The Mist
Humidifier
Research
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Mood Board
Inspired by natural elements like water, wood, and stone, the Mist is a humidifier that seeks to bring about relaxing sensual experience in city space. It follows a simple and elegant aesthetic and can be an accent piece on your table.
Mimic morning fog on lakes to appeal to our biophilia nature, connect to natural phenomenon and past experience, natural material (stone or clay) and finishes to eliminate the feeling of electric devices
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Market Research
Researching upon existing products and concluded that:
Price: 100-120;
Dimension: 12*10*4; Material: ceramics
Volume: 300-400ml; 3 time phases: 30, 60, 120 min
auto-shutoff, ultrasonic cool mist with water filter
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Brand
Baxter is a luxurious furniture brand from Italy, now actively finding middle class and younger customers to bring their good design to all beauty-lovers. They always use mixture of materials and aim to create elegant, sensual, and subtle designs.
The Mist follows the language and ethics of the brand. It is design to appeal to younger city dwellers with high requirement of living quality.
The Mist
After a long and hectic work day, the Mist can give you a time to catch your breath with the soft and refreshing spray. You can choose your favorite essential oil and fill your room with the delightful aroma . There are three time phrases for you to choose, with a maximum time of 3 hours. While getting moisturized by the fine spray, the natural terra cotta surface and the dispersing light on the rippling top brings you back the moment of jogging alongside the lake, watching the rising mist on the water. You are not only connected to nature by interacting with the product but also in a sense of living a more sustainable life with the locally sourced materials.
The Mist is to provide you multi-sensational relaxation: the touch, the smell, and the sight. It can also add an additional layer of nature to the room with a small spot of growing moss on the side. The lively fuzzy green can always remind you to get moisturized in a dry winter. So just turn on the Mist and go into the mood of chilling out. Feel the moisture, scent and soft light, immerse yourself in the private lakeside hidden within the concrete city apartment.
Process
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Sketch
Ideating with 2D sketches. The humidifier will be in the form of a abstract pebble with a small sunken part to hold a piece of moss. The moss will indicate the humidity of the environment and encourage users to turn on the humidifier. Then, the inner structure is also figured out with more detailed drawings.
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Prototype
The prototypes were hand-built with clay. Full-size to show the scale and intended effect of the form. The humidifier is designed to have subtle curves and surfaces that generate a feel of serene and peace.
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Digital Model
After testing with the prototypes, the detailed model and tachpack is made with Solidworks. All inner structure and components are figured out and the manufacture aspect is considered.
