neora zigler: sento tactile cookware

‘sento tactile cookware’ by neora zigler

‘sento tactile cookware’, israeli student neora zigler‘s final project in hadassah college’s inclusive industrial design department, is a set of cooking utensils for the blind and sight impaired. the cooking utensils encourage a cooking experience that takes advantage of all the senses, and answers the practical needs of the blind and sight impaired.

two points were emphasized in the creation of the set: first, to create a set of safe-to-use cooking utensils that will assist the blind in basic cooking; and second, to intensify the sensual cooking experience (smell, taste and feel) for all users, even those without sight impairments. ‘sento tactile cookware’ solves day-to-day problems such as fire and heat hazards, measuring and quantifying accurately, and having a clean and organized working environment in the kitchen, thus responding to the entire population’s needs not just those of the blind.

video demonstrating common cooking hazards, and the use of ‘sento tactile cookware’ to solve them

measuring series

spice containers

example usage

  sectional view of spice boxes

sketches of cookware

sketches of boxes and utensils

working prototypes

working prototypes

working prototypes

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