‘how might design create opportunities for reciprocal engagement by addressing inequalities in cultural exchange amongst host and immigrant communities’

food items

Akara and Bread

Akara and Bread

traditional street food

eaten on the go

Boli and Fish

Boli and Fish

communal dish eaten

gestural eating

Moin moin

Moin moin

traditional wrapping technique

gestural eating

Pounded Yam and Egusi

Pounded Yam and Egusi

tactile engagement

gestural eating

Akara Burger

Traditional bread and akara eaten in Nigerian breakfasts or street food eaten on the go during the morning rush period.

Akara and Bread altered form

Modified dish to burger format, making it accessible to the novice and unfamiliar

Burger Packaging

Burger box V1 - Fast food burger packaging

Burger box V2 - Burger packaging designed for on the go eating

Burger box V2 - Branded burger box template

Burger box V1 - Branded burger packaging template

Boli and Fish

Traditional boli and fish enjoyed as core representation of Nigerian street food that's eaten as a communal dish.

The food form factor is transformed to be familiar to an unfamiliar audience while preserving its authenticity and a taco tray designed for sharing as is practiced in communal dining setups in Nigeria.

Boli and Fish altered form

Boiled plantains are chopped and placed in a blender with oil and a dash of salt.

Taco tray V1 - solid 3-slot taco tray

Final 8-fold paper taco tray pattern

Take a small portion of the blended plantain and press flat in a tortilla press.

Taco tray V3 - 8-fold paper taco tray redesigned for ease of carry and handling

Taco tray V6 - 8-fold paper taco tray final design with branding

Place flat tortilla in a dry pan or skillet and let cook on each side for about 3-4 minutes

Taco tray V4 - 8-fold paper taco tray with reinforcements for better stability

Taco tray V6 - 8-fold paper taco tray final design with branding

Taco tray design

Boiled plantain is blended until a smooth texture is obtained

Taco tray V2 - 8-fold paper taco tray

Taco tray V5 - 8-fold paper taco tray with final Duro board material

Moin Moin

Traditional Moin Moin is enjoyed as a main or side dish in Nigeria. It involves steaming black bean pudding in wrapped banana leaves. The technique in wrapping the bean pudding in the leaves is very important to the way this dish is prepared and eaten.

Packaging Design - unwrapping mechanism

Packaging V1 - Pull string mechanism to unfold contents of leaf wrap

Packaging Template

Packaging V1 template

Packaging V2 - Bamboo stick puncture and clutch mechanism to unfold contents of leaf wrap

Packaging V2 template

Process video showing the wrapping of the moin moin leaves

Packaging V3 - Reverse engineering the wrapping technique through folds in packaging to uncover the contents of leaf wrap

Packaging V3 template

Pounded Yam and Egusi

Traditional pounded yam and egusi soup is enjoyed as a main dish that is eaten with the hands in Nigeria. It involves pinching the ball of pounded yam and dipping it in the soup to be consumed.

The nature of eating pounded yam and egusi is very gestural and requires the individual to really be engaged in the process of eating. The finger clamp tool is a design intervention to assist individuals that are participating in the eating of pounded yam and soup.

Pounded yam and egusi soup retains its traditional format and is accompanied by finger clamp tool that encourages users not familiar with eating with their hands to be comfortable doing so through tactile engagement.

V1 finger spoon

Finger Clamp Packaging

Branded finger clamp

V1 finger spoon

V2 finger clamp

Finger clamp product evolution

Finger clamp packaging

V3 finger clamp template

V3 finger clamp

Branded finger clamp

V2 finger clamp

V3 branded finger clamp

Finger clamp packaging

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