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The melted cheese is what it is all about, but I saw on that characteristic an obstacle for every one to enjoy it and it was the fact that because obviously the cheese was absolutely necessary for having a fantastic fondue night with friends, it was anyway a gourmet product meaning it was a bit exclusive to find, I also noticed that not everyone would stay consuming these for a long time for digestive issues and there is certain people who just doesn’t like it that much. I wanted to make something for mass food consumption concepts and a bit more alike to Colombians idiosyncrasy.

The Brochettes were for me a good way of keeping the possibility of using the mix with cheese if it was desired, eating healthy and use creativity and personal tastes in food at mixing it in the way everyone wanted. The result of the design process was an electric portable device for cutting, grill and warm up different types of food in order to make brochettes at the same time people were having social interaction with each other while using it.

It is clear for me that what I end up doing was very similar to a raclette wich is a very popular and known product which many companies have their own version of it, but what was making this product different from those was the portable characteristic, the possibility of having also fire on it and the included modular surfaces for working on making the brochettes. What was new on the design was the way the users experienced the activity from only one unit or object that provides everything that is necessary to start transforming raw food into delicious personal creations.

The Brochette as it was called, was conceived to be made in steen less steel, some parts covers with teflon and a chargeable or conected electronic unit capable of being removed in order to make the product dish washer safe. It was connected to a unit in the centre of the Brochette that was loaded with free smoke starters that produce fire at the contact with heater element.

Notes on experimentation from Richard Feynman. Worth reading if you run UX or Lean experiments. https://t.co/rwfCdleKHR