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Saucepan-Clinging Spoons

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

Utensils by Wen-Yo Lu Have a Clean Design for Less Countertop Mess

— January 18, 2013 — Art & Design
It's actually quite surprising that there aren't more solutions like these Utensils by Wen-Yo Lu to the inconvenience of soiling your food preparation surface while cooking. For the periodic stirring of any given recipe, where are you supposed to place that sauce-covered spatula?

This range of sleek metal culinary implements includes a ladle, a flipper and a spaghetti spoon, each taking an elegant sculptural form with a scrumptious asymmetry. Between the head and the smooth red handle, what the designer has done is to balance the weight of each item on either side of an integrated notch.

The U-shaped slot in the in the neck of the tools is lined with grippy silicone. With this, these Utensils by Wen-Yo Lu can be effectively hooked over the edges of pots and pans, keeping them accessible and off of the bench top.
Trend Themes
1. Clean Design Utensils - The trend of clean design utensils offers an opportunity for innovative solutions to reduce countertop mess while cooking.
2. Integrated Notch Balancing - The trend of integrated notch balancing in culinary implements presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in utensil design.
3. Hooked Utensils - The trend of utensils with grippy silicone hooks provides an opportunity for convenient and accessible cooking utensils.
Industry Implications
1. Kitchenware - The kitchenware industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities by incorporating clean design and integrated notch balancing in their utensil offerings.
2. Cookware - The cookware industry can capitalize on the trend of hooked utensils with grippy silicone hooks to provide innovative solutions for hassle-free cooking.
3. Home Appliances - The home appliances industry can embrace the trend of clean design utensils and develop innovative utensil designs to enhance the cooking experience and reduce mess.
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