Salad Bar 2025
Fixture Design

RISD Portfolio Cafe’s Salad Bar, redesigned for a better experience.

Developed for improved floor circulation, ergonomics, hygiene and visual appeal.





Concept Development

How might we design a vertical display system for the self-service salad bar to enhance hygiene, ease of access to produce and efficient circulation in Portfolio cafe?
(how might the top view of the fixture become the front view?)
initial top view sketches
analysis
further development (refined concept)



“layers” of the redesign

further details (refridgerator mechanism)
rapid prototype for HSI testing


Final concept

Easy to clean Do-it-yourself No more sneeze-guard No more sleeves-in-food Ingredient visibility Ad-space at the Back Built-in refridgeration Modular Organic Curves Symmetric Form Extra storage Magnetic
render

components & top view
front & back

drawer detail

space-saving capacity

refrigeration system within the fixture