Category
Product Design
Behavioural Research
Small-Batch Production
Overview
Kitchen roll holders tend to be treated as purely functional: usually a wooden base with a pole, no wonder it's always tucked into the corner of the kitchen.
Orbit reimagines this overlooked object as something people might actually want to keep out.
A terrazzo-pattern Jesmonite base holds marbles that spin around the base, adding a small and slightly unnecessary moment of play to an everyday routine.
Role
Independent Project
2 months
Tools
Physical Prototyping
Jesmonite Casting
Design from Observation
What I found from looking inside people’s kitchens
I analysed 12 kitchens across four countries and a mixture of living situations, including family homes, student flats, shared houses and people living alone.
Everyone uses kitchen roll, why are the few with holders a boring base + pole. No wonder it's always tucked into the corner of the kitchen.
First Thought Sketch
1:5 Plasticine
1:5 PLA 3D Print
Assembly Sketch
Final Prototype!
Developing the Idea
