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Project Overview
"Great, functional and stylish, wish I had thought of it." Blue Design Inc. California
"Invaluable, amazing and seriously smart - why didn't someone think of this sooner." www.foodinjars.com
"Fantastic, Innovative and Useful." Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Organisation
Project Brief
I needed a solution to the problem I had when transferring jams and sauces into bottles. I made a prototype funnel out of the lid of an ice cream container - I used it so often that I decided to manufacture them.
Project Innovation/Need
Their most outstanding feature is that they pack flat.
They can also be used for foodstuffs such as pepper corns, rice, oats and spices.
Design Challenge
The first design challenge was to find a suitable food safe,recyclable, BPA free plastic. The second was to refine the manufacturing technique from the original laser cut process to the current die stamped process.
Sustainability
The funnels are manufacture in Australia from fully recyclable Australian made polypropylene sheets. During the manufacturing process all off-cuts are recycled. The funnels are mailed to customers in a standard envelope.
Product Design - Homewares
This award celebrates creative and innovative design for either a component or overall product. Consideration given to aspects that relate to human usage, aesthetics, selection of components and materials, and the resolution of assembly, manufacturing and the overall function.
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