POLISH™ Toddler Utensils
Big on style but small enough for toddler mouths and hands, Polish™ stainless steel utensils give mealtime a much-needed upgrade. This sleek metallic flatware is the first of its kind for kids and helps toddlers transition to self-feeding with style and ease. They’ll feel like grown-ups at the dinner table with stainless steel forks, spoons and knives designed with their safety and size in mind. Parents love the neutral, goes-with-everything design (no bright colors in sight!) and toddlers love elevating their status to "big kid." Everyone wins!
Client: Munchkin, Inc.
Year: 2017
Price: $18.00
• Design a set of 3 utensils made of high-quality stainless steel material for Munchkin’s premium feeding item for the first time.
• When sitting at the dinner table, kids want to emulate everything adults do. They often insist on using mom and dad's adult-sized utensils. But using utensils designed for bigger hands and mouths is dangerous for a toddler. Based on research findings based on SPLASH™ Toddler Utensils project, implement correct shapes and sizes of utensils into 100% stainless steel products.
• Throughout development phases, overseas development team and the manufacture were having hard time delivering samples in high-quality. Multiple rounds of samples were made through test tools, changing material vendors and manufacturing techniques.
Contribution
• Researched different types and grades of stainless steel and advised the overseas team through research findings to try different manufacturing techniques, including using RF gun to check materials received as well as welding different parts in controlled environment to avoid potential rusting issue.
• Purchased and compared various types of stainless steel products, including competitors to define Pros and Cons.
Achievements
• Instead of thinly stamped or heavily casted metal utensils, these utensils are made of hollow handles. The product was built to last beyond toddler years, and it can be used for desert utensils/ transform into an ice cream spoon, a desert fork and spread knife.
• The weight was carefully considered and evenly distributed from the handle to the utensil head, so it doesn’t tip over easily when the utensil was left in the bowl.
• The executives at Munchkin loved the product very much, and it had expended into a part of gift sets and giftable items with premium packaging.
Designed in 2017
Copyright and utility patent own by Munchkin, inc.
