Multi-Peel & Multi-Slice

Client

Joseph Joseph

Year

2015

Type of Work

Design development

Prototyping

CMF development

Design for manufacture

Peelers are essential kitchen tools; they have been refined over decades with the result that they work well and are also easy to manufacture. We explored many different evolutions of the standard peeler design (including the blade) to improve functionality. However, we realised that, aside from a few very specific shortcomings in functionality, they work exceptionally well. So, instead of trying to re-invent the peeler, we explored how we could add functionality to improve their usefulness. We added scrapers to the two standard peelers to make scraping new potatoes easier. We added a combination zester/orange-peel cutter to the serrated peeler, and we added a channel knife to the julienne peeler.

Photo of Multi-Peel vegetable peeler scraping ginger, invented by Goodwin Hartshorn showing precision of the kitchen utensil.

Close-up of injection moulded plastic Joseph Joseph Multi-Peel citrus peeler, engineered in London.

Close-up of Multi-Peel julienne peeler peeling a lime, developed in collaboration with the UK based client Joseph Joseph

Design thinking represented with prototype rigs of the Multi-Peel tools, showcasing design development for testing.

Industrial Design foam prototypes of Multi-Peel vegetable slicers, showing ergonomic testing and surface shape development.

The Multi-Slice cheese slicer relates to the Multi-Peelers in concept (adding functionality to a trusted utensil) and in terms of the handle form. But the development, as with the peelers, involved a long process of prototyping and testing. The result is a cheese slicer tailored to work equally well with hard and softer cheeses.

Keyshot CGI render by Goodwin Hartshorn showing yellow cheese slicer product in context on the corner of a plinth

Metal prototypes of Multi-Slice cheese slicer, used for testing blade functionality, demonstrating advanced patented engineered design solution.