AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
healthcare, grooming, personal hygiene
COUNTRY
Austria
DESIGNED BY
Clemens Auer is an Austrian product designer based in Vienna, working in the fields of product design, lighting design and industrial design. As a designer he is searching for the simple yet astonishing. He is interested in the essence of something, of its nature or a gesture, trying to learn and transfer it into something new.
WEBSITE
http://clemensauer.com/2013/05/10/tweezers/
tweezers
a new archetype of tweezers that has not changed over the past centuries for new ergonomics.
this is a new archetype of a tool that basically has not changed over the past centuries.
the gesture of thumb and index finger forming a pinching gesture were the inspiration for these simple tweezers. thus it is a poetic and intuitive translation of an image that feels just natural into a simple product. it is made of a single steel strip. it allows different ways of grabbing, using, pinching, different way of ergonomics. it form and size allows female and male as well as other sizes to grab it securely.