YU Chengzhi, YANG Zixuan
(Jinan University, Jinan 250022, Shandong, China)

Extended Abstract: [Background and purpose] Healthy design shapes the new dimension of modern people's life, while the use of meal portioning ceramic tableware is a way to guide the realization of people's healthy dietary concepts and behaviors, which can effectively solve the public health and safety problems under the concept of healthy diet. From the point of view of the relationship, dietary utensils are the material carriers for the realization of dietary concepts, while dietary concepts play an important role in guiding the design and use of dietary utensils. Therefore, there exists a mutually dependent relationship between dietary utensils and dietary concepts.[Methods] Based on the guiding role of dietary utensils on dietary concepts in terms of restrictive design and oriented design, this paper was aimed to explore how to carry out the design of meal portioning ceramic tableware in the semantics of health design. By exploring several aspects in the design of meal portioning ceramic tableware, they are the functionality based on the semantics of the product, which includes three functions, basic function, psychological function and additional function. From the basic function point of view, meal portioning tableware can be set up according to the nature, form and color of the meal. From the psychological function point of view, the shape, size and color of the functional area can cause the diner's heart resonance. From the perspective of the additional function, meal portioning tableware can be designed to have a variety of functions, so as to meet the diversified needs of the people, to bring more comfortable and safe meal portioning experience. Visual cues based on form, the specific shape, contour and structure of the plate communicate the attributes and functions of the tableware to consumers. Embedded cutlery storage slots are designed on the surface or edges of the plate, suggesting that consumers can store chopsticks and spoons there. Rice bowls are shallow, while soup bowls may be designed to be wider and deeper. Materiality is reflected through the characteristics of ceramic materials, surface treatment and presentation, so that the physical and sensory properties of ceramic tableware can effectively convey the idea of design and functional needs. Besides, meal portioning tableware is realized by emphasizing the important role of function, color, environment and user experience in enhancing the user's emotional awareness.[Results] Table meal portioning ceramic tableware should reveal or imply the internal structure of the product in terms of appearance, form, material, texture and emotion, so as to make the function of the product more explicit. Meanwhile, the design of meal portioning ceramic tableware should be in line with the modern healthy diet. S The design of meal portioning ceramic tableware should consider different scenarios, including mainly family and public dining scenarios. For family scenarios, the age of family members, gender, eating habits, etc. should be taken into account by equipping with tableware of different sizes and shapes. In the school or hospital cafeteria and other public places, more attention should be paid to practicality and cost-effectiveness, by designing simple, durable, easy to clean and store tableware, so as to meet the needs of a large number of people.[Conclusions] Meal ceramic tableware design and application can effectively promote the development of healthy eating concept and significantly improve the level of public health and safety. Ceramic meal tableware design is not only for the family daily meals, but also for schools, corporate cafeterias, restaurants and other public places. Therefore, meal ceramic tableware design is of all-round and multi-faceted characteristics. It will promote the public's concept of healthy eating and the formation of healthy eating habits.
Key words: healthy design; meal portioning; ceramic tableware design; product semantics