GravitATE ٽيبل by Yueyue Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award برونز انعام in بيڪ ويئر، ٽيبل ويئر، ڊرنڪ ويئر ۽ ڪڪ ويئر ڊيزائن Competition Category.

برونزباورچيخاني جو سامان· 2020

GravitATE ٽيبل

by Yueyue Zhang

Client: Yueyue Zhang

A' Design Award برونز انعام Winner in باورچيخاني جو سامان Category

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The Design

About GravitATE ٽيبل

هڪ ٽيبل جنهن کي دعوت ڏيڻ ۽ همٿ ڏي ٿو ته وارن سان ڳالهه ٻولهه شيئر ڪريو ۽ سست رويو کائو. GravitATE ۾ ٽي ذاتي ڊنور وار شيون ۽ ٽي سروس پيالوز شامل آهن. ان ۾ حرڪت ۽ باهمي گفتگو جي صلاحيت آهي. فارم دعوت ڏيندو آهي ۽ صارفين کي اندروني طور انهن رابطن کي حصيداري ڪرڻ جي لاءِ همٿائي ٿو. نتيجو اهو آهي ته صارفين پنهنجو وقت ڪwareن ٿا ، گفتگو شيئر ڪري رهيا آهن ۽ روايتي ٽيبل جي جستن کان وڌيڪ سست کاڌي کي بچائيندا آهن. اهو سڀني لاءِ مثبت کائڻ جو تجربو فراهم ڪندو.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award برونز انعام

GravitATE ٽيبل A' Design Award برونز انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، تمام گهڻو معزز اعتراف جيڪو تخليقيت، اختراع ۽ ذڪاوت سان ممتاز بهترين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. برونز جا کٽيندڙ ڀرپور مهارت واريون ۽ نمايان طور تخليقي شاهڪار آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي وسيع تجربي، تخيل ۽ ڏاهپ جي تصديق ڪن ٿيون. GravitATE ٽيبل کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پيارو شيءِ هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award برونز انعام کٽيو آهي، فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي ۾ بهترين طريقا شامل ڪري ٿو ۽ ننڍين تفصيلن ڏانهن ڌيان ڏيڻ ڪري شاندار آهي. GravitATE ٽيبل ضرورتون خوبصورتيءَ سان پوريون ڪري ٿو، خواهشن کي ڇهي ٿو، جذبن کي موهي ٿو ۽ تجسس ڇڪي ٿو.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A tableware set that invites and encourages users to share interactions and eat slowly. GravitATE contains three personal dinnerware items and three service bowls. It has the potential for movement and interpersonal interaction. The form invites and encourages users to share these interactions intuitively. The result is that users take their time, sharing conversation and savoring food slower than with traditional tableware. This provides a positive dining experience for all.
Dimensions & Packaging: Service bowl No.1 (polyhedron): Width 185mm x Depth 185mm x Height 120mm
Service bowl No.2 (Main image): Width 245mm x Depth 165mm x Height 70mm
Service bowl No.3 (Image #1): Width 175mm x Depth 175mm x Height 120mm
Personal tableware (Bottom): Width 175mm x Depth 175mm x Height 50mm
Personal tableware (Middle): Width 160mm x Depth 160mm x Height 55mm
Personal tableware (Top): Width 115mm x Depth 115mm x Height 58mm
Tags: Tableware, Dining experience, Interaction, Slow eating, Sharing
Production Technology: 3D-scanning and 3D-printing are two key digital tools to support my design. It is a circular design process:
1. Pick a direction(idea 1.0)
2. Build a quick mock-up using clay or foam
3. Scan the model
4. Digital modeling based on the scan result
5. 3D-printing prototype
6. User testing
7. Rebuild a new idea 2.0 or improve an existing idea1.1
Design Challenge: Through the user testing of the previous concepts, I found that the concepts with the potential for movement are more inviting. However, how to combine the design of tableware is a big challenge: Does the product help users to eat slowly? Does it invite the user to interact with it? Does it contain food well? Does It create an interesting experience? Does it suit for dining environment?
Research: This design originated from a recent dining phenomenon, which people are ignoring their dining experience but more focused on their phones, and finish the meal faster and faster. Firstly, literature research, observation, and interviews with the target users were conducted. I found that more interactions and slow eating can improve dining experiences. Then, the market research of restaurants helped me to sum up the factors that influence user behavior and experiences.
Inspiration: Eating with others and eating slowly can create a positive dining experience. Nowadays, people are getting busy with their work, which makes it harder for them to eat together and also, they are unwilling to spend much time eating.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2018 and finished in April 2019 in Rochester, NY.
Operation Flow: According to the different forms of GravitATE, each service bowl produces different ways of movement, so that people can share food in different ways. For example, (Main image) although a person can take food from it independently, the shaking movement can remind other people to provide support. Two of the personal bowls can produce a small amount of sway, and they have been verified by user testing to allow the user to be more focused while eating and to a certain extent avoiding fast eating.