Rationale

Rationale

The appearance of an Ice Cream Scoop does not always initiate the feeling and presumption that it is wanted to be picked up and placed in our hand to be used. My redesign of this universally used tool is to create a more pleasurable experience whilst using this typical household instrument. The focus of my design is to initiate our senses both sensually and visually to create a tool that will trigger a feeling of delight and pleasure. Conventionally, ice cream scoops tend to appear like a giant spoon that is chunky and not aesthetically appealing to hold. My intentions for this redesign of an ice cream scoop was to achieve a product unique and unconventional, yet still appealing to the consumer market. I wanted to create an ice cream scoop that initiated a connection and produce the thoughts of what it feels like to have ice cream. I decided to create a cone shape ice cream scoop to illustrate and present a playful connotation of what the utensil would be used for. The simplistic cone structure is made from one sheet of metal (for the appearance model I have used Aluminium) which is then hammered which then forms into a cone structural.  Ergonomically the cone structure can be comfortably and easily held in either hand. Unlike conventional ice cream scoops, the opening mouth of the cone allows easy scooping of the ice cream, even through hard ice cream with ease.  The product would be made of stainless steel as it would achieve and maintain a flawless elegance to it all. Being created from a single template that is then bent and moulded around a cone form, it is much easier for manufacturing as it only consists of a few steps in producing  the product. The Conical Ice Cream Scoop is an unconventional creation of the classic ice cream scoops,  the cone shaped scoop not only is individual but also is playful and appealing to the consumer market.