Kajsa Westman developed cordless kitchen appliances powered by induction stove tops for her master's thesis project called "Hot Stuff". She conceptualized a range of appliances like a toaster, kettle, and juicer that would operate within the electromagnetic field of an induction cooktop without needing electrical components inside. Previously, she gained experience through internships at Volkswagen design and Frog Design, as well as a workshop with IKEA designing Swedish-inspired furniture.

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2. 2007 -
2008
|master degree project|
Hot Stuff
– Cordless Kitchen Appliances for Ind
uction Stove Tops
The Hot Stuff project was about inducti Induction stove top +mechanical soluti
on stove tops and how ons = cordless kitchen appliances
it could be used as an energy source for
small appliances in the
kitchen. Imagine a cordless kitchen.
Process
I started my Masters Thesis project rese
arching people’s
relationship to small kitchen appliances.
Most responders
answered that the appliances were, due
to the cord, hard to
store, and that the need for sockets incr
eased by the number of
appliances. As a result, the kitchen was
full of messy electrical
cords and plugged-in appliances.
This knowledge, together with the eme
rging trend of installing
electromagnetic induction stove tops
in modern kitchens,
inspired me to research into a potential
use of the induction
stove top for running small cordless elec
trical kitchen
appliances. The result was that with som
e development of the
stove top it could in theory be used as
an energy source.
The magnetic field in the induction stov
e top could, apart
from the use of generating heat in a ferr
omagnetic material,
also be made able to rotate magnets. Bas
ed on this theory, I
have developed a conceptual range of
cordless, ceramic kitchen
appliances that are designed to co-fun
ction with induction
stove tops, potentially without any elec
trical components
within the product itself.

4. Heating Rotation
Function The magnetic field attract and repel mag
By pushing down the top part of each When a magnetic material is induced nets, by con-
product with a mag- trolling this movement, rotation cou
down, the ferrous material (black met netic field heat is produced as a by-pro ld be created,
al surface) duct, that like a magnetic mixer or the generator
enters the electromagnetic field on the how induction stove tops work. in your elec-
induction trical toothbrush.
stove top and the heating can begin.
A mechanical sensor determinates whe Toaster – as the toast is pushed down
n the heat- by lowering Juicer – the juicer starts to rotate as you
ing is finished, and the top part is ejec the handles, the ferrous material (that push an or-
ted. This reacts with ange to the top piece.
breaks the connection with the electrom the electromagnetic field) is lowered as
agnetic well. When
field and the stove is turned off. the toasting is done a timer ejects first
the top part Hovering whisk – the whisk starts to
The same principle of pushing one par and then the bread, from the lower par rotate as it is
t into the t. placed in a magnetic field.
other is applied to all products except
the whisk, Kettle – by pressing the handle on the
that will start to rotate as the hob is turn top part
ed on. downwards, the ferrous material in low
ered trough
the bottom part into the electromagn
etic field (the
hob) and the heating is started. A mec
hanical sensor
ejects the top part when heating is fini
shed.

6. Hot Stuff!
-cordless kitchen appliances you run
on your induc-
tions stove top, without electrical com
ponents in the
products itself.

7. 2009 2006
|internship| |internship|
frog design Volkswagen design
Recently I worked in the During the Spring of 2006
creative team of Frog I worked at the product de
design in Stuttgart, Germ department in Volkswage sign
any. n Design studio in Wolfsb
Germany. urg,
“(Kajsa) was responsible for The projects I worked on
tasks throughout the was generally lifestyle,
whole process (of the creati accessories, product deve
ve team) including lopment and conceptual
research, concept creation sketching.
, color- material-
and trend research, 3D mo
deling, technical
conceptions, renderings an For references please cont
d the creation of act mr. Kohlhase at
presentation material. Jens.kohlhase@volkswage
n.de
//
...contribute to multidiscip
linary projects together
with our UX and technolo
gy teams.
//
Her analytical and graphica
l skills. Kajsa was
quickly capable of getting
to the heart of complex
tasks posed by our clients.
On the personal side she
was recognized as
courteous, friendly and op
en-minded and was able
to thrive in the internation
al environment at frog
design.”
For references please cont
Ralph.Bremenkamp@fro
act hr. Bremenkamp
gdesign.com

8. 2006
|workshop|
IKEA
During the fall of 2006 a selected gro
up of students
at LUID got the opportunity to work
with IKEA on a
furniture project.
The theme from IKEA was to design
”Swedish” fur-
niture. My process started with finding
pictures that
represented the cultural heritage. My
idea was to make
a side table/stool that would be slim eno
ugh to fit into
a hallway, yet wide enough to fit two
people. I also
wanted a piece of furniture that would
look good not
only as a single piece, but also would
create an interest-
ing connection between two or three
pieces in a repeti-
tion.

11. 2006
|on-site NASA workshop|
LRT -Lunar Rescue Transport
The LRT is a low-tech, lig
ht weight, rescue transpo
for astronauts stranded on rt
the lunar surface, in the
scenario that they had to
leave a motorized excursi
vehicle. on
The scenario from NASA back rests.
was to design a system or
vehicle that could bring tw Due to less gravity, a set
o astronauts home efficie
with as little use of resource ntly of connections points to
s (air, water, operational
hours and weight) as possi the hard shell space suit
ble, but faster than walki hinges, to mini-
in a spacesuit. ng would be able to keeps
mize space and
the astronaut in place
weight is a cru-
The idea behind the desig rather then a seat.
n was to make a foldable suit lock cial part of space
vehicle that would use th
e space suit as it’s stability design.
The hard-shell space suits .
could be used as both sea
and support for the astro t
nauts, therefore the minim
seating and support in th al
e vehicle itself.
As main concern was to mi
nimize weight and to foc
on the one target: to facilit us
ate a simple recovery trans
port of two astronauts str -
anded on the lunar surface.
A project at, and for NASA
, Johnson Space Centre,
Houston, Texas. Fall 2006
. pedals for moon boots
a fender was necessary to minimize the
space suits exposition to moon dust sealed up
-quickly causing wear and tear, some- hydraulics
thing that could have fatal results.
tweel wheels

12. 2005
|workshop|
|exhibition|
Loop -sanitary ware
This range of sanitary ware is a study
of form.
A cooperation between KMUTT design
school
in Bangkok, Lund University and the
Swedish
Trade Federation. As a result of this pro
ject I later
freelanced with layout for an exhibition
and a book
for the Swedish Trade Federation, in 200
5 and
2006.

14. exhibition, travelling | Swedish Embas
sies | 2006
exhibition | Thai Embassy, Stockholm
| 2006
exhibition | Boverket | 2006

15. 2005
|honorary mention|
|workshop|
|exhibition|
Cup by Cup -easy dosage kettle
When filling a electric water kettle to
heat a cup of
water, we usually heat more than we nee
d.
The behavior seems to be that Every
time we boil
more than we use, the amount of energy
wasted
each time is relatively little, but when
everyone acts
in this way?
-We seem to need some help with our
quantity
estimation.
My concept is based on the idea of incl
uding a
measuring cup in the kettle, to make
it easier to
measure small amounts of water for tea,
coffee,
soup etc. This way it’s easier to use less
electricity
for this daily behavior and as a bonus mak
e the
user more aware of the quantity needed
.
This entry won an honorary mention
in the 2006
”Saving the planet in style” award.

17. For free hand filling, press release button.
> an active action is needed to fill the
kettle with more than a cup. award, honorary mention | ”saving the
planet in style” | 2006
exhibition | LUID annual design exhibit
ion | 2006
exhibition | Stockholm furniture fair
| 2006
insert =
When insert is full, 3,5 dl is measured.
> a cup of water is the inactive choice of
volume.
The insert is emptied when
you place the kettle on the
docking station or when you
press release button.
open
to pour, press
release button.
press start to
heat water

18. 2005 >
2006
|freelance|
Jewelry box
The idea behind these silver pieces was
to design easy
-to-produce products, with minimal mat
erial use.
To do this my strategy was to play wit
h shadows and
hollowness.
The spin-off was that I had to learn the
skill of silver-
smithing, end up with a whole box fille
d with jewelry
(some of them here to the right).
-and sold about a hundred pieces.

19. such stuff as dreams are ma
de of
super nice shadow!

20. 2003
|award winner|
Wallpaper - creative room
The challenge was to design a creative
room for
entrepreneurial village IDEON. Our
idea was to
integrate the IDEON logotype into a
pattern for a
wallpaper.
This award winning entry was designed
as a 3-day
workshop together with Kajsa Bobjer
and Sofie
Collin in 2003.
IDEON Logotype

21. 2008
|honorary mention|
Siamese Chicks brooch
Sweet chicks on thin black acrylic sha
ring one heart.
They mean nothing but display Love,
Life and
Companionship, all in the eyes of the
beholder.
The brief from the producer Ponoko was
to create a
stunning piece of jewelry that used the
ir laser cutting
process. My ambition was to design a
piece that made
people smile. Quick and dirty design
work.
.
And the respond from the jury was;
“Humorous concept that provides som
e light relief to
the world”.
“Siamese Chicks Brooch made me gigg
le”.
The concept won an honorary mention
in
“The Ponoko Jewelry Design Challenge
”

22. 2005
fold and cut plan
|competition entry|
Band-aid - Salvequick packaging
The challenge was to design a band-aid
for active
youth.
We wanted the package to be easy to
open on-the-go
and that held the band-aid in place.
We decided to go with a pocket sized
package that
had the same dimensions as credit card
. That could be
opened and shut with one hand.
This entry was designed as a 3-days wor
kshop
together with Emilie Hallgard for the
Paper Province
Packaging Award in 2005.
damn

23. 2009
|freelance|
CD cover - graphical illustration of music
Two men that live and breath through
their guitars.
-This is the backbone of the 4-man ban
d Woodnote.
For the Woodnote’s release I made cov
er illustrations
for their CD.
To do this I asked them to send me pict
ures; anything
and everything that meant something
for them.
I received a mix of colors, laughing frie
nds, feet in
water, backstage snapshots and light phe
nomenons.
From that material I sampled motives
in relation to
the meaning of the band name (likene
ss to the call of
a bird) and turned the illustration into
a forest-like
scene, with little animals in the details
.

24. 2004-2009
Print Work
In several projects there has been a nee
d to hand
over printed material as well as digital
. These are a
colletion of the books, booklets and inv
itations I’ve
done. Other than these I’ve also made
material for
canvas print, posters, tags and informa
tionsboards.
From several square meters to a stampsiz
e print, and
from a single fold to hundreds of pages.

25. C ur ri cu lu m V it ae
Education:
Example of Courses:
01-08 Master degree of Industrial Des
ign at Lund University, Sweden Cognitive Ergonomics
98-01 Farsta Gymnasium, Upper Sec
ondary Technical School
Design Management and Future Foreca
sting
Awards: Electronics: Possibilities and Limitation
-08 honorary mention, Ponoko Jewelry Des Entrepreneurship and Business Develop
ign Challenge ment
-06 honorary mention, Saving the planet
in style Ergonomics
-05 1st prize, IMEGO Design Award
-04 3rd prize, Paper Province Packaging Aw Materials and Production Technology
ard Mechanics
-03 1st prize, IDEON ”Creative room”
1st prize, ÖG’s night club renovation Product Semiotics
,
Universal Design
Work experience:
-09 frog design, Stuttgart
- industrial design intern Design related
-09 Vattenhallen, Science Center Lund
- graphics, layout, print -08
-08 Zenit Design Group, Malmö London design festival, exhibitor, Lon
- industrial designer, project basis don
-06 Volkswagen Design -07/08 Degree show, co-organizer, Lun
- product design intern d
-05/06 Swedish Federation of Trade -07 Creative waves, selected participant, ICO
- book and print layout GRADA online.
-05 NELO Furniture Company -06 NASA project, participant, Houston
- packaging designer
-04 Wester+Elsner Architects IKEA workshop, selected participant,
- assistant/office manager Lund
Kulturhuset “plan B”, exhibitor, Stockh
olm
-05 Bathroom project, participant, Bangko
k
computer skills: LUID annual, exhibitor, Lund
Adobe suit, Alias Studio Tools, Rhino, -02/07 Stockholm furniture fair, exhibit
hypershot etc. or, Stockholm
-02/03 LUID annual, exhibitor, Lund
Miscellaneous: -02 Krapperup Konsthall, exhibitor, Högan
äs
Driving licence
Padi OWD
Silver smithing

26. Me on
Me on Research; Me on Problem solving; Contact:
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testing and the
endless possibilities at this point is won Discussing, discovering, exploring and
derful. building a
strong case are things that I love and find
important.
Me on Sketching; I don’t want to make things prettier or
cooler looking,
Sketching is for me not only aesthet if we as designers don’t make produc
ics; it’s a way to ts, services,
explain and develop my ideas, not just systems etc. BETTER, then why do it?
for others, but
to test the out for myself as well.
As I work rather quickly both with Me on Me
pen and paper
and directly in a 2D digital form, this Born and raised Stockholm, Sweden,
is one of my 1982.
strengths.