Spoon Suʻega Maʻitaga by MrSmith Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Oloa Fa'afoma'i Competition Category.

UʻameaOloa Fa'afoma'i· 2020

Spoon Suʻega Maʻitaga

by MrSmith Studio

Client: PRIMA Lab SA

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Oloa Fa'afoma'i Category

20,316

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #103285

Visit Site View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Spoon Suʻega Maʻitaga

O le Spoon o se suʻega maʻitaga e faʻaaogaina e tasi le taimi, na fuafuaina mo le faʻaaogaina i totonu o le fale. O le foliga na maua mai le manatu o se sipuni, faatasi ai ma foliga vaivai laiti ma se luga lautele mo le vaega o le au. O pito uma ua faʻalauteleina e tuʻuina atu ai se foliga faauo, talu ai o le suʻega e faʻaaogaina i se taimi patino ma faʻalagona. O le vaega e uu ai ua faʻasagaina ma faʻalauteleina mo se faʻaogaina sili atu ona lelei o le tino ma le faigofie ona faʻaaogaina. E fua le Spoon i le 130 x 25 x 10 milimita ma le mamafa e 14 kalama. O le tino na faia mai le bioplastic ua tuʻiina ina ia faʻaitiitia ai le ave carbon, ma o le mafiafia o vaega taʻitasi ua faʻamaopoopoina ina ia faʻasaoina ai mea faufau.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Spoon Suʻega Maʻitaga, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Spoon Suʻega Maʻitaga e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Spoon Suʻega Maʻitaga ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

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