Many different types of cheese-grating tools were tested with many different types of cheese. Box-graters accomodate various grating styles, but offer very poor ergonomics and usability, while hand-held graters offer good usability but with limited applications. This was the original insight that led to the final design.

The ideation phase included concepts ranging from collapsible box-graters to grater-spoons.

The initial concept was sketched out here, and later refined. The exploded drawing shows the different components and their proposed materials, which are all non-toxic, recyclable, and produced with efficient and minimal processes.