Here is the final model of the kitchen composter. The body is ceramic, details with automotive clay, painted with acrylic.
The interior of the final model is a "looks like" mock-up. The actual product would have a straining system inside that the composted food would sit in. The strained liquid collects in a cavity at the base, and can then be poured from the spigot. The "compost tea" can be very nutritional for plants and will also help to unclog drains.
The actual product would have a straining system inside that the composted food would sit in. The strained liquid collects in a cavity at the base, and can then be poured from the spigot. The "compost tea" can be very nutritional for plants and will also help to unclog drains.
The final model of the kitchen composter. The body is ceramic, details with automotive clay, painted with acrylic.
Printed cardboard packaging with slot for plastic handle.
Printed cardboard hang tag - alternative to packaging.
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Dimensions.
Some line drawings I did by hand and brought into Illustrator to add color. The section and exploded drawings show a basic concept for how the straining system works.
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First study model, made of automotive clay. It was with this model that I phased out the handle at the back of the composter.
Second mock-up, life-size, made of blue foam and coated in plaster. Here I added a plastic spigot and realized the scale of the spigot needed to be reduced by about 50%.
Inspiration collage I made to better understand URBN's unique style (magazine cut-out collage, edited in Photoshop).
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Kitchen Composter
This design began as a project sponsored by Urban Outfitters. It is a kitchen composter in the the friendly form of a gnome, following Urban's Winter 2010 theme of Norwegian folklore. The gnome contains a strainer inside in which the food sits. Any moisture collects in the bottom where the user may pour it out from the facetiously placed spigot to water plants and unclog drains.