EverGrip
This was an exciting exercise in organic surfacing. The product is the brainchild of a chef who's kitchen staff were getting wrist and grip fatigue injuries from repetitive chopping of hard and soft fruits and vegetables. His solution was to take some modeling clay, place it in the critical hand placement on a chef's knife, and form an impression in the clay for the ideal ergonomic grip. The chef delivered a 3D scan that I used to average the surfacing so the design could be injection molded. Keeping to the integrity of the impression was key while also surveying a number of chef knife handles and blade widths to create an underside cavity that fits most professional and consumer grade chef knives.
This was an exciting exercise in organic surfacing. The product is the brainchild of a chef who's kitchen staff were getting wrist and grip fatigue injuries from repetitive chopping of hard and soft fruits and vegetables. His solution was to take some modeling clay, place it in the critical hand placement on a chef's knife, and form an impression in the clay for the ideal ergonomic grip. The chef delivered a 3D scan that I used to average the surfacing so the design could be injection molded. Keeping to the integrity of the impression was key while also surveying a number of chef knife handles and blade widths to create an underside cavity that fits most professional and consumer grade chef knives.