LEGACY BEYOND ASIA - Convenient Fork

Convenient Fork

Industrial

Area

China

Year

2018

Award

Winner

Affiliation

Dalian Minzu University

Designer

Chenyuan Zhao, Weiyin Luo, Xuan Wang

English

Noodle is a kind of food prefer both in west and east. But they are different in appearance and tableware. The noodle in east is very long, which needs chopsticks. And the noodle in west is short, which needs fork. This difference brings trouble to the user, because the tableware is usually changed with the food. The “Convenient Fork” is a new type of fork which integrates the function of chopsticks. It uses two layers to catch and cut the noodles with the help of the elastic material and the buckle structure. The noodles are cut by a pinching action after it is caught and rotated around the fork. This tableware can be used for other foods.

Native

面条是东西方都喜爱的一种主食，但东西方的面条和其食用餐具都不相同。东方的面条一般较长，使用筷子进食，西方的面条一般较短，使用叉子进食。这种餐具上的差异给食客造成了很多的麻烦，改变食物时的同时也要重新适应饮食工具。Convenient Fork是一款整合了筷子和叉子双重功能的新式叉子。其采用双片式结构，借助材料本身的弹性和卡位结构，实现夹住面条和切断面条的双重功能。将面条夹起缠绕后，只需轻轻一捏，就能轻松切断面条，方便进食。该餐具也适合多种其它东西方食物。