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SUPÉ

A more sustainable cookware system for college students to working age adults - for IKEA

Group Project Members: 

Ansel Iisaka

Lillian Lin

Sean Tsai

14 Weeks - Product Design Group Project - Kitchenware

Supé?

That's Swedish for supper. 

Supé is an all-in-one meal preparation toolkit for young adults looking to cook more and cook better. We give them everything they need.  

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MILLENNIAL USER

  • 18-35

  • College age to early working adults

  • Lives with 2 roommates

  • Argues about kitchen utensils

  • Learning to cook during the pandemic

  • Has a part time job and limited living budget

Image by Kevin McCutcheon
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USER STUDY

The State of Kitchenware Used by College Students

THROW-AWAY CULTURE

- Going from college life to working life means moving

- Tendency to dispose instead of recycling or reusing items

HEAVY USE OF PLASTICS

- Negative environmental impact

- Infrequently recycled

- Usually ends up in the landfill

DIFFICULT TO ORGANIZE

- Amateurs buy unnecessary utensils

- Hard to organize / differentiate

- Often a cluttered mess

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Benchmarking the Competitors

The consumer base we aimed to design for is highlighted in grey.

BENCHMARK PRODUCTS

Pack Out: a process that takes apart an object to learn from it's design

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Plastic injection molded together
Metal blade made separation a
destructive process

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Cheap all-plastics vs. Glass and live
hinges


Co-molded seals not replaceable

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Cookware can be combined and simplified


Material choice concerns

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SUPÉ

Our Redesign

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REDESIGN LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA)

Sustainable Minds Deep Dive

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INDIVIDUAL SKETCHES

A Selection of Personal Sketches for the Supè Project

GROUP IDEATION

PROTOTYPE TESTING

Testing various different prototypes of the Supè system

DOWNLOAD

Process Book

COOKWARE FOR IKEA

Group project process book. Project focused on bringing more sustainable heirloom cookware to college students. - 40.1 MB PDF

Kitchenware Kit for College Students

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