This concept is a research and design project was in 2015 in collaboration with Mabe.
This project was chosen to be exhibited at World Design Capital CDMX 2018
2030 Kitchen Design
Role: Product Design / UX Design
Year: 2015
Background
Year 2015. Technological advancements are transforming the way we live, interact, and communicate. Life in large cities like Mexico City is becoming increasingly fast-paced, impacting the quality of life of its inhabitants. Spaces are becoming more limited and expensive.
The kitchen, an essential space for human survival, is benefiting from a growing number of smart objects designed to optimize processes and meet our primary need: feeding ourselves.
However, what lies beyond merely cooking and fulfilling a basic need?
Problem
Nowadays, homemakers spend hours cooking and often eat last or alone, impacting family interaction. How can we design an inviting kitchen that encourages everyone to participate in cooking, regardless of gender, and makes it easy for those who don't know how to cook?
High-level goal
The approach was define the needs of humans beings around the kitchen for the year 2030. Based on that, to achieve the goal we used the Design Thinking method.
Optimize kitchen processes, reducing preparation and cleaning time to increase family interaction time with eat.
My impact
I was involved in the entire design process, from the ethnographic research that allowed me to understand the current lives of homemakers and families in Mexico City to the development of various proposals for the kitchen of the future. Finally, I designed and developed the final concept together with the mechatronics and mechanical engineering team.
Conclusions
This project was carried out in collaboration with Stanford University. Although the user research was conducted in different cities, the insights were very similar, ensuring that the design proposals for the kitchen of the future 2030 were aligned.
Despite being a research and execution project that lasted over 18 months, creating a physical and digital appliance requires numerous iterative tests, not only in terms of user experience but also in engineering and economic feasibility.
Finally, we believe that technology can be a great ally in strengthening human relationships if implemented with that intention.