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MODURA
CLIENT
Self-Directed
ROLE
Producer, Designer, Creative Director, & Photographer
Category
Publication Design | Magazine
Year
2025
A one-handed kitchen tool that enables users to tear, open, and pour packets with ease and independence. Designed with accessibility and efficiency in mind, it supports users with limited dexterity by stabilizing packaging and integrating a simple cutting mechanism, streamlining everyday cooking tasks into a seamless experience.
SOLO
CLIENT
Self-Directed
ROLE
Producer, Designer
DISCIPLINE
Product Design | Kitchen Tool
MATERIAL
Rhino3d, 3D Printed, Suction cups x-acto blade
DIMENSTIONS
YEAR
2024
Rhino3d Model
3D Printed Model
Project Details
Design Brief
User Persona
Research Insights
Understanding the Challenge
Many everyday food packets are designed for two-handed use, assuming a level of dexterity that not all users have. For individuals with limited hand mobility or one-handed use, simple tasks like tearing open a packet, fully emptying its contents, or stabilizing it while pouring become frustrating and inefficient. In many cases, users resort to unsafe or improvised methods, such as using their teeth or external tools, highlighting a clear accessibility gap in everyday kitchen interactions.
To define this opportunity, I conducted hands-on observation and user-centered research focused on one-handed cooking tasks:
Video Exploration: Preparing a boxed meal using only one hand revealed consistent pain points during packet tearing, pouring, and transport, significantly increasing effort and time.
User Pain Points: Difficulty gripping flexible packaging, lack of stabilization during cutting or tearing, and inability to fully empty packets without assistance.
Design Insight: A stationary, counter-based tool that stabilizes packaging and integrates a simple cutting mechanism can restore independence, safety, and efficiency to this everyday task.
These insights directly informed SOLO’s form, functionality, and emphasis on accessible, one-handed usability.
SOLO’s goal is to create an accessible, empowering kitchen tool that enables users to independently open and pour food packets using one hand.
Look & Feel: Minimal, sturdy, and approachable, with a form that feels stable and intuitive on the countertop.
Core Values: Accessibility, independence, and efficiency.
Target User: Individuals with limited dexterity or one-handed use who cook at home and value ease, safety, and autonomy in everyday tasks.
Process & Development:
Foam and physical prototyping to refine hand feel, stability, and one-handed interaction.
Rhino 3D modeling to develop form, ridges, and the integrated rod-and-blade mechanism.
Material exploration focused on durability, weight, and surface friction to ensure reliable packet stabilization.
Exploring the rod and blade mechanism.
Exploring the detachable wall and ridge mechanics.
To better understand the challenges faced by one-handed users, I conducted a hands-on video exploration by preparing a boxed meal using only one hand. This exercise revealed several key pain points, including difficulty tearing open packets, fully emptying contents, and carrying multiple items simultaneously. Observing these moments in real time highlighted how seemingly simple tasks become obstacles and directly informed the functional requirements and form development of SOLO.
3D Printed Physical Form
Rhino3d Rendering