‘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
