Rune, a modular smart table, sets the new standard of productivity in a hybrid working environment. Accompanying table modules with its unique features fits seamlessly into Runes table socket, allowing a harmonious system and experience.
Capabilities
UIUX Experience Rendering
Team
Mok Zijie
This Project was Awarded
Red Dot Concept Award 2022
Brief
Understanding product innovation and the process of designing a well-differentiated product.
Challenge
Home base working culture has brought new challenges to daily life, as work life blends with personal aspirations. What if work life balance can be enhanced through home devices?
Solution
Modular smart table declutters your desk space by embedding and harmonizing devices into the table. Providing an enhanced experience with set up changes with a tap of a button.
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Discovery Phase
Trajectory and signals
Research aided speculation of future trends and opportunities.
Benchmarking
Analysis of the pros and cons of current and oncoming products.
User Research
User experiences and expert insights through interviews and observations.
Research aided speculation of future trends and opportunities.
Analysis of the pros and cons of current and oncoming products.
User experiences and expert insights through interviews and observations.
Observation
Current users desk set up.
User Scenario
Montage images to create a user scenario to understand what is needed
Problem Statement
What if the desk create a organized condition that separates work and play?
- Organized
- Modular
- Easy to use
Here are some design iterations
Table Design
How does the table look like?
Components Design
What components would the table have and how does it look like?
Socket Design
How are the sockets presented on the table and how would they look like?
Here is the final outcome
Rune Modular Smart Table
Modular smart table declutters your desk space by embedding and harmonizing devices into the table. Providing an enhanced experience with set up changes with a tap of a button.
Table Design - Optical Illusion
Slant design allows the disappearance of thickness when seen from certain angles.
Modules
Modules
Interchangeable and unified connectivity of modules allows specific users set ups from needs.
- Interchangeable Modules.
- Flush modules create seamless table top.
- Harmonizing connected modules for one tap experience.
Sockets
Magnet designed sockets allows the attachment and detachment of modules using repulsion and attraction.
Controller
Controller
Detecting connected modules allows one tap control and preset changes.
Unlimited Possibilities
Collaborations
Possibilities become endless when experts and innovators create modules for different purposes.
Website
Homepage
Instructions and features allows easy onboarding of users to the table.
Customize
Set up, plan and purchase the modules you need from a single webpage.
Configure
Control presets and modules from your phone or your controller module.
Awards - Red Dot 2022
Reflection
- Ability to create trailers that enhance the presentation and understanding of project using CAD and narrations.
- Enhance understanding of user experiences and benchmarking to aid in the design process.
- Refined creative direction of design and visualization, influenced by market research.
