DESIGN NAME: Two spoons of sugar
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Sugarcubes
INSPIRATION: The inspiration for this design came from a very famous figure of speech in my language
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Having tea or drinking coffee is not just for quenching once thirst.
It is a ceremony of indulging, sharing and there is always the moment when you are being asked for the amount of sugar you usually put in your cup.
Adding sugar to your coffee or tea could be as easy as you remember the Roman Numerals!
Whether you need a single spoon of sugar or a two or three, you just have to pick one of the three numerals made from sugar and pop it in your hot/cold beverage.
A single action and your purpose is solved. No spoon, no measurement, it gets that simple.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: -
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in April and finished in August 2008 in israel, and was exhibited in Tokyo designers week 2011, as part of the designboom mart.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Food, Beverage and Culinary Arts Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: materials: white sugar, demerara sugar, water.
a mold shaped like roman numbers.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: package dimensions: Width 3.5 cm x Depth 15 cm x Height 1 cm
The package of three is in either white sugar form or Demerara sugar
contain three sugarcubes.
TAGS: sugarcubes, figure of speech, food design
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The first sketches of "Two spoons of sugar" were made in the shape of regular numbers and not roman numbers. However the cubes' size and amount of sugar wasn't constant, Therefore I decided to change the shape in to roman numbers.
CHALLENGE: The hardest part in creating this design was being patient till the sugar cube became dry enough. lots of sugar cubes was broken due to my lack of patience.
ADDED DATE: 2012-02-10 22:23:44
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : stav axenfeld
IMAGE CREDITS: Stav Axenfeld, 2011.
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