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Verve Flip

This fry pan was designed for a new brand Urban Heirloom.  The brand is focused on high quality, well designed, and reliable kitchen products. The fry pan was designed to be an elegant yet professionally functioning pan.  The pan uses the highest grade materials to ensure it will last a lifetime and incorporates thoughtful design details to ensure its comfortable to use while retaining its functionality. 

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Ideation Process

Through online research and interviews with Chefs and Knife makers we found that there are a number of aspects that make a good chef knife.  Some of these points were universal to all knives and others come down to the preference of the user.  We broke out these aspects into two categories, technical and preferential. 

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From Left to Right
1. First prototype to understand interaction and form 2. Clay model to understand complex surfaces 3. First functional prototype 4. Revised form and function 5. Updated design from button to lever 5. T1 sample with printed revisions 6. Revised button for easier closing 7. Final samples

Prototype Process

Through online research and interviews with Chefs and Knife makers we found that there are a number of aspects that make a good chef knife.  Some of these points were universal to all knives and others come down to the preference of the user.  We broke out these aspects into two categories, technical and preferential. 

© 2023 by Sean Fogarty

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