Restrictive eating children

Degree Project 2024

Edō is a therapeutic toolkit designed for children aged 3-4 with sensory-based feeding difficulties. These children often have a strong aversion to certain types of food, usually based on texture, taste, smell, or appearance, resulting in a very limited diet. The toolkit is based on the principles of the evidence-based SOS (Sequential-Oral-Sensory) Approach to Feeding. This approach focuses on increasing a child’s comfort level with food by exploring and learning about different food properties through playful and non-stressful interactions. Edō provides a wide variety of ways to play with, investigate, and manipulate food, engaging all five senses. The project has been conducted in collaboration with a wide range of professionals working in the field and families dealing with these challenges. They have been contributing with recurring feedback sessions throughout the process.

Henning Birgersson

Bachelor's Programme in Industrial Design
Henning Birgersson Portrait
Problem statement

Problem statement

Final Design: A toolkit for playful interaction with food

Final Design: A toolkit for playful interaction with food

Creative workshops together with classmates exploring how we can interact with food

Creative workshops together with classmates exploring how we can interact with food 

Sensory Hierarchy of Feeding

Sensory Hierarchy of Feeding

Form exploration through sketching

Form exploration through sketching

Testing ergonomics, semantics and fun factor together with a 4-year-old

Testing ergonomics, semantics and fun factor together with a 4-year-old 

Material and construction of one of the artefacts. Designed with safety and easy cleaning in mind.

Material and construction of one of the artefacts. Designed with safety and easy cleaning in mind. 

The eight different artefacts in the toolkit 

The eight different artefacts in the toolkit