Introduction: Project Yolk
The act of cooking and preparing food brings with it many subtleties and nuances. From finding the perfect way to pepper a salad to the ultimate technique in which to scramble eggs – a long debated issue between many cooks. This mass of personal preferences combined with the countless tools and gadgets that fill the homeowners kitchen, makes for a perfect testing ground for personalization and modification.
With this in mind, we envision a future scenario where a character has the agency to freely create anything that they will. This project is a reflection of that vision, and an example of what may be the future of making; of uninhibited, whimsical design.
This project was a collaboration between Denon Vipond, Logan Mohr, JJ Mah, and Lauren Low, who are currently studying Industrial Design at Emily Carr University in Vancouver, BC.
Step 1:
Pick the perfect egg
Step 2:
Crack the egg
Step 3:
Place filled yolk containment chamber under nozzle, creating an air tight seal between the nozzle opening and yolk
Step 4:
Slowly engage lever until yolk is halfway
Step 5:
After performing egg extraction protocol perfectly, release yolk lever and let yolk fall into containment chamber
Step 6:
Now you are ready to make... Waffles! Custard! Meringues! Egg Noggin! Hollandaise Sauce!
Step 7: Material List
- Epoxy resin
- Moen sink plunger from Home Depot model: M7819
- Sand paper
- Untreated birch plywood
- 2 threaded pipe connectors
- 1 1/4 inch clear tubing
- 1/4 inch dowel
- 2 small egg sized bowls
- 1 inch dowel
- 4 Springs
- 2 bolts
- 2 locking washers
- 2 regular washers
- 8 metal countersunk washers
- 12 one inch countersunk screws
- 8 eye hooks