How can design empower people and environments to make things happen while reducing the burden of action?
For example, the balance between learning to do something and having it done, caring and being cared for, choosing and having something selected for you, or representing and being represented?
Simmi
Automating Tasks While Preserving the Essence of Cooking
TEAM
Paolo Massacci
CONTEXT
MSc Integrated Product Design
Final Synthesis Studio - Sect. 2
2023/2024
PROFESSORS
Venanzio Arquilla
Emanuele Magini
Innocenzo Rifino
Maximiliano Ernesto Romero
Emmanuele Villani
Politecnico di Milano, School of Design, Milan, Italy
Designed for younger generations who enjoy good food but lack time or space, Simmi is a kitchen mixer that simplifies long cooking tasks while preserving the essence of traditional cooking. Collaborating with AI to automate time-consuming processes, it allows users to focus on creativity and connection with food, redefining the boundary between manual and automated cooking and ultimately enhancing both the process and outcome.
