Tackl Board: Adaptive Cooking
Selin Miskavi, BID ’22
Ignacio Urbina Polo
Interviewees: Beril Miskavi, Colleen, Elyse Newland, Nilufer Gazioglu, Emre Sen
School of Design, Industrial Design
Tackl Board is a cutting board with attachments for kitchen use and considers cooks with less mobility or strength in one hand.
![A view from above of the light pink cutting board with two attachments resting on top.](https://www.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/11__Tackl_Board_Image_3_Miskavi.jpeg)
Many individuals experience conditions that affect their grip strength: arthritis, paralysis, and limb differences. Even a broken hand can affect the experience of cooking.
![A light pink cutting board with two attachments: one in green, one in orange.](https://www.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/11__Tackl_Board_Image_1_Miskavi.jpeg)
![close-up image of orange attachment, a tent-like structure.](https://www.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/11__Tackl_Board_Image_2_Miskavi.jpeg)
To create the Tackl Board and its attachments, I was inspired by the structures on the flexible tentacles of a giant squid that have razor-sharp teeth and hooks. The squid’s tentacles have tiny suction cups and amazingly catch prey. A similar principle is used for cutting vegetables and fruits to help with the ease of gripping.
![Blue attachment grips a cucumber, slices of the cucumber are on either side of the attachment, as well as a knife resting on the cutting board.](https://www.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/11__Tackl_Board_Image_4_Miskavi-scaled.jpeg)
![A digital rendering of a green clamp that is holding a potato still.](https://www.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/11__Tackl_Board_Image_5_Miskavi.jpeg)