Eleware Primary Function: Kete Oko Kai by Linlin Li

Eleware Primary Function: Kete Oko Kai by Linlin Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Taputapu Tunu, Rīhi, Inu me te Kuku Competition Category.

HiriwaTaputapu Kīhini· 2021

Eleware Primary Function: Kete Oko Kai

by Linlin Li

Client: Linlin

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Taputapu Kīhini Category

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The Design

About Eleware Primary Function: Kete Oko Kai

Book Text: Ko Eleware he kete oko kai i hangaia mō te kai o nāianei i Haina. Ka whakautu te kete ki te huarahi e panoni haere ana ngā tikanga kai tuku iho i roto i te wā. Kei roto i a Eleware e toru ngā wāhanga he āhua motuhake ō rātou. He teitei ake te pereti kōiwi hei huna i te mata me ngā kōiwi ina tuwhaina ngā kōiwi. He raro whakapiko tō te pereti kai hei āwhina ki te tātari i te hinu i te kai. Ka whai te oko i te ānau ōrite ki tētahi kapu tī, nō reira ka taea te hupa te whakanui pēnā i te tī. He uku ngā wāhanga, ā, ka whakaahuahia mā te maka.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Eleware Primary Function: Kete Oko Kai te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Eleware Primary Function: Kete Oko Kai he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Eleware Primary Function: Kete Oko Kai he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

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