MiMì Cookware Set by Gian Piero Giovannini |
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| DESIGN NAME: MiMì PRIMARY FUNCTION: Cookware Set INSPIRATION: It’s almost a standard. A aluminium pan is always coupled with a plastic handle and its joint. Is it possible to design a cookware set with different selected handles? This new kind of handles should be different only for its shape or could it be in some ways innovative? Probably it could adapt to the user’s grab… UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Mimì is a non-stick cookware set. The simple design with its clean-cut geometry reveals a superior ease of use. Thick die-cast aluminium is used, not only for better heat conduction, but also to easily couple the essential body with handles without further joints. Steel handles literally grab the connection brackets forming a whole shape with the body; then they are fixed by two grub screws or specific glue. Steel, preventing heat transmission, exploits its elastic feature to get a cozy grip. One single element is drawn to obtain not a simple handle, but a handle fitting to the user’s hand and strength. Handles, with the small section, allow to easily change their shape when pressed, keeping steel flexibility and its possibility to be modified. With their yellow silicone rubber covering they stand out against the matt grey body or, if preferred, they can only be brush finished. Pan handle, the long one, is also bound by a rubber covered steel tensed wire playing on the capacity to modify its shape when pressed as well. The inner reinforced coating is applied in three layers to guarantee lasting non-stick quality and durability. It’s scratch and abrasion proof to resist the effects of metal utensils and abrasive pads. The ground non-slip thick bottom is perfect for heat diffusion. Less material can do more and even better. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: In this case essential and minimal design contributes in ergonomics improvement. Mimì considerable feature is its capacity to interact to users. Handles can fit to different grabs exploiting steel flexibility. Users can squeeze them or, if they prefer, they just have to hold the pan by its sketched handles. With their simple and, at the same time, knotty shape, it’s very difficult to slip even if wet or greasy. For the first time a pan handle, which is used to carry weight, is made of a tensed wire giving new sensations. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: - |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: - body: thick die-cast aluminium with ground non-slip bottom and handle connection brackets - coating: high quality non-stick scratch and abrasion proof covering applied in three reinforced layers - handle: single steel drawn element with silicone rubber dip moulding or brush finish SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: diameter: - saucepan 1 handle: 16cm - saucepan 2 handles: 20cm - pot: 22cm - frying pan: 28cm - pan 1 handle: 24cm - pan 2 handles: 24cm TAGS: cookware, non-stick, aluminium, steel, pot, pan, handle, die-cast, grab RESEARCH ABSTRACT: - CHALLENGE: The real challenge was to find a way to connect steel and aluminium without specific joints or hardware, designing a simple and essential object with no undercut for the body mold and with no mold for the handles. ADDED DATE: 2012-09-30 05:55:39 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: Gian Piero Giovannini, 2012. |
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NAME: urge design PROFILE: young design studio |
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Mimì Cookware Set by Gian Piero Giovannini is Winner in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Category, 2012 - 2013.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Gian Piero Giovannini. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Gian Piero Giovannini. |
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