Smart Speaker for Plus Minus Zero (Concept)

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Ai Concept Smart Speaker for Plus Minus Zero

Ai means love in japanese language. In english, AI stands for artificial intelligence. This is an individual study of how an AI product should be designed based on human-like communications that comes from warm sympathy between each individuals. I was inspired from simple

yet warm designs of plus minus zero in the beginning of this project. The project focuses on shifting the AI to human communication to human to human communications through form proposal.

Inspired from the Movie 'Her'

From the movie 'Her' Theodore and Samantha communicates very deeply, showing the possibilities of sympathy between man and machine. This was very inspiring and I thought the communication between an AI and human should be in this kind of way. I tried to

find some link to make the communication flow in a very human-like way.

Metaphor : Cup

For centuries a cup has always been in the center of communication. In our daily lives, we drink coffee, go for a glass of beer to talk and share our emotions with each other. Also the cup acted as a communication device for every children, which most people sympathy in the memories of their childhood. I took motive from the essence of a cup as a communication between human individuals.

Shape Study on Plus Minus Zero

Plus Minus Zero's design focuses on human nature and how a product should be used in our daily lives. I focused on the proportions and the design languages that come from the simplicity of the design and tried to blend them in to my own.

Designed with Simplicity

For me it was a big challenge to refine a paper cup shape product with details. While finding proportions of the whole product and seeking for the components I could add details to, I found the simplicity for this project.

Easy Volume Control

The Ai was designed with a volume jog dial at its bottom for easy control, With in the simple design language i wanted to make some difference through pattern surfaces that smoothly fades away like a gradient.

Concave Designs

To maximize the traits of a cup, the product was designed in a concave shape. Also, the concave keeps the sound in direction, and at the same time, the mic can catch exact orders from the user. The indicator interacts with the user when a command is input.

Expanding Metaphor : Cup Sleeve

To maximize the essence traits of the cup, I designed an accessory which took metaphor from a cup sleeve. The cup sleeve accessory can give expansion for the usage of the product.

Slip on, Lay down, Take anywhere

The sleeve design provide variety of user scenarios, which prevents Ai from rolling and at the same time, you can carry Ai easily with the translucent straps.