Spoon Tlhahlobo ea Boimana by MrSmith Studio

Spoon Tlhahlobo ea Boimana by MrSmith Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Disebediswa le Thepa ya Bongaka Competition Category.

TšepeSehlahiswa sa Bongaka· 2020

Spoon Tlhahlobo ea Boimana

by MrSmith Studio

Client: PRIMA Lab SA

Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award Winner in Sehlahiswa sa Bongaka Category

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The Design

About Spoon Tlhahlobo ea Boimana

Spoon ke tlhahlobo ea boimana ea tšebeliso e le 'ngoe e etselitsoeng tšebeliso ea lapeng. Sebōpeho sa eona se nkuoa mohopolo lekising, ka libōpeho tse bonolo tse nyenyane le sebaka se sengata bakeng sa sebaka sa mokoallo. Mekhutlo eohle e sithabalitsoe ho fana ka ponahalo e nang le mosa, kaha tlhahlobo ena e sebelisoa nakong ea lekunutu le ea maikutlo. Sebaka sa ho tšoara se sekamisitsoe le ho hōlisoa bakeng sa ergonomics e ntlafetseng le tšebeliso e utloahalang habonolo. Spoon e lekana 130 x 25 x 10 mm 'me e boima ka 14 gramo. 'Mele oa eona o entsoe ka bioplastic e kentsoeng ka tlhahiso ho fokotsa mekhoa e sotlang tikoloho, 'me boteng ba karolo ka 'ngoe bo lekantsoe ho boloka thepa.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award

Spoon Tlhahlobo ea Boimana ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang e fuoang meralo e metle e finyellang litlhoko tsa porofeshenale le tsa indasteri tse lebelletsoeng ho lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse entsoeng hantle. Bahapi ba Tšepe ba bontša bokhoni bo boholo, bokhethehi bo phahameng, kutloisiso ea litsebi le bokhoni ba boqapi ba baqapi ba bona. Spoon Tlhahlobo ea Boimana e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlahisitsoeng e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e sebetsang le e nang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa ea indasteri mme o na le litšobotsi tsa theknoloji tse nang le bokhoni tse amanang le tsebo le talenta. Ka lebaka la botlalo ba eona, Spoon Tlhahlobo ea Boimana e tšoanelehela tlhompho mme e entsoe ho fana ka ntlafatso ea bophelo e thusang ho etsa hore lefatše le be sebaka se molemo.

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