Spoon Whakamātau Hapūtanga te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Spoon Whakamātau Hapūtanga he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Spoon Whakamātau Hapūtanga mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Design of this product started in the analysis of the moment of use. This is a single use product, meant to be used in a very intimate, precious, emotional moment of a woman's life. Therefore all shapes have been softened and rounded in order to have a friendly look and grip area has been tilted and expanded for a better ergonomics.
Dimensions & Packaging: 130 x 25 x 10mm
Weights only 14 grams.
Tags: Medical, health, pregnancy, woman, design, soft, spoon, maternity, babies, comfort, bioplastic, ecofriendly, ingenious, ergonomics
Production Technology: Spoon is made with injected bioplastic, in order to reduce carbon footprint.
Thicknesses of the components has been calibrated in order to save material.
Design Challenge: The wider and tilted grip area required more complex geometry. Main challenge has been to design those shapes being sure that injected plastic pieces were going to match each other perfectly with very little tolerances
Research: Project started with a detailed market research, supported by a research on materials and production techniques.
User interaction and emotions are key factor in this project, therefore shape had to be friendly and comfortable.
Inspiration: Shapes and name of this project take inspiration by the spoon. Small soft shapes with a wider surface for the handle area.
Friendly, reliable and easy to use, this is how a pregnancy test should look like.
Project Duration: Project started in July 2019 and has been launched on the market in January 2020
Operation Flow: The soft shapes and the wider grip area makes ergonomics very easy and interaction with the product is very intuitive.
Patents: Prima Lab
Team Members: MrSmith Studio
Image Credits: MrSmith Studio