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CEVA

2023

Bachelor’s thesis project

Personal

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Design premise

The project stems from a personal desire to tell a story connected to one’s hometown, taking as a reference the battola ritual, a traditional instrument used during the Easter procession.

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Beyond its religious meaning, the battola represented a moment of sharing and fun for children, where they could express themselves freely. The design challenge is therefore to reinterpret this social value in a contemporary product, preserving its characteristic elements and recreating the same collective spirit.

RITUAL

BATTOLA

SHARING

RITUAL FROM THE PAST

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Design question

How might we reinterpret a ritual from the past, such as the battola, translating its values of sharing and fun into a contemporary product capable of recreating the same sense of freedom and collective interaction?

The solution

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The product developed as a reinterpretation of the battola is a nutcracker, designed starting from its distinctive element: the dull sound similar to a hammer strike.

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Composed of two symmetrical beaters, it generates this sound when cracking the nut. Designed as a convivial object, it is placed at the center of the table and used during moments of sharing, accompanying the experience with a recognizable sound.

SOUND

TOTEMIC

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How it work

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PROFANE RITUAL OF THE BATTOLA

RITUAL OF THE NUTCRACKER CEVA

the manufacturing processes

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