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Para Cutting Board
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Para is a cutting board designed and manufactured at Emily Carr University on Granville Island. Designed as a response to the static cutting boards offered today, Para presents the user with a dynamic cutting surface that enriches the food cutting experience. The channel at the far end of the board acts as a trough for cut bits of food or waste pieces. Para is available in both a scoop trough, ideal for hand use, and angled trough, designed for knife use. The twenty degree parallelogram mimics the cutting angle of a right handed person. Para is constructed using heat treated birch and has a 1.5 inch quality thickness.
Masi: Product Design
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I designed a simple vessel for a flower, which doubled as a creative presentation dish for gourmet hors d’oeuvres and drinks. It was essential that the project be flat-pack and inexpensive, to meet the needs of the Pan Pacific Hotel. Their secondary intent for the design was as a takeaway gift for patrons, or as a souvenir in the gift shop. The wood co-op also wanted a flat-pack item, for sale to Granville Island tourists.
Masi was a word I came across around the same time as this project. It’s slang for ‘Merci,’ meaning ‘Thank you.’
Rough modeling in paper and bristol. Testing done with a wood veneer and final deliverables laser-cut from aircraft ply. Diagrams drawn in Adobe Illustrator. Photographed by designer.
