Lunch Box for Mauviel (ECAL×Mauviel1830)

I designed a lunch box for Mauviel 1830.
Mauviel is copper cooking tool company in France.
Lunch box is japan culture.
So the lunch box is completely new product for them.
This lunch box is inspired by Japanese traditional lunch box” Mage-Wappa”.
The lid is made of wood. And the other body is made f

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rom copper. Why I use wood for lid is that wood keep breath, So wood lid can control the humidity inside lunch box. And why I use copper for lunchbox is that when copper get wet, the copper has sterilization effect.
The food in lunch box is not eaten just after cooking, Basically when people eat the food in lunch box, It already takes few hours after cooking. So the sterilization effect is very important for lunch box.
So I think this characteristic of these two materials are suited for lunch box. So I designed this lunch box.
フランスのMauvielに提案した、曲げわっぱからインスピレーションを得た銅製のお弁当箱です。
秋田県の工芸品の曲げわっぱは、木が呼吸する事により調湿効果を生み出し、かつ檜の持つ防虫効果等により、夏場でもお弁当が長持ちしさらに美味しさが持続するように出来ている高性能弁当箱である。
銅という素材は、水と反応すると殺菌効果を発揮し、さらに熱伝導が非常に高く熱が早く伝わる性質がある。
この素材特性を考え、さらにMauvielのブランドにはない新しい価値を提案するために、日本のお弁当文化をフランスのメーカーに提案した。
このお弁当箱は、上蓋と上の段の底面(下の段にとっての蓋)にヒノキを用いることで、曲げわっぱ同様調湿効果を与えて、他を銅で作ることで、詰めた際に発生するご飯やおかずの蒸気の水滴を殺菌効果を発揮させるために活用した。また温かい状態でお弁当を詰めることで温度が素早く伝わって具材に火が通りやすくなります。
またアウトドアに持っていくと、一番下の段は、基本的にMauvielの銅製の鍋と同じ製法で用いられているため、直火で調理器具としても使えるようにデザインしました。

I designed a lunch box for Mauviel.
In my contry, Lunch box is very popular item.
There are various type of lunch box in Japan.
To keep inside safety is the most important for the lunch box. BecauseThe food in the lunch box is not eaten immediately after cooking it. And if it takes long time after cooking, Germ multiples rapidly.

There is very functional and beautiful Lunch box in Japan.
The lunch box is called “Mage-Wappa”.
Mage-Wappa is made of hinoki which is Japanese cypress.
Hinoki breathes, so hinoki controle humidity inside lunch box. So the food is difficult to be spoiled. One company said that The food inside magewappa can eat after two days, If it’s in summer.
And When I research about copper, The copper have sterilization effect, when copper meet water.
So I think this characteristic of material is suited for lunch box. So I designed this lunch box.

Photo by © Nicolas Genta

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