Designed objects, such as spoons, have become essential to the way we live, to the extent that in use, they become a nearly invisible extension of the body, acting as a comfortable vehicle for delivering other things.
The spoon persists as an object that remains unquestioned, one that would be ridiculous to observe with critical scrutiny. But why?
This project aims to challenge the traditional form of the spoon by interrupting its innate convenience and reintroducing friction through design. It explores the relationship between user and object and how people are still able to embrace discomfort in a world of ‘spoon-fed’ ease.
The goal of this project was not to reinvent the spoon, but to critically analyse the essential objects in our daily lives that remain unchallenged, while encouraging others to do the same.
If we leave everything unquestioned, then the world remains the same; and if we fail to embrace discomfort, then someday even picking up a spoon may be too much to bear.
Today, people are willingly reverting back to ‘dumb-phones’ and analogue technology, so what’s to say we can’t embrace dumb spoons too?