Project Overview
Infinity was designed to disrupt the pedestal fan market by creating a product that improves significantly on the traditional fan. Infinity will allow 360 degree rotation and control through the use of a smart phone app giving the user greater control and flexibility, encompassed in an elegant silhouette.
Role
UI/UX Designer, Industrial Product Designer, Project Manager
Tools
Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Inventor.
Design Objective
Create a unique smart fan accompanied by a sophisticated app.
Discovery
Understanding Product
I began by looking at the current fan and smart fan market; this included Dysons bladeless fan and a few variants of the pedestal fan.
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Insights
Learnings From Product
After completing the market research it was clear there were a few problems with the current model.
Non-intuitive app
The Dyson bladeless fan had an app which was not easy to understand or use.
Limited Range of Motion
There was no fan that we found that could give the user a full 360 degree rotaion and the flexibility to choose the angle that the fan will turn through.
Groundwork
Personality
Sophisticated. Formal. Elegant.
With this product we wanted to evoke a feeling of sophistication and power.
Colours
We created a pallette based on whites, blues, vibrant, and pastel colours.
Primary
Rich Black Fogra 29
#031927
Black Coffee
#362E2A
Neutrals
Light Slate Grey
#818C93
White
#FFFFFF
Supporting Colours
Gunmetal
#1D303D
Forest Green Web
#238B23
Typeface
We exclusively used Segoe UI as our typeface for the Infinity app. The key typefaces are shown below:
HEADING H1
Body Text B1
Icon I1
14px
14px
7px
Regular
Regular
Light
White
White
White
Icons
The icons were custom made to follow with the theme of both the product and the app.
Product Specifications
To build on the sustainable image of the product we chose wood for the blades, and aluminium for the body.
Colour
Materials
Finish
Solution
The overall flow directs the user from integrating the product into the app, calibrating the direction, and then to the main control page.
Scan
Calibrate
Control
Position
Rotation Acute
Rotation Obtuse
Position and Rotation
After calibrating the app to the Infinity you can control both the position and range of oscillation through the control page. The design is intuitive.
Blade Speed and Rotation Speed
To change the speed I decided to create the fan face with spinning blades which reflect the speed that the user is on, and for the rotation speed, a top view of thet Infinity fan is taken to see the speed and range of rotation.
Blade Speed
Rotation Speed
Themes
To allow the user the ability to save certain settings depending on the temperature and room that the fan is in, I created a themes page which allows the user to set the; speed of blades, rotation angle, and speed of rotation.
Themes
Testing and Feedback
We tested both the app and the product designs at every step in the creative process and received very positive feedback througout. Adobe XD prototypes were created and shared with a control group and surveys were taken to continuously update the design. A wireframe can be tested here.
Infinity - The Smart Fan
Key Project Lesson
Collaboration is Cool.
Through the hardware development of this project we were working with project engineering companies in China which meant we needed robust communication channels so that we could communicate around the clock.