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Mate Barkoczi

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LIMMI
baby potty chair

Freelancer project
December 2020 - July 2022

Liimmi® is an Austria-based European Product Design Award winner startup developing multifunctional baby products that stay lifelong with the family.

We needed to understand the babys’ anatomy and habits first. In connection with Liimmi’s potty interviews were made by TÜV risk assessment in Vienna and we got some suggestions from them. We’ve separated our thoughts into different usage steps. We examined what’s happening after we have received and unpack the product. When parents put the potty to the place of usage and the child brings the potty to a different place then what’s going to happen with te potty parts. But we’re also interested in what is going to happen when parents disinfect the potty and potty is set back to the place of usage or stored elsewhere until the next usage.

Linear economy - the straight line trap: a never-ending story of waste TO Circular economy - the sustainable loop: where every product plays a new tune

When parents put the potty to the place of usage and the child brings the potty to a different place then what’s going to happen with te potty parts. But we’re also interested in what is going to happen when parents disinfect the potty and potty is set back to the place of usage or stored elsewhere until the next usage.

One of our main design principle is to realize the object with injection molding technology. The bottom part is made of a slit cone shape and we needed a moveable injection molding tool. From the inside it has a concave form which means a crucial angle of the inner sides.

Feasibilty

After DFM (Design for Manufacturability) test we’ve got
suggestion from the manufacturer for the inner moveable core:

inner movable core
lifter
inner slider

We’re contributing with a Swedish manufacturer who made suggestions for this process. The angled surface is modified by the manufacturer. We had the opportunity to make experiments with additive SLS 3D printing technology but we didn’t find any materials which could fit in a sustainable method for a good price.

Awards
2023 Top Design - European Product Design Award
Green Product Award - Nominee 24

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