Luzern 厨房用具 by Andrea Ragazzo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 烘焙用具、餐具、饮具与炊具设计 Competition Category.

铁厨具· 2020

Luzern 厨房用具

by Andrea Ragazzo

Client: Ragazzo Design Studio

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 厨具 Category

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The Design

About Luzern 厨房用具

Luzern是一系列专为日常烹饪设计的厨房用具。每件用具均采用一体成型工艺,省去了组装环节,减少了材料与人工的消耗。材质选用玻璃纤维增强聚丙烯,兼具刚性、耐用性与食品安全性。这些工具可耐受高达210摄氏度的高温,同时保持足够的柔软度,不会刮伤不粘锅具。每件产品尺寸为325 x 110 x 95毫米,重量在38至58克之间。手柄经过造型优化,握持舒适。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Luzern 厨房用具是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Luzern 厨房用具将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Luzern 厨房用具因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: LUZERN kitchen utensils are designed in the best tradition of Italian love for ergonomics and sensuousness. Entirely manufactured in Germany, this one-piece design saves on material and labor, while delivering a uniquely ergonomic experience. Each utensil is made of glass fiber-reinforced Nylon material, improving stiffness, while guaranteeing a high food safety standard. All tools are heat resistant up to 210 degrees Celsius.
Dimensions & Packaging: 325 x 110 x 95mm, between 38 and 58g in weight
Tags: Kitchen Utensils, One-Pice Design, Carl Schmidt Sohn, Reinforced Plastic, Ergonomic Design
Production Technology: Injection-molded, glass-fibre reinforced PP material.
Design Challenge: There was not much of a research challenge for this project since kitchen utensils have been around for a very long time. Also, in terms of manufacturing and materials, the choice to us glass-reinforced PP was straight forward. PP is commonly used, food-safe has excellent properties and reinforced with glass, has the stiffness needed for the job.
Research: The initial design phase was straight forward since the client knew exactly what kitchen utensils he wanted. We also knew from the beginning that we needed them to be in injection-molded plastic, requiring zero assembly steps.
Based on this simple design brief, we focused our research on different ergonomic handle options, while fine-tuning the material properties. It helped that the tooling and production would be handled in Germany, which is known for very high-quality manufacturing.
Inspiration: In essence, our goal was to create a one-piece design for each utensil which would be stiff enough for daily use, while also being ergonomic in its use. Usually, this would not be much of a difficulty when using metal as a base material. But since this was supposed to be a budget-line of utensils, plastics were the obvious choice. To achieve stiffness while maintaining excellent ergonomics, we had to reinforce standard PP material with glass filler, while paying most attention to the sculpting.
Project Duration: The project lasted from April 2017 until July 2017 in Hong Kong
Operation Flow: If you love to cook, you only want to use the best tools available. And if you own expensive non-stick pans and pots, then metal utensils are out of the question. Only soft kitchen utensils made of plastic or wood, help prevent scratches. But if you want something light, stiff, ergonomic and durable, then Luzern kitchen utensils are the right choice. Not only do they avoid scratching your expensive pans and pots, but they also fit perfectly in your hand.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Andrea Ragazzo
Image Credits: #1: Andrea Ragazzo, 2019
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