Task 2 Good Design "Smart Touch Salad Spinner"

Smart Touch Salad Spinner

Design: RKS (U.S.)

Client:DKBHousehold/Zyliss (U.S.)

IDEA Bronze award 2008Product Description

The Smart Touch Salad Spinner is designed to make salad prep quick, easy and even enjoyable. Use the inner basket as a strainer to rinse leaves, drop the basket into the spinner bowl, set the lid on top, and just one press of the Smart Touch lever sets the basket spinning at optimal speed to dry greens quickly and efficiently. The clear-view top lets users keep an eye on the process. With the press of a button a disc brake will surely stop the smart touch so that you can serve or store on the table or in the fridge. With a stackable top, the Smart Touch helps make the best use of precious refrigerator space.

Visual Analysis

The Smart Touch Salad spinner uses a simple mixture of colour and texture to create an identity for itself as a household kitchen appliance. Its “fresh” bright colours are representative of the natural colours in nature. The smooth exterior of the bowl sits nicely around the modern patterned sieve. All buttons, levers and edges are large and round enough to be user friendly and usable by the kids.

BALANCE: Symmetric in design to allow easy of use and storage

LINE: Clean curved lines that represent the practicality of the item within the kitchen

CONTRAST: Contrasting white of the edges with the fresh greens and oranges of the basket and lid

FORM: Smooth yet robust for everyday use

TEXTURE: Smooth finish all round to invoke the refinement of the product

COLOUR: Fresh greens and oranges brighten up a kitchen

PROPORTION: The bowl proportion is easy on the eyes, clean and simple