Designnobis Studio has unveiled this beautiful, brightly colored pencil sharpener called 'Lollypop.' The cutesy sharpener resembles a candy lollipop when a pencil or pencil crayon is being sharpened.
The arts and crafts accessory contains exactly eight holes on the perimeter, each one sized slightly differently to account for multiple pencil diameters.
The brightly colored pencil sharpener is made up of three pieces: a wooden top, a round steel blade and a wooden bottom. These two simple materials make the product eco-friendly. The blades in each hole sit at slightly different angles giving the user the ability to change the tip style of each pencil.
Lollypop's designer Hakan Gürsu, received the golden award in the 2014-2015 design category, Stationary Supplies and Gift Items Design.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Eco-friendly Arts and Crafts Tools
- Opportunities exist to create more eco-friendly arts and crafts tools, such as sustainable materials and energy-efficient manufacturing techniques.
- Candy-inspired Design
- Candy-inspired design offers opportunities to create fun, playful and whimsical products that appeal to consumers' emotions and sensibilities.
- Adaptive Pencil Sharpeners
- Creating pencil sharpeners that can adapt to different pencil diameters and styles offers potential for increased convenience and customization for the user.
Where This Applies
- Stationery and Office Supplies
- The stationery and office supplies industry can explore opportunities to create more sustainable and innovative products, such as eco-friendly alternatives to traditional tools and playful, candy-inspired designs.
- Arts and Crafts
- The arts and crafts industry can capitalise on the growing demand for eco-friendly and playful products by developing more sustainable and fun tools and accessories, such as adaptive pencil sharpeners and candy-inspired designs.
- Product Design
- The product design industry can incorporate innovative features such as adaptability and sustainability into their designs, and explore fun and whimsical designs such as those inspired by candy and confectionery.
