Air Conditioner

2019

Industrial Design

The brief of this project was to enhance the perception of the functioning of the AC unit. To allow the analogical behaviour of our product fabric allows a superficial deformability to convey messages of meaning and functioning. The AC assumes the conformation of a sleeping creature, waking up when switched on. This awakening is underline by the fabric being stretched in side part of the front cover. The effect of eye/mouth movement allows us to understand the activity of the conditioner. When it is fully open the activity is at the maximum level and when it closes it reaches the temperature set by the user, remaining in a state of rest.

When switched on a curve of light representing the set temperature shines through the fabric giving an immediate feedback about the operation.

The fabric of the surface is then pulled as an analogy to the eye of an animal waking up. The fabric progress toward the curve of light indicating the time necessary to reach the set temperature. The curve of light lowers or raises when the set temperature is change.

The change from the breezeless mode to direct mode is highlighted by the opening of the mouth of the AC through the pulling of the lower part of the fabric.

The device is thus perceived much less as a machine and more as an interactive body. The use of the fabric also unintentionally acts as a filter. Thanks to the coatings, it facilitates the cleaning of the device by removing the concerns of users who consider them dangerous due to allergic problems as the accumulation of pollutants and dust.

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Designed with:

Clémentine Mounier
Emilio Rajme
Riccardo Cernetti
Veronica Guenzi

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