DECKER
Multipurpose Kitchen Appliance
Client: Confidential Work: Industrial design, Product Architecture, 3D visualisation Year: 2019
Decker is a multilayered kitchen appliance which has a stove, a convection oven and a grill, that helps young professionals with their busy lifestyle cooking or heating up food quickly while also presenting the feeling of grilling outdoors. Devoid of fossil fuels like coal, and using electricity it creates a smokeless experience, perfect for an urban kitchen or a balcony.
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Decker is a multilayered kitchen appliance which has a stove, a convection oven and a grill, that helps young professionals with their busy lifestyle cooking or heating up food quickly while also presenting the feeling of grilling outdoors. Devoid of fossil fuels like coal, and using electricity it creates a smokeless experience, perfect for an urban kitchen or a balcony.
Seamless Docking System
to connect all three appliances
Efficient Heat Distribution
with heating coils on the top and bottom to create a convection zone.
Top Lid
keeps the food warm with a clear view of the food inside.
Meat &
Veggie Divider
Residue Tray
Magnetic Skewers
so food doesn't roll over and easy to turn and grill.
Schott glass smoker
to give an authentic grill taste.
The User
Young Millennials and Gen Z users who to stay in urban apartments and community housing have little access to the experience of cooking food on a grill. Indoors, using a BBQ grill not only creates a fire hazard but most living quarters prohibit the use of them as there is a lot of smoke and soot. Most of the users, also prefer to use healthier food sources and means of cooking. However with something like a sous Vide option, the authentic grill taste is not achieved which is a clear smoked flavour and the experience of cooking on a grill top.
The User Interface
A digital control interface was designed for the appliance to make sure that there are no physical buttons but there was no reduction in options. An intelligent interface that would bring together various options as and when the functionality of the appliance demanded it, added a sophisticated and ease of use. The functions for the Oven would update based on the selection, where as if it was the grill function selected the control interface would update to reveal the relevant functionalities so the user was presented with zero visual clutter and options that were irrelevant to the function being used.
