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 viewfront & back
drawer detail
space-saving capacity
refrigeration system within the fixture