Splat is a rubber object created to protect the delicate surfaces in your home from bumps, scratches or burns. But it is much more than a trivet or a coaster that you place to prevent your warm tea from burning your living room’s vintage table while you read your favorite book. With Splat you can also protect the floor and your furniture’s wooden legs, you can avoid the mark that leaves your bike’s kickstand or you can use it to prevent the stool made by your brother-in-law to limp.
Splat's design is based on the comicbooks and cartoons of my childhood. When a character received a blow that would normally be catastrophic but at the next scene, the problem was solved with just a bandage strip. That band aid covered the wound and the cartoon was on course.
An an homage to that, I made Splat, a multifunctional preventive product, hand casted using handmade molds and silicone as a durable, flexible and high temperature resistant material.
Splat is born from an idea that I had 5-6 years ago, when I was looking to create an object that would serve as an example of my work in front of international brands dedicated to creating gadgets and accessories. I made several versions, captured in rendered images, and some very simple but functional prototypes, which I still keep with love.
The project in stand by mode for years until a few months ago I decided to launch it, learn how to work with molds and silicone and create a Make 100 campaign in Kickstarter.
I redesigned it to give it a cartoonish look. I made some 3D models to make the resin masters, from which to create the molds to produce the silicone Splats. In a short time I took enough experience to test pigments and the large sized mold and finally made the final products, calculated costs and how I was going to introduce the products, packaging, shipping costs etc ... and now, finally, this old project sees the light!
