When I started designing tactile kitchen tools, I thought my job was to solve daily problems for visually impaired users. But the more I listened, the more I realised that good design goes beyond meeting existing needs — it’s about broadening possibilities and making life easier and more joyful of life for more people.

Specifically, well-being isn’t just about avoiding injury. It’s also about confidence, independence, and the simple joy of cooking for yourself or someone you love. Improvements to a kitchen that quickly reaches milestones for improving quality of life.

User testing is the key to research and development (R&D).To make the idealistic initiative come true, From the first sketch to the final product, every design choice was motivated by observation and feedback. The knife handle alone went through 70 versions—each change came from feedback, tiny adjustments that made a huge difference in how it felt in someone’s hands.

It’s about listening, testing, and refining until something just works. And when it does, you don’t just create a product—you create possibility.

And here’s what I learned:

🔹 Touch is trust. A good design just feels right. A knife handle that feels like a part of the hand. A cutting board that prevents the ingredients from falling. Our hand is honest and direct

🔹 Design beyond safety—it builds confidence. Many visually impaired users told me they wanted to cook not just for themselves but for their loved ones. Cooking is about connection, and design should support an attitude of independence and confidence.

🔹 When you design for varying abilities, you design for more people. The features that made cooking easier for visually impaired users—like an intuitive grip and a groove to store cut food —also made the tools feel better for home cooks and even professional chefs.