Iron Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design · 2016
O.boat Teakettle
by Ladan Zadfar & Mohammad Farshad
- A' Design Award 2016 Iron Winner in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Awarded April 15, 2016
- CLIENT: Creator studio
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 15,261
- Verification code FCECFB5482 · Verify this award
About O.boat Teakettle
O.boat is an effort to combine origami art with practical utensils. O.boat is a teakettle shaped as an origami boat. It is divided into three separate parts: the first part is the water container which is the bottom of the boat,the second part is where tea is made and it is placed on the top of water container and the third part is the closure of the pot. The designers consideration was to design a module that shows everything could be shaped differently and in a complete new way.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This design is an elegant, beautiful teakettle which is a concept lies in the fusion of origami boats and a teapot and is a true pleasure to partake from.This design is divided in two parts that match together vertically.The underneath part is where we pour water and the top part is where we make tea.This design is made of clear tempered soda-lime glass and metal, it also has a little grid shield which we pour dry tea in it and then it is put into the top part and it has caoutchouc handholds.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The width of this teakettle is 300 mm , its depth is 130 mm and its height is 200 mm .
- Tags
- teapot, teakettle, origami, boat, kitchenware, tea, ship
- Production Technology
- This design is made of three different materials: clear tempered soda-lime glass which is stabile and resistant to strikes,metal that shape the lines of the boat and holds the structure,caoutchouc that shapes the handholds and it is designed like it is no different from the metal that is used and you can see the whole concept and think the handholds are also made of metal.The caoutchouc handholds are for preventing hands to burn.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was to combine origami and kitchenware like teakettle and make it work . The hardest part was to shape something that shows our point of view and the aspects that were important for designers.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2016 in Iran and finished in February 2016 .
- Operation Flow
- O.boat is a teakettle that is formed based on origami art . The basic thought was to design kitchenware that represents origami shapes and lines . Nowadays designers are trying to present new looks and aspects for almost everything around , this product was a quest in order to change the taste and look of a kitchenware that is mostly used , teakettle !
- Research
- We did a major research on origami and all the shapes that could be made and we studied about how we can mix the origami world with our world and make it practical .
- Inspiration
- Origami is one of the most interesting hand arts ever, once we read an article about origami that was written by an origami professor, he said we can use origami for everything because it is everywhere and that was the sparkle of this idea. If origami is everywhere and we can use it for everything why not in the kitchen!We started working on a new teapot and kettle that is a concept of an origami boat. We also used colors that mostly represent the ocean and the sea to let you feel its content.
- Image Credits
- Ladan Zadfar
Mohammad Farshad
Colors of O.boat Teakettle
Design Interview about O.boat Teakettle
Origami is one of the most interesting hand arts ever, once we read an article about origami that was written by an origami professor, he said we can use origami for everything because it is everywhere and that was the sparkle of this idea. If origami is everywhere and we can use it for everything why not in the kitchen!We started working on a new teapot and kettle that is a concept of an origami boat. We also used colors that mostly represent the ocean and the sea to let you feel its content.
This design is an elegant, beautiful teakettle which is a concept lies in the fusion of origami boats and a teapot and is a true pleasure to partake from.
We hope that this award can help us find investors to mass produce this design because every designer would love to see people using his design.
This concept took two weeks to be designed .
We were inspired by origami art and our interest was to intern this wonderful art to everyday life .
We would love to participate with investors who are interested in this design .
The design world is really widespread and it gives anyone the opportunity to push the boundaries and make everything look different and even design things that did not exist before so we encouraged ourselves to do something different .
No , there were not and this product was designed the way that was explained before .
Everyone in the world who like to have a new look in their kitchen .
O boat means origami boat , we wanted to underline the technique and shape of our design in its name .
No we did not .
Technology has a great role for every design and for sure has a great part in our design too .
Our design is influenced by origami art and we did a major research on this art .
The challenge was to combine origami and kitchenware like teakettle and make it work . The hardest part was to shape something that shows our point of view and the aspects that were important for designers.
As designers we always try to be updated and we trace good designs and designers and the best field to find them is to follow great international design competitions such as A'Design Award so we became familiar to this competition . We decided to submit our design to evaluate our work and understand our place in the design world .
We did major researches and a lot of study in order to get the best result we could .