Bread slicing system
The Hotelslicer is an innovative bread slicing system, specially developed for breakfast and dinners in hotels and resorts. The Hotelslicer can slice all types of bread with ease, even thick crust or oven fresh. This is made possible by an ergonomic knife for left and right handed users with a patented friction-free guide.
Challenge & Pezy's added value
In relation to the first generation of Hotelslicers, this redesign creates added value through:
- improved quality;
- brand recognition and an elegant design language;
- substantial cost savings.
Pezy began by researching and reviewing the client’s needs and evaluating the existing product to define the core requirements. The analysis was then translated into a strategy for developing the design language and functionality.
The ensuing concepts maintained a link with the established brand while creating a logical relationship between functionality, form, and manufacturing feasibility. Improved assembly created better logistics through a smaller shipping format and crafty use of plate steel technologies to reduce assembly cost, manufacturing processes, and material use. The result is a design that can cost effectively be scaled up in production volumes.
Good Industrial Design
Together with partner We Are Perspective Pezy Product Innovation has won the coveted GIO award for the bread-cutting system The GIO award is comparable to the American Idea Award and the German Red Dot and iF Award.
The Good Industrial Design Award, better known as GIO, is the only prize in our country which awards the expertise of both designer and client. To qualify for this quality mark, a product must be more than just attractive. Functionality, ergonomics, originality, design and use of materials are of equal importance. The Hotelslicer met all the assessment criteria in the Professional Products category, and it may therefore use the GIO mark.