Smart Hydro 非接触型ウォーターディスペンサー by Tive Creative Collective

Smart Hydro 非接触型ウォーターディスペンサー by Tive Creative Collective is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅賞 in ホスピタリティ・レストラン・ケータリング製品デザイン Competition Category.

銅ホスピタリティ製品· 2021

Smart Hydro 非接触型ウォーターディスペンサー

by Tive Creative Collective

Client: Manakin Inc.

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in ホスピタリティ製品 Category

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The Design

About Smart Hydro 非接触型ウォーターディスペンサー

Smart Hydroは、オフィスやジムなどの共用空間向けに設計された非接触型ウォーターディスペンサーです。側面パネルに搭載された赤外線センサーが、ユーザーの手とカウンターに置かれた容器を検知します。水は自動的に注がれ、容器を持ち上げると給水が停止するため、身体的な接触が軽減されます。本体とアーチ部分はプラスチック射出成形により製造され、内部の支持部品の大半はアルミニウム板を曲げ加工して形成されています。ディスペンサーの寸法は高さ140cm、幅36cm、奥行40cmです。その造形は複数の角度からアプローチできる形状となっています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Smart Hydro 非接触型ウォーターディスペンサーは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Smart Hydro 非接触型ウォーターディスペンサーは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Smart Hydro 非接触型ウォーターディスペンサーは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Smart Hydro is a smart water dispenser focusing on hygienic concerns in common areas. Due to the outbreak of the pandemic, there have been increased hygiene concerns. The design provides a touch-free solution by utilizing infrared sensors. The automatic filling also reduces contact for a more sanitized and ergonomic experience. The modern design, combined with innovative technology, makes Smart Hydro an essential product for offices, gyms and any other common area.
Dimensions & Packaging: Product height is 140 cm. Width is 36 cm. Depth is 40 cm.
Tags: product design, smart design, smart technology, design for covid, water dispensor, accessible design
Production Technology: The primary production technique for Smart Hydro is plastic injection due to its benefits in complex design allowances, reduced weight, and enhanced material strength. So the manufacturing technique for shell parts, including the main body and arc, is chosen as plastic injection. Within the plastic casing, most support parts are bent out of an aluminum sheet.
Design Challenge: Water dispensers are very conventional in terms of production technologies. The main creative challenge was to offer a new form-factor to a widely adopted component layout. However, the restrictions of internal components were influential in shaping the form. Another challenge was regarding user behavior. Smart Hydro offers a new interaction pattern, so users need to learn and get accustomed to the new practice. To overcome this problem, tests were carried out using paper prototypes.
Research: The research started with shadowing and observing user scenarios to understand the products social context. Water dispensers acted as spots for socializing and cooling off. Due to this, Hydro Smart is approachable from several angles and is a conversation starter. Literature research on interaction design helped with gestural design. Several examples and guidelines were investigated. Finally, photo collages were prepared in terms of space layout and interior design to position Hydro Smart.
Inspiration: Covid-19 demands us to make changes in our daily lives, along with the products we use. In common areas, water dispensers are contacted by numerous people throughout the day, posing a threat to public health. By benefiting technological innovations, it is possible to bring people together without risking their health. Smart Hydro is a step forward to designing products for public health. Smart Hydro offers a unique design emphasizing ergonomics and hygiene, highlighting itself among the many other conventional water dispensers we encounter.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2020 in Ankara and finished in January 2021 in Ankara.
Operation Flow: The product interaction starts when the user places a container on a predetermined area on Smart Hydro's counter. Sensors on the side panels perceive the hand's motion and the container's presence on the counter. Once these two variables are confirmed, water starts to flow. The dispensation resumes until the user leans to pick up the container. Once the sensors perceive a motion, water flow is interrupted. This interaction aims to minimize physical contact and thus increase hygiene level.
Team Members: Designer: Eniscan Bubik
Designer: Furkan Efe Dikmen
Designer: Pelin Bilgin