Stuzzico: your best choice for Aperitivo

Can you imagine what happens when a discipline like Design, meets a physical and/or mental disabled person?
Well, if not, you are welcome to discover it by retracing our journey in the project Design Meets Handicap.
Handicap is commonly associated with something degrading and more often society diminish disabled peoples’ capabilities and worth because of their conditions. This discriminatory attitude hides behind sympathy and causes their isolation from social and working life. As a result, disabled struggle fitting into society and limit their personal growth living in their own microcosmos, where they feel safe and free to be themselves, without being judged.
Design meets handicap can be intended in two ways: designing products for disabled to use or designing products for disabled to produce, and these can of course come together. However, the aim of this project is to destroy the barrier between people with, or without conditions and to achieve this, disabled should design for everyone and get recognized for it.

Stuzzico: The Best Choice for your Aperitivo

Stuzzico is a tray-shaped wooden board that con-tains three small ones, each board has features that speak about its function and indicates where to put what. This product is meant to be used in bars and pubs during aperitivo time, therefore it is designed to be light to carry and versatile, as well as easily storable.the base is squared and slightly lifted to allow a secure grab, inside it three long and thin pieces of wood fit perfectly, leaving room for the wood to expand depending on the humidity of the envi-ronment. The three boards are exchangeable and designed respectively to cut bread, contain, and present food. The one that presents and the other which cuts, are thicker than the third, creating a sort of hierarchy of surfaces. Stuzzico is the first person of the Italian verb “stuzzicare” which has two meanings: on one hand it means to eat ap-petizers and finger food, while on the other hand it means to tease someone. Stuzzico is indeed an object that brings people together in social occa-sions among laughter and mouth-watering “stuzzichini”.