A Sheffield Spice Rack
Brief: to design something inspired by and made in Sheffield.
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Perhaps one of the most comfortable ways that we share culture today is through the exchange of food. It is not hard to find a takeaway or restaurant of foreign origin down a busy street in Sheffield, filled with the natives and locals of a city.
Naturally, herbs and spices come in a variety of shapes, colours, scents and tastes. This seemed to be quite an appropriate metaphor for our community.
Colourful, diverse and harmony are crucial in creating every aspect of a meal; the meal in this case a metaphor for community.
The spice rack works by utilising tension and compression working in unison to support two arcs. The oak beam can be pulled inwards to release pressure, allowing for more pegs to be slotted on through the center of the torsion spring.
Bags of spice which are easily found in stores, most notably in world food shops, are gripped in place by these pegs. Thanks to the arced path, the bags overlap, allowing for more to be stored. The physical model fit 12 onto a 300mm rod.
The steel pegs are left a farmiliar form. The oak arc can be seen embracing the pegs, unifying them within its reach and personifying the bags, each one epitomizing the people of Sheffield's community.
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Perhaps one of the most comfortable ways that we share culture today is through the exchange of food. It is not hard to find a takeaway or restaurant of foreign origin down a busy street in Sheffield, filled with the natives and locals of a city.
Naturally, herbs and spices come in a variety of shapes, colours, scents and tastes. This seemed to be quite an appropriate metaphor for our community.
Colourful, diverse and harmony are crucial in creating every aspect of a meal; the meal in this case a metaphor for community.
The spice rack works by utilising tension and compression working in unison to support two arcs. The oak beam can be pulled inwards to release pressure, allowing for more pegs to be slotted on through the center of the torsion spring.
Bags of spice which are easily found in stores, most notably in world food shops, are gripped in place by these pegs. Thanks to the arced path, the bags overlap, allowing for more to be stored. The physical model fit 12 onto a 300mm rod.
The steel pegs are left a farmiliar form. The oak arc can be seen embracing the pegs, unifying them within its reach and personifying the bags, each one epitomizing the people of Sheffield's community.
Below are the presentation boards we were required to submit for the first part of the project. They contain a project proposal, an answer to "What can Sheffield offer in 2015?", the way in which I have responded to the brief and how the design reflects Sheffield.