Pebbles

red dot
red dot award: design concept 2008

design:
Kwak Yongju	Shin Dongbin	Han Kukil	Kim Young Seok

Derived from the traditional Korean stone grill,
Pebbles is a new concept grill that provides a
safer and healthier system for the preparation
of food.

Pebbles is a stone grill that has been designed
with a flexible body structure and heating
panels to allow the user to prepare food safely
and more effectively than with traditional
devices. Being able to adapt to different
situational and cooking requirements, Pebbles
is convenient to use. With its flexible body and
portability, it is well suited to both outdoor and
indoor use, and is adaptable to the cooking
of different foods. It is hygienic and does not
produce harmful by-products, which makes it
a safer and healthier option for cooking. The
user is able to grill a fish fresh out of the water, cook meat at a park for a party, or use it as a burner on the table for a warm family dinner.

Pebbles’ simple structure makes it easy to
operate: the user must first shift a centrally
located controller pebble, which conceals the
switch, to turn the power button on. With their
finger, the user rotates the sensor touch pad,
located on the outer ring of the power button,
to activate the heating function. A red dot
formed around the pebbles notifies the user
that heat is being generated. When cooking
is complete, the user has to simply tug gently
at the controller pebble and it will sling back
into position, which turns the device off. In
addition, washing is simple and easy given the
product’s form and the material characteristics
of the stones used.