Final Model Pics

User Testing

Following on from previous research conducted in Nov 07 were by a focus group documented a weeks food consumption, eating habits and patterns I asked one family to respond to my design development and attempt to integrated these initial ceramic prototypes into their daily eating routines again documenting their experiance in a food journal reflecting the impact this experiance has on their dietary patterns. The images bellow visually document these results......

The results from this are being filtered back into my development . The user group have indicated a need for additional information accompanying the plates. Also from observing the users I am considering an alternative offering that would act as a gradual change from today's cultural eating habits, familiar with the norms of the traditional white plate and my clear segregated portion plates illustrated above.

continued - slip cating intial protoypes.....

This series of images document the development of the first prototype models and experimentation with the ceramic slip casting process...........

Update - above you can see the development of this series of initial prototype models being slip cast and glazed ready to fire. Bellow you can see the finished result and first prototype model for the eat well series.