Alumna Maia Rowan's ('13) KIDS + FOOD is a children's meal planning tray that encourages healthy eating and nutrition. And it's just been named a Student Notable by the Core 77 Design Awards!
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The tray contains five compartments, to encourage children to eat a variety of foods, in a variety of quantities and combinations that will help them discover how food affects their body. There are no specific signifiers of what types of food should go where, this is for the children to experiment with and decide for themselves. Using a combination of natural and synthetic materials the tray acts as both a functional object, and a learning platform.
Says Rowan, "In response to our growing disconnect with food and nutrition in North America, I developed my grad project to address the issue by engaging kids with food at an early age.
You can see more of Maia's work here. Congratulations Maia!