Castels 醬料碟 by Bulent Unal is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 廚具設計 Competition Category.

銅廚具· 2021

Castels 醬料碟

by Bulent Unal

Client: Atılım University

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 廚具 Category

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The Design

About Castels 醬料碟

呢款醬料碗專為配餐醬汁而設計。設計將城堡、環繞城堡嘅護城河，以及通往城堡嘅橋樑以抽象手法演繹。碗身以瓷器製作，橋樑部分可採用金屬或天然石材。由於產品系列會逐件發售，顧客可自由選擇心儀嘅堡壘款式。每個醬料碗尺寸約為180毫米。喺食物擺盤中，輔助餐具既要美觀，亦要令人印象深刻，呢點尤其重要。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Castels 醬料碟是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Castels 醬料碟將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Castels 醬料碟出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Castle typologies used in history and selected from three different continents decorate our tables under another function by abstraction. The design is an abstraction of the castle, the moat that surrounds it, and the bridge that leads to the castle. It is made of porcelain. Bridge can be made of metal or natural stone. Since the set of products will be sold one by one, the consumer can decide which fort he will buy. Each sauce bowl is around 180mm.
Dimensions & Packaging: The sauce bowls have the same diameter of 180mm. The height varies depending on the model, but the highest is 100 mm. It will be sold in separate packages and it will be possible to complete the set on demand. Since porcelain is a fragile material, it is protected from external impacts by grasping it with styrofoam pieces. The bridge is also included in the package with the sauce bowl.
Tags: Castle, Sauce, Moat, Bridge, Trio, Dinner table
Production Technology: Porcelain was used in this design. Porcelain is produced from naturally sourced raw materials. Its whiteness is not from the dyes used; it takes from the raw materials in its recipe. After the clay is shaped, hard porcelain is obtained by firing at 1400 °C. Porcelain is aesthetic and elegant, represents health and hygiene, is easily cleaned from stains, has very low water absorption, so it does not contain bacteria on its surface. The bridge can be made of metal or natural stones such as marble.
Design Challenge: Abstraction is the process of reducing the information content of a concept. This reduction is done to obtain the information required for a specific purpose more easily. Abstraction in architecture is one of the most important methods used both in the design process and in understanding and reading existing structures. The abstraction of the castle typology selected from three different continents as a product and reconsidering it in a different function is the biggest challenge of this design.
Research: Sauce is an auxiliary meal in liquid or semi-solid form used in the preparation of a meal in cooking or served with it during the service. In this design, considering the fluidity properties of the sauces to be served with the meal, how much sauce the bowl should contain and the appropriate depth of the sauce in the container were investigated. In researches, it has been revealed that by obtaining different depths, it is necessary to use the sauce more or less and to pour the excess sauce.
Inspiration: Art is an expression of creativity and imagination. Is it possible to use imagination for an aesthetic food presentation and prepare plates inspired by architectural works? With this sauce bowl design, the typology of the castle types used in different continents in world history was abstracted and the trilogy of castle, moat and bridge was combined in a different function. These three sauce bowls prepared around the castle theme and will stand out both in terms of catching up with each other.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2020 and finished in November 2020.
Operation Flow: This sauce bowl is designed to serve the sauces with the meal. It consists of a castle, moat and bridge. The castle part adds a visual richness and makes it easier to hold the sauce during its removal. The desired sauce can be placed in the moat part. The bridge piece is movable and can be positioned where desired. The purpose of the bridge is to prevent dripping when the food is immersed in sauce. When the food is touched on the bridge, the excess sauce flows back into the sauce bowl.
Team Members: Bülent Ünal
Image Credits: Image #1: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2020.
Image #2: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2020.
Image #3: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2020.
Image #4: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2020.
Image #5: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2020.