Pawsome Pace Control Kit 宠物食盆套装 by Liu Liang and Huang Lixia

Pawsome Pace Control Kit 宠物食盆套装 by Liu Liang and Huang Lixia is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 宠物护理、玩具、用品与动物产品设计 Competition Category.

铜宠物用品· 2024

Pawsome Pace Control Kit 宠物食盆套装

by Liu Liang and Huang Lixia

Client: Shenzhen Yuexing Silicone Technology Co., Ltd

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 宠物用品 Category

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The Design

About Pawsome Pace Control Kit 宠物食盆套装

Pawsome Pace Control Kit是一款旨在减缓宠物进食速度的宠物食盆套装。该套装包含一个8字形硅胶食盆(设有两个独立分区)、一个进食隔板和一块慢食垫。其中一个分区盛放食物,另一个分区盛放清水或流质食物。隔板与慢食垫可置入两个分区内使用,同时也适配市面上多种尺寸的食盆。所有部件均采用食品级硅胶制成。真空吸盘底座可将各部件牢牢固定,防止晃动。蓝色与黄色的配色则有助于猫狗辨识。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Pawsome Pace Control Kit 宠物食盆套装是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Pawsome Pace Control Kit 宠物食盆套装将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Pawsome Pace Control Kit 宠物食盆套装出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Pet Food Bowl Set comprises a figure “8” shape silicone bowl, a feed divider, and a slow feeding mat for liquid food. It can be used in flexible combinations or with other products. It is intended to help pets control their eating speed, improve wellness and eating habits. The fan shape and softness of the divider is suitable for most of the food bowl sizes now available on the market with impressive applicability and compatibility.
Dimensions & Packaging: 280mmx220mmx55mm
Tags: Pet, Slow Feeding, Silicone, Fan Shape Design, Firmness
Production Technology: All components are made of food-grade standard non-hazard silicone material. The process to manufacture: prepare some copper male electrodes, work pieces on molds, discharge on EDM machine from different angles to produce different surface ring texture effects. As the product is larger than ordinary silicone products, we need to precisely control the weight of material and test the size of different parts for even-out flow.
Design Challenge: The silicone material addresses the problems associated with the currently popular pet bowls, e.g.: overturning and noise. As there is no pet bowls made of 100% silicone on the market, the designer is forced to refer to the bowls made of other materials, in order to simulate scenarios and solve problems. For example, good floor suction should be maintained when pets are licking or colliding with it. For material properties, the designer also considers how to make a firm form without sinking.
Research: Cats and dogs have limited color vision compared to human beings. With less cone cells in retina, dogs have no special ability to perceive red and green, but cats have more cone cells than dogs, so they can identify certain colors such as blue, yellow, and green (except red). The pet set is designed with blue and yellow colors which can are perceivable to cats and dogs, so pets are given highly adaptable and recognizable visual experience.
Inspiration: Most pet bowls now available on the market just provide a simple container, instead of considering the potential health risks from eating too fast. This really matters for those pets in rehabilitation or exposed to potential health risks. This pet food bowl set is tailored to slow down eating speed as reasonable, and address some defects of most available pet bowls including the vulnerability to wobbling.
Project Duration: The project kicked off in October 2023 in Shenzhen and wrapped up in December 2023 in Shenzhen.
Operation Flow: Each component can be used alone or with other products. The figure “8” shape silicone bowl contains two separate bowls, one for pet feed and one for water or liquid food. The feed divider and slow feeding mat can be placed in both bowls to divide and slow down feeding. The slow feeding mat comes with a round handle for easy access. Each component has a vacuum suction mechanism on the bottom portion to securely hold them in place and prevent wobbling and shifting.
Team Members: Liu Liang, Huang Lixia