Flowform Spatula
Designing Products for Interactions
3 weeksBandsaw, belt sander, oscillating spindle sander, rasps, sandpaper
Hand crafting abstracted curvalinear forms that extends the hand to facilitate scraping, lifting and flipping. A study for form and function, affordances, and aesthetics, and an exercise in craft.
An overview of the interaction that focuses on the scrapping, scooping and flipping functionalities of the spatula, and the consideration to hand placement and grip.
Sketchinvg to understand behaviour, body and hand posture, interaction between the tool and the hand, and the tool and the working surface.
Breaking down proportions. What visually looks comfortable and approachable as paired with comfort and ease of use.
Making foam prototypes to experiment and play with the form
Some speedy- expressive flowform mapping
