We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Edita Barabas about their original and creative Solar povered Lunchbox design work. Edita Barabas is an award-winning communication designer, that makes our world a better place with their original solar povered lunchbox works.
Edita Barabas ("EB") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Sunflower Solar povered Lunchbox. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
EB : I got the inspiration from renewable sources of energy and the whole theme of sustainability and eco friendly products.
EB : I wanted to approach the theme of sustainability to individuals who dont realize how much benefits they and we all can have from it. The idea was to act local, think global. The Sunflower represents a new way of using alternative sources of sustainable energy - a utopian way of thinking for usage in our everyday life.
EB : I will try to solve some problems considering tehnical parts and finding an investor.
EB : 3 months.
EB : I pursuited an inspiration. The Sunflower was my graduate work on Faculty of Arhitecture, Design school in Zagreb.
EB : The design is not being produced or used by another company. I am not thinking of producing my work by myself, but thinking of either selling or leasing the production rights.
EB : This design was my graduate work on Faculty of Arhitecture, Design school in Zagreb, Croatia.
EB : No. I was generaly doing the research of renewable sources of energy and got an inpiration from that. Later I discovered that other people were doing the same thing in the theme of eco friendly products.
EB : Faculty of Arhitecture, Design school in Zagreb, Croatia.
EB : There are not a lot of design solutions for this particular idea. Comparing to the ones i saw, mine is improved in its funcionality and form. But in the other hand, every design has its own basic idea and thats why every design solution is different despite gadget an shape similarities.
EB : The Sunflower is an ecological appliance that collects the sun's energy through a series of solar panels that spread like the petals of a flower. Therefore Sunflower.
EB : 3ds max and Photoshop.
EB : The Sunflower can change our attitude towards classical usage of electricity, allowing us to welcome solar energy into our everyday lives. It represents an alternative way of looking at standard home appliances which we use for cooling down or heating up our food.
EB : I had a mentor, and a helper considering 3ds max graphics.
EB : The Sunflower is a solar lunch box that combines heating and cooling technologies all in one portable appliance. It allows you to heat up or to cool down your meal while you are outdoors, giving you the convenience of the household without the attached home appliances.
EB : I had some research considering tehnical parts and solar cells.
EB : The main challenge was the idea of a gadget that gets electricity from solar cells.
EB : It was published on Yanko design and certain people in Croatia were interested in what is done in Design school so I thought it would be a good idea to apply for competition and see what a group of profesionals in design think about it.
EB : I learned a lot about eco friendly products and the theme of sustainability.
