Philips Design
Remote control screen layout design
The Netherlands / Singapore
In late 2004 I travelled to the headquarters of Philips Electronics in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. My task was to create the layout and design of the touch screen for a universal remote control.
As a multi device remote, a large number of button combinations are required. The remote control would have 2 versions, one controlling 8 devices and the other controlling 11. The user experience was extremely important so the challenge was to find a way to fit all the puzzle pieces together with a series of mechanical and cost issues to balance.
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Philips Design
The Simplicity Event
PARIS, September 2005
Philips has a Special Project called "Next Simplicity" they conduct once every 10 years. They assemble a small group of designers from around the world in their headquarters. Over the course of the next 6 weeks the task is to design the future of consumer electronics. I was invited to join the project in 2005.
I flew to Amsterdam and spent a week in research workshops and giving presentations about design directions. We then visited the Research and Development departments at Philips Electronics and were shown a wide range of new technologies that had been created but not developed into products let alone brought to market.
I worked with a small team focused on our concepts of "Play". We concerned ourselves with visual and audio content and how it is experienced. Our exploration included audio panels, visual panels, control devices and the environments in which these are used.
With mock ups being produced by the model department we were able to work with the size and form of the products. Most of the time we expected our products to use technologies that either didn't exist or were in proto-type form.
The following 9 months were employed to try and build our concepts. The resulting products were then toured to major cities including London, New York, Paris, Berlin and Hong Kong to a select audience.
1. Lighing that changing colour by showing colour to a sensor.
2. Air purifiers in the form of trees, with the electronics burried in the base the main branches emits clear vapor and the secondary branch is the control panel.
3. Memory globe, transmit memories into the global and have globes connected via the internet.
1. Lights that can be adjusted by turning them. Changing there intensity or colour or both.
2. Touch screen behind a mirror, that can hold notes for a family.
3. Personal plants, herbs that can be grown indoors with minimal fuss.
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