Gold Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design · 2024
Whale Series Antibacterial Antirust Knife Set
by Zhiyuan Zhao, Guanhong Zhou and Ziyang Qi
- A' Design Award 2024 Gold Winner in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
- CLIENT: Shenzhen OOU Smart Healthy Home Co., Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 225,996
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About Whale Series Antibacterial Antirust Knife Set
Whale Series is a kitchen knife set designed for home food preparation. The set includes a bone chopper, a kitchen knife, a chef knife, a fruit knife, kitchen scissors, a knife sharpener and a detachable knife holder. The blades are made of high-strength steel and treated with an oxidation layer for rust resistance and a silver-ion layer for antibacterial protection. A 15 degree bevel edge keeps the blades sharp. The handles follow the shape of a whale and carry textures that guide the grip. The holder can be taken apart for easy cleaning and storage.
Shenzhen OOU Smart Healthy Home Co., Ltd's Whale Series Antibacterial Antirust Knife Set exemplifies the convergence of biomorphic design philosophy with functional kitchenware excellence, positioning itself within the broader contemporary movement toward organic modernism in domestic object design. The collection demonstrates remarkable sensitivity to form-function integration, where the storage block's gentle cetacean-inspired curves serve both aesthetic aspirations and ergonomic practicality, allowing knife handles to emerge at accessible angles while creating visual poetry through graduated silhouettes. Technical accomplishment manifests in the seamless transition between glossy white surfaces and chrome appointments, suggesting sophisticated manufacturing processes capable of achieving such material refinement at scale. The chromatic restraint evident throughout celebrates the purity of minimal palette, allowing form rather than color to communicate design intent while simultaneously evoking associations with hygienic cleanliness appropriate to culinary contexts. One observes in this arrangement the careful choreography of functional objects transformed into sculptural presence, where the horizontal blade at rest creates dynamic counterpoint to the vertical knife handles, establishing visual tension resolved through the block's stabilizing mass. The work participates in a lineage of kitchen design that elevates utilitarian necessity to aesthetic experience, suggesting that daily culinary practice merits beautiful tools. Thematic resonances extend toward contemporary values of wellness, sustainability, and mindful consumption, where antibacterial and antirust properties speak to durability and health consciousness. The viewer might contemplate how such thoughtful design transforms the quotidian act of meal preparation into ritual, investing domestic labor with dignity through beautiful implements.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This set of multi-functional knives is tailored for kitchen scenes in the post-pandemic era, meeting all cutting needs when preparing ingredients. The blade surface of the knives adopts the pioneering OPD antibacterial technology and BO oxidation antirust technology.With stainless steel core material and 15 degree V-shaped edging technology, this set has excellent antibacterial/antirust performance, durability, and sharpness. The detachable knife holder facilitates storing and cleaning these knives.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Bone chopper: blade length 16.8cm/handle length 13.6cm/tip angle 92 degree/weight 348.9g
Kitchen knife: blade length17.6cm/handle length 13.6cm/tip angle 92 degree/weight 284.8g
Chef knife: blade length 18cm/handle length 13.6cm/tip angle 92 degree/weight 221.8g
Fruit knife: blade length 9.5cm/handle length 11.5cm/tip angle 92 degree/weight 102.3g
Kitchen scissors: blade length 11.4cm/handle length 10cm
Knife sharpener: blade length 11.4cm/handle length 10cm
Knife holder: length 23cm/width 10.7cm/height 22.5cm - Tags
- Healthy kitchen knives, BO oxidation antirust technology, OPD antibacterial technology, Kitchen scenes, Detachable, Bionic design
- Production Technology
- 3-fold efficient antibacterial/antirust technology: The knife is made of high-strength 1.4116 steel, and the blade surface uses BO oxidation antirust technology to form a black protective film that can block oxygen, ensuring better corrosion resistance. The blade surface builds an OPD antibacterial layer with silver ions to achieve an antibacterial rate of up to 99.9%, making the knives durable.
Extremely sharp: 48 manual processes and 15 degree bevel edging technology enable sharper blades. - Design Challenge
- Main challenge: To develop a high-quality knife set with an attractive appearance, multi-functions, and a user-friendly experience
Solution: This set adopts innovative 15 degree blade edging technology, an upgrade of the traditional three-stage edging, to make the blade sharper. The high-strength blades and pioneering surface coating technologies ensure excellent antirust and antibacterial performance. The bionic design makes it distinctive from regular knives, forming a unique artistic aesthetic. - Project Duration
- The project finished in December 2022 in Shenzhen.
- Operation Flow
- The streamlined whale-shaped knife handle is easy to hold. The kitchen knife innovatively uses the guidance texture to guide the user to place his thumb, ensuring users' safety when cutting. The chef knife is designed with an antislip pattern to avoid slipping down. The detachable knife holder can be dissembled into three parts: knife holder groove, holder base cavity structure, and chassis, and supports quick assembly. The base has a pop-up water collection box, facilitating cleaning.
- Research
- Research objective: To launch a healthy kitchen knife set in the post-pandemic era
Research direction: How to better maintain knives
Research method:1. After a 48-hour-simulated heavy salt mist environment comparison test, the regular knives were covered with rust while the Whale series was almost not affected, proving the reliability of BO oxidation antirust technology. 2. Certified by authoritative testing agencies, its antibacterial rate of E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus reaches 99.9%. - Inspiration
- This set of knives with sleek lines drew inspiration from the shape of the whale. It applies the whale-textured knife handle and surface to be unique and eye-pleasing. It takes a cream-white color tone coupled with metallic elements to be vivid and elegant, making it suitable for various kitchens. The knife handle made of S plus skin-friendly material adopts an ergonomic design to be easy to hold. With innovative guidance texture and anti-slip pattern, these knives are more practical.
- Image Credits
- Shenzhen OOU Smart Healthy Home Co., Ltd.