Nico Eats toolkit encourages children to be more adventurous with food
Royal College of Art graduate Florencia Sepu?lveda has created a set of utensils and recipe books to help children experiment with food and flavours.
They revolve around fictional food inventor Nico, who appears in a series of stories that guide children through preparing ingredients and making meals.
"I was interested in exploring how we might develop healthier eating habits by creating a deeper connection with the food we eat," Sepúlveda told Dezeen. "I decided to focus on children because, as research suggests, our early experiences with food are the foundations for our preferences and behaviours throughout our lives."
Kids are encouraged to read the books and make use of an accompanying collection of Nico Cooks tools ? designed with striking shapes in pastel colours to be more accessible and appealing for younger users. Sepúlveda's research revealed that many children's fear of new foods discouraged them from trying unfamiliar ingredients.
Rather than pressuring children into trying new flavours, the Nico Cooks utensils offer a more playful alternative, letting them be more hands-on and make their own food.
"This encourages them to approach food with a playful, curious and inquisitive attitude, that they can bring to the dinner table," added the designer, who studied in the Royal College of Art's Global Innovation Design masters programme.
"When you generate these types of environments, kids willingly start touching, smelling and t...
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