Billund ᱢᱚᱥᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱤᱫᱽ ᱢᱮᱥᱤᱱ by Sam Murley is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱨᱟᱸᱰᱷᱟ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱱ Competition Category.

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Billund ᱢᱚᱥᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱤᱫᱽ ᱢᱮᱥᱤᱱ

by Sam Murley

Client: CrushGrind

A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱨᱟᱸᱰᱷᱟ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱱ Category

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The Design

About Billund ᱢᱚᱥᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱤᱫᱽ ᱢᱮᱥᱤᱱ

Billund ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱚᱥᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱤᱫᱽ ᱢᱮᱥᱤᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱜᱚᱴᱟ ᱢᱚᱥᱟᱞᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱮᱥᱟᱣ ᱢᱚᱥᱟᱞᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱨᱤᱫᱽ ᱵᱟᱨ (grinding burr) ᱫᱚ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱥᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱩᱞᱴᱟᱹ ᱛᱮ ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱣᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱵᱩᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱨᱤᱫᱽ ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱪᱟ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ᱾ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱴᱷᱤᱠ ᱠᱚᱨᱟᱣ ᱱᱚᱵᱽ (adjustment knob) ᱛᱮ ᱨᱤᱫᱽ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱚᱴᱟ-ᱯᱟᱛᱞᱟ ᱴᱷᱤᱠᱚᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱞᱟᱛᱟᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱤᱞᱤᱠᱚᱱ ᱯᱞᱚᱜᱽ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱢᱚᱥᱟᱞᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱮᱥᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱯᱮᱨᱮᱡ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱣᱩᱡᱤᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱟᱛᱷ ᱥᱮᱞᱩᱞᱚᱡᱽ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱨ (fibre) ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱜᱚᱡᱽ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱠᱟᱛᱷ ᱯᱚᱞᱯᱽ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱚᱰᱚᱠ ᱥᱩᱱᱩᱢ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱟᱭᱚᱼᱠᱚᱢᱯᱚᱡᱤᱴ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱚᱝᱜᱤᱞ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱵᱞᱚᱠ (building blocks) ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱩᱭᱩᱦᱟᱹᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ

Billund ᱢᱚᱥᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱤᱫᱽ ᱢᱮᱥᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Billund ᱢᱚᱥᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱤᱫᱽ ᱢᱮᱥᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Billund grinder is an upside-down grinder that does not leave any residues on the table. It has a silicone plug at the bottom that makes it easy to fill up with any spices or blends you love using.
The Billund series is a fun, playful design inspired by the colourful building blocks of Denmark.
The housing of the Billund grinder is made entirely of a sustainable bio-composite.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 60mm x Depth 60mm x Height 120mm
Tags: Spice mill, spice grinder, danish design, sustainable, biocomposite, colours
Production Technology: The housing of the Billund grinder is made entirely of a sustainable bio-composite.
The material comes from a combination of wood cellulose fibres and the oils that are squeezed out of wood pulp when making paper.
All of this ‘raw material’ wood can be traced back to sustainably managed forests and is actually ‘waste’ from other industries.
I am proud to use a low carbon footprint alternative to traditional plastic that doesn’t interfere with any food-production chain, unlike crop-based biomaterials.
Inspiration: This grinder was made to inspire people to use more whole spices and different seasonings. Instead of having jars of different spices, why not have grinders? The idea was to inject more fun, playfulness and colour into a product that, traditionally, has a very different design language.
The colour palette was chosen by Danish designers, Stilleben, to reflect the wonderful colours of ingredients found in the kitchen.
It was important to use a responsible and sustainable approach to developing the product. Therefore, we used a ceramic grinder inside the product and a bio-composite housing.
Project Duration: The project started in Copenhagen in March 2021 and is now in production.
Operation Flow: This is called an upside-down grinder as the grinding burr is at the top of the product. This means you need to pick up the product and turn it upside-down when using. The benefit to this is that there are no residues left on the table when you put it down/lift it up. Also, it means that the coarseness adjustment is an easily accessible user friendly 'knob' on top of the product.