Slender is a manual whisk designed especially for people suffering from wrist pain.
Prompt: To understand what the whisking experience is like for someone with wrist pain, and accordingly design a non-electric solution.
Time frame: 3 weeks
Project phases: Generative Research, Prototyping + Design
GENERATIVE RESEARCH
Secondary Study:
Secondary research on wrist pain and what the whisking process involves helped define the problem and establish research questions for primary research.
Problem:
Whisking eggs using a traditional whisk involves aggressive wrist motion. This makes whisking a very strenuous task for victims of wrist pain.
Ethnographic Study + Findings:
An ethnographic study was done to observe the target user go through the actions of whisking and help answer the research questions established. The user in the study was a victim of Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.
User Need:
Users need to maintain a neutral wrist position and minimal wrist movement to mitigate wrist pain while whisking.
Inspiration:
DESIGN
Introducing SLENDER:
Process:
Rapid ideation was done on 2D and 3D medium to explore opportunities to mitigate wrist movement through 3 alternate hand and arm movements
