The winner of Red dot award: design concept 2008 of life science section, Salintest (Food Tool for Salinity Measurement) by Choi Sookkyoung and Jung Hyejin.

As we all know, too much salt can take a disastrous effect to our body. We have to eat salt properly. This concept of salinity measurement is a combination of spoon, fork or knife with a salinity-testing instrument. of the spoon, fork and knife. There’s a sensor in the head of the cutlery measures the salt content, and the handle changes colour according to the amount of salt in the food. The handle changes from white (the basic colour) to yellow, orange and red. Yellow indicates a salt content of 0.1%–0.8%. Orange indicates a salt content of 0.8%–1.2%. Red indicates a salt content of more than 1.2%.

The concept of tese two girls by using colour change, which is a quick and direct means of communicating information to avoid the fuss associated with digital measuring instruments. Also the cutlery form is familiar and user-friendly. 

About red dot design award

With more than 10,000 submissions from 60 countries, the international “red dot design award” ranks among the largest and most renowned design competitions in the world. It is devided into the “red dot award: product design”, the “red dot award: communication design” and the “red dot award: design concept.” The award-winning products are put before an international public in the red dot design museum.

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