Popo 餐具套裝 by Arezoo Abaspoor is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 廚具設計 Competition Category.

銅廚具· 2020

Popo 餐具套裝

by Arezoo Abaspoor

Client: Sargol Shargh

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 廚具 Category

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The Design

About Popo 餐具套裝

Popo係一套用骨瓷製成嘅餐具系列。呢套餐具包括湯盅、茶壺、糖盅、奶盅、杯同鹽樽胡椒樽。造型極簡而抽象,靈感嚟自一啲幻想中嘅生物,佢哋用細細嘅腳站喺枱面上。骨瓷令呢啲器件具有透光度、輕巧同高強度嘅特點。所有物件都係用鑄造成型嘅方法製作,採用含有百分之五十骨粉嘅泥漿。器身呈球形,冇任何負角度。重心經過精確計算,令每件作品都能夠穩定站立,而手柄設計亦遵循人體工學原則。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Popo 餐具套裝是 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Popo 餐具套裝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。Popo 餐具套裝出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In the hectic world of today after spending a day working hard, Popo brings a smile and the most beautiful feelings to your homes, a minimalist, emotional and abstract design which is inspired by a fictional world, tiny creatures with small legs sitting on your table.
on the other hand, transparency and lightness properties along with the high strength of bone china have provided a proper condition to make Popo as a unique product.
Dimensions & Packaging: soup tureen : length 247 x width 240 x height 210 ,tea pot : length 220 x width 121 x height 215 , sugar pot , length 114 x width 105 x height 95 , creamer , length 137 x width 97 x height 70 , cup : Length 110 x width 87 x height 60 , saltshaker & pepper shaker : length 60 x width 55 x height 50
Packaging dimension is proportional to the arrangement of the services (6, 12, 18). the number of Items and dimension of the packaging changes by changing the design. after shrinking items are placed inside the foam one by one.
Tags: nature , emotional design , minimal design , animation , small hands & legs , bone china ,
Production Technology: The Popo is made from bone china. one of the most important features of these containers (plates) are transparency, lightness, and high strength. Popo items are produced by casting methods. T
the casting material is slurry(grout) of bone china, which is 50% bone powder of the cow. the origin mold is aluminum which is machined with CNC and the others are copied from the original one but with plaster.
Popo items plate , dish plate , bowl and cup are produced by Forming.
Design Challenge: there were two major challenges in the design of Popo, deformation in the edge of the cup that was caused during the cooking of the biscuit items, which was fixed by trial and error with the proper support. other challenge was the small legs & hands of this, which was considered as the item legs. in the initial layout, the stability of the items was on the legs, which changed due to the lack of it finally the legs and bottom of the items were level.
Research: popo's items were designed to optimize one of the old products. first, extensive research was carried out on the market as well as various design styles. after presenting various designs, popo was approved for making a prototype and participated in the Tehran household appliance exhibition and got acceptable feedback. finally, popo were entered the mass production phase with respect to customer satisfaction. all researches were conducted through the Internet, studying existing market examples, popular researches as well as articles in the Research and Development department of the company.
Inspiration: Nature and animals are always the source of inspiration. Inspired by them, we can say poetry, we can say story, we can create a dream world like the world of animations and toys, and all of them becomes a delightful feeling, the sensation that roots in our childhood world, the sensation which has been in our minds of the same era and has focused our attention on it.
in this project, the basis of the idea is to blend nature with happy and sweet world of animations, which is presented Popo to find
Project Duration: This project was exhibited at the International Household Appliances Exhibition (Tehran , Iran) in November 2014 and they strated the mass production in December 2015.
Operation Flow: all popo items have a spherical shape without negative angles, which makes it easy to make and without any errors. the function of the items is simple and with ergonomic principles. the center of gravity is calculated for all items, therefore are completely static. in teapots,sauce cups and cups the distance between the handle and the body is proportional to the standard dimensions. the Necessary grip is considered in the design of teapot handles, Sugar pots and tureens.
Image Credits: image#1 , Arezoo Abaspoor ,2018
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