Comments on: Specialized Kitchen-Dining For The Physically Challenged

By: M.S.W.

M.S.W. — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:21:23 +0000

When I say “nice” I’m not inferring/implying that the design is ready for production, it merely means is a nice start on the designer’s path to a production ready product. The next step would be for the designer to do a simple nonfunctional mockup of the design to virtually test the use ability of it. Once that is done it would become quickly obvious that the stretched leaning posture to access the food in the microwave is poor ergonomics, especially with the food vessel balancing on top of the pedestal inside the microwave, a flaw that would make it all too easy to dump over hot liquids/food. (But that flaw can be easily resolved with a slight design modification) From a manufacturing POV the rotating cook top element provides more of show flair then true function. That show factor would come at a lot of wasted production cost (tooling, engineering, etc.) That design element too can be redesigned into the static counter top to bring the design down to a reasonable production cost. As far as the context of “typical environment” this design appears to be geared towards use in a studio apartment or assisted living environment. Both of which provide the ample floor space for easy wheel chair accessibility from all sides.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:22:28 +0000

nice design for wheelchair bound users? how do they reach inside the microwave to get their piping hot meal out? (3rd image down)

this has been designed devoid of context. would like to see it placed within a typical enviroment. (ie a box shaped kitchen)

By: M.S.W.

M.S.W. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:11:14 +0000

The “Coccina 08″ looks much better. Not to mention alot more counter/work surface. But it appears more intended for non-chairbound users. Since it lacks the cold food storage (refrigerator) that would infer it is another added appliance that is located further away from the cooking/sink area. The “Coox” on the other hand seems designed for the least amount of locomotion used to perform the “work triangle” (Fridge,stove/oven,sink). As far as retractable stoves/microwaves that idea goes far back to the 1940′s.

By: jesse

jesse — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:23:53 +0000

excellent product. very very useful for them

By: M.S.W.

M.S.W. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:57:00 +0000

Nice design for wheelchair bound users.
The presentation needs some polishing. The designer needs to hone up on spelling and grammar.

By: Ling

Ling — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:12:18 +0000

I’d say it looks an awful lot like this concept:
http://www.designboom.com/contest/view.php?contest_pk=3&item_pk=1190&p=1

… retractable microwave and all…