JAZ

Cookware for those blind or visually impaired.

Designed while attending SJSU.

JAZ is a stockpot providing a safer and more enjoyable cooking experience for those with perceptual limitations such as total blindness or visual impairment. It helps reduce fear with its design built for safety and also promotes health in home cooking and excites enjoyment in serving others.

Process

problem

One with restricted eyesight or total blindness may encounter dangers in the kitchen while trying to engage in the enjoyable activity of cooking.

Research & personal inspiration

“I enjoy cooking because when I make something...[and] when I give it to people...it makes me feel like I did something good for someone.”

— Jazmine

key findings

1.3 billion people live with some form of vision impairment with 85% holding some remaining sight and 15% having total blindness. (World Health Organization)

initial opportunity

How might I help build confidence in the kitchen for one’s personal passion and community connections by creating a safe, tactile and aesthetically desirable kitchenware product?

early concepts

cooking session!

By cooking a common meal with Jazmine, spaghetti, we were able to identify multiple hindrances and highlights throughout the process from start to finish.

refined concept exploration

refined opportunity

How might I create a cooking pot/pan safer and more enjoyable to use for those with limited or total blindness?

Design a pot/pan that helps one…

approach a hot pot on the stove safely
steadily transport a pot from one location to the next
precisely pour items/liquid from a large pot into another vessel without spilling