Edible Bowl
2013
The Royal college of Art
Short term project/Solo project
Plastic is a substance the earth cannot digest. This edible bowl is made of several natural ingredients to address this issue. The bowl is shaped and solidified through strong pressing process, so that it would not be broken nor melt easily. Even though the edible bowl is not a perfect alternative, it provides intellectual curiosity to those seeking environmentally friendly materials.
Inflatable Tableware
2018
Erato Lab, Tokyo, Japan
Working in Progress, patent in process
Team project: Heeju Kim, Young Ah Seong
Role: Design Researcher. Contributed Idea generation, experiments
This design in process is a compact and portable tableware set using thermal energy driven actuator. The actuator consists of a pouch and low boiling point liquid inside and inflates when contacted with an outer thermal source. This material is lightweight and durable in its pre-expansion state, so that tableware can be folded like a piece of paper. When inflated, a pair of rectangular pieces become hard enough to be used as chopsticks. The final set will include chopsticks, spoons, and a variety shape of bowl and dishes.
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When the liquid inside reaches a boiling point (34C), the folded pouch swells in the form of a chopstick. Variety of pouch forms that are convertible into spoons, bowls and dishes will be included in the tableware set.
