Duration: 5 months
Team: me and two fellow students
My contribution: Illustrations, recipes, song, measuring spoon design.
This was a university project in the first year of our industrial design studies, but it is still one of my dearest projects, which elevated my skills with illustrations in Illustrator, 3D models in Fusion, renders in Keyshot, and the epiphany when I learnt what mockups are.
We wanted to design a healthier habit than screen time on iPad and tv, when children come home after kindergarten or school. We quickly came to the conclusion to immerse the children in helping their parents cook dinner. Since most children cannot read, the design implemented a comic book style.
The cooking book was included in a full set, which included a bench box to help the child reach the kitchen bench, and coloured coded bowls and measuring spoons for an easier measurement system. The measurement spoons were born when we were trying to solve how children would measure 2dl of water or 200g of flour. The baking bowls were handy to separate instructions with recipes requiring multiple bowls. The box had a sturdy design with lockable wheels.
Making a recipe that requires one blue measuring cup of flour.
The full set included the activity booklet, a bench box and color coded bowls and measuring spoons.
A song was created to help parents entice the child into cooking, luring them away from screens.
How the song is used to entice the child into making food together, instead of playing on digital devices (in norwegian)
The cooking song is a tool for the adults to make cooking more alluring for the child
The cooking book also featured stickers of the recipes and ingredients, for a playful way to track progress, but it also acts as a visual reminder for the child to continue to use the book.
Starsystem: How the child gains ownership of the product with stickers of the recipes
The different colours and sizes helped the children distinguish between the measurement spoons, even for colorblind children. (the two blues are separated through clear size differences)
The baking bowls have a non-slippery bottom and outer surface for easy handling
Process images (more info on hover):
Idea sketch
Flow sketch and final objects
Finished product
Other color iterations
Colorblind: Very similar yellow on the two smallest
Designed to be hanged up all together
The spoons fit snuggly together
Baking bowl
Baking bowl colorr test
First edition box bench
