The Pick Fruit Basket Serves Up a New Way to Store Produce at Home
Amelia Roblin — March 5, 2013 — Art & Design
References: karefrandsen & notcot.org
You might be tempted to guess that the Pick Fruit Basket was created in this unusual fashion purely as a means to be different. One would be wrong to assume that there was no practical motive behind the suspended cage-like design, for the person who dreamed it up did so with clever considerations regarding storage and consumption.
Kare Frandsen took a pair of steel rings and had them intersect to suggest the three-dimensional form of the sphere. Bungee cords were crisscrossed in and out of small holes around the frame, creating an open enclosure for your food. Easily pull cords aside to fill the fruit bowl with oranges and pears. The heavier items that you'll tend to arrange at the bottom of the Pick Fruit Basket are more accessible than usual, encouraging air circulation and inviting you to pluck them so that apples, for instance, are less likely to go bad.
Kare Frandsen took a pair of steel rings and had them intersect to suggest the three-dimensional form of the sphere. Bungee cords were crisscrossed in and out of small holes around the frame, creating an open enclosure for your food. Easily pull cords aside to fill the fruit bowl with oranges and pears. The heavier items that you'll tend to arrange at the bottom of the Pick Fruit Basket are more accessible than usual, encouraging air circulation and inviting you to pluck them so that apples, for instance, are less likely to go bad.
Trend Themes
1. Suspended Cage-like Design - The suspended cage-like design offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for creating unique and practical food storage solutions.
2. Three-dimensional Form - The three-dimensional form trend presents opportunities for innovative and visually striking product designs.
3. Air Circulation Optimization - The focus on optimizing air circulation within food containers presents opportunities for developing technologies to extend the freshness of produce.
Industry Implications
1. Food Storage and Organization - The food storage and organization industry can explore new designs inspired by the suspended cage-like design for improved functionality and aesthetics.
2. Home Decor and Interior Design - The home decor and interior design industry can incorporate the trend of three-dimensional forms in creating visually appealing storage solutions.
3. Food Preservation and Packaging - The food preservation and packaging industry can capitalize on the air circulation optimization trend to develop innovative methods and materials for extending the shelf life of perishable items.
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