Gap: Find a way for a teaspoon to scrape off effectively a desert plate

“I put aside the idea of the scraping spoon for salted meal (appetizers, main course) because for these the interviewed people made me realize that we could simply use bread. So my gap is now specific to desert.”

Gap: Find a way for a teaspoon to scrape off effectively a desert plate 

• User Needs : (“Spatula-Spoon” = SS)

1. SS is easy to clean (dishwasher)

SS can be cleaned with a sponge 

SS does not scratch 

Remaining sauce does not stick to the SS

SS goes into the dishwasher

2. SS is easy to carry

SS is light

SS does not take much space

SS does not deform itself easily

SS does not break easily

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• Gap

Find a way to finish a nice meal with a tasty sauce without using bread or licking the plate (which is not very distinguished)…

• In what way might I…

Be little bit happier in my day to day life

Enjoy a meal completely until the last drop of sauce

Leave nothing in the plate after an excellent meal

Clean my plate properly (without bread, or my tongue)

*Create a better spoon to scrape off my plate effectively

Modified the original spoon we know

Mix the concept of spoon and spatula

Find a material offsetting the shape of the plate

Goal : I have in mind to create a “spatula-spoon” that could fit into our classic flatware at home or in restaurants

                                 My chair Sketch …first sketch ever…

Find a way to finish a nice meal with a tasty sauce without using bread or licking the plate (which is not very distinguished)…

As I went through my day, I made note of things that annoy me or cause me extra effort, time, money, or discomfort. In the language of this course, I found some “gaps” ; Here is a list of 10 gaps: 

1- How do you to eat your breakfast (when your late) in your car without dirtying yourself and your car…

2- How do you take your pills when you don’t have any water near…

3- How do you finish a nice meal with a tasty sauce without using bread or licking the plate (not very distinguished)…

4- How can we keep our hand, using the computer mouse, hot… mine is always cold…

5- Find an other way of storage books, instead of the classical, fixed library…

6- Find a new type of cloth for sport outfit that help evacuate effectively the sweat

7- Make a ” Micro-robot ” that clean your teeth while your sleeping

8- Find a way to transport easily all your horse riding stuff

9- Find a solution to know the exact amount of calories, fat, sugar…you eat every day without making lots of calculations

10- Find a way to open your house door when you have forgotten you key, without breaking a window

The selected gap that will form the basis of my class project is : 

Find a way to finish a nice meal with a tasty sauce without using bread or licking the plate (not very distinguished)…

I choose here to talk about My Bento Box, this artifact from Japan is simply a box for carrying food, But it has became essential for me, I use it every day at work,. This simple box, help me to have a balanced diet, because I choose what I eat, instead of the meal provided by the cafeteria.

+ there are many shapes, colors, available ^^