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Sustainable Smart Home Speakers

Sustainable Smart Home Speakers

Sustainable Smart Home Speakers

Four sustainable strategies, four speakers

Image of 4 sustainable smart home speakers

Overview

Overview

Overview

Four speakers represent four outcomes of four different sustainable design strategies. By using varying materials, production techniques and end-of-life services, 4 unique speakers are created.

My responsibilities

My responsibilities

My responsibilities

During this project at FROLIC studio, my responsibilities have been:

Sketching, Ideation, 3D modelling, Rapid prototyping, Art direction, Storyboarding, Filming, Post-editing, Rendering, Project lead

Publicity

Publicity

Publicity

The Smart Home Speakers have been featured on Yankodesign, Stir, dutchdesigndaily, Wevux and Gizmodo

Why

A smart speaker is a piece of consumer electronics that cannot be missed in the era of smart home tech. It is a product that is both mass-marketed and phased out quickly: this poses a wonderful opportunity to make an impact when rethinking the way they are designed, manufactured and serviced. The sustainable smart home speakers were born.

How

In this research-heavy project numerous sustainable design strategies have been explored. These have then been 'frankensteined' into four extremes. To tie the speakers together as a family, brainstorms were held to look into which aesthetic and functional features each should be sharing. After, a parallel process of CMF research, sketching, 3D modelling, contacting material suppliers, and a lot of prototyping has taken place. Followed by rendering and shooting GIFs and writing copy to convey the story to the world.

Image of research overview

Image of research overview

Image of research overview

Research overview

Image of sketches on a wall

Image of sketches on a wall

Image of sketches on a wall

Sketching and form finding

Image of paper prototypes

Image of paper prototypes

Image of paper prototypes

Paper prototyping

Image of a cardboard mould

Image of a cardboard mould

Image of a cardboard mould

Paper pulp moulding

Image of ceramic speaker prototypes in front of a grid

Image of ceramic speaker prototypes in front of a grid

Image of ceramic speaker prototypes in front of a grid

Ceramics prototyping

Image of soldering a speaker PCB

Image of soldering a speaker PCB

Image of soldering a speaker PCB

Hardware prototyping

Image of a collection of prototypes

Image of a collection of prototypes

Image of a collection of prototypes

Design detailing

Image of speaker cardboard packaging die-cut

Image of speaker cardboard packaging die-cut

Image of speaker cardboard packaging die-cut

Packaging design

Image of storyboard images

Image of storyboard images

Image of storyboard images

Storyboarding

What

Sustainable Smart Speakers each follow a different sustainable design strategy leading to four differently produced speakers in their respective themes: Repair & Upgrade, Recycling, Remanufacturing & Longevity. They each claim their own space in the circular lifecycle, and thereby omitting the linear lifecycle.

Product lifecycle diagram

Product lifecycle diagram

Image of the Recycling speaker and its lifecycle schematic

Image of the Repair and Upgrade speaker and its lifecycle schematic

Image of the Remanufacturing speaker and its lifecycle schematic

Image of the Longevity speaker and its lifecycle schematic

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