SENSOR HUB

Creative Direction, Product Design, Packaging, Branding & UI/UX 
For Delta

The sensor hub is a ceiling-mounted smart device that blends machine learning with location and activity data to optimize space for living, working and industry.

The challenge was to combine an extensive array of sensors into a single, refined package.

Credit for the final product housing design goes to Designit in Denmark. Check them out. They kick serious ass.

Update: The Sensor Hub recently won the Innovation Award in building automation at AHR 2020 in Orlando.

AHR-2020-Innovation-Award
Circular logo with design dimensions.
Circular logo with custom gradient rotation animation.
Product tooling close-up showing logo de-bossed into soft white product housing.

Function inspires form. Machine learning, sensor fusion, and occupant interaction sparked 'Think. Sense. Speak.' The circular shape endeavoured to be soft, friendly and anthropomorphic.

CAD drawings of iot smart sensor device showing multiple angles.
Simple line drawing of iot smart sensor device labeled for tech, function and branding.
Mockup of a smart thermostat app screens
Line drawing of smart device design superimposed over a zen rock garden.
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RYŌAN-JI

I consider it to be an abstract composition of natural objects in space, a composition whose function is to incite meditation.

Gunter Nitschke
Garden historian, in reference to Ryōan-Ji zen garden, Kyoto, Japan
Blueprint sketch of smart device on ceiling showing angle of view and relative size versus a ceiling fan.

This was phase 1. It was rejected. At this early stage of the project there was a push for modularity to mediate function and cost. Eventually, a consolidation effort led to a single-housing approach.

Ryoanji-Sensor-Hub
Artistic line drawing of profile of iot smart sensor device.

Ⓒ 2020 HIPPOCAMPUS CREATIVE