A Snow White Story
A Snow White Story is an experimental dining product collection inspired by Snow White, a well-known fairy tale across the world. After reading the story, if the moral of Snow White indicates that accepting something from strangers is dangerous, what do other characters symbolise in the story? This project provokes the power of storytelling and how readers create an exploration of the meanings and metaphors. People usually interpret stories in different ways from their perception. By adding a narrative perspective into the product design, the collection transforms a reading experience into a self dining experience and advocates users to discover the more profound meaning behind the design.
| Role | Concept development
Product design
| Year | Jun 2014
| Graduation Project at Tunghai University |
| Material | Plate: porcelain, enamel
Utensils: stainless steel, magnet
Red wine glass: glass
Dining table: beech wood
Dining chair: beech wood, iron tube
The Magic Mirror and the Evil Queen
The magic mirror and the evil queen transform into an elegant plate with 36 enamel painted triangles inside. These small pieces at an elevation angle of 150 degrees create reflection, which dazzles the meal and the diner with glow and shadows
The Kind Huntsman
The red wine glass has a general exterior but a distinct interior, just like the Huntsman in the story. It kindly instructs the standard pour of wine, a 1/3 full. The double-layered glass protects the wine from the air not to foul the taste
Squirrel, Stag and Hare
In the story, animals help Snow White out of the woods. Inspired by this plot, a stag, a hare, and a squirrel develop into utensils assisting users with proper dining etiquette
The Seven Dwarfs and Snow White
The wooden table set design comes from the idea of 7+1(Seven Dwarfs and Snow White). The four table legs and three chair legs on the same scale represent the seven dwarfs. The curved iron tube with unique wood decoration depicts the gentle greeting from Snow White
Detail of the tableware design
Dining experience
The whole set of A Snow White Story
| Credit |
Photography: PoWei Lee, Kaiching Liu, and Saily Shih
Model: Sierra Lee and Annie YuFen Wang