AirCube

This design aim to incorporate all the details into the design, rather than simply putting a few LED:s in place just because you need them. It follows Dieter Rams ten principles of good design; 1. It is innovative for the market in with its incorporation of all the details in the design. 2. It is useful. 3. It is Aesthetic - More on this further down. 4. It is very user friendly, almost impossible to misunderstand. 5. It is unobtrusive in that it does not take over a room, it can blend in. Yet if it is seen it will be a delight when spotted. 6. It is honest, it tells you exactly what it does, nothing more, nothing less. 7. It is long lasting with its simple and durable design. 8. It is thorough down to the last detail. 9. It is environmentally friendly because of its simple manufacturing and long lasting. 10. It is as little design as possible. Aesthetics; - It displays prototypicality, this is without doubt a shape that has seen before. - It displays MAYA - Most advanced yet acceptable, the details with big led lights are quite unusual for a product like this, yet it is acceptable because it is prototypical. - It displays familiarity in that it is a cube. -It displays unity in variety, with variety of the symbols, yet similar form language. Contrast - Rythm -Balance - Proportion Contrast: The shape of a cube has natural contrast from tone coming from how the light hits the cube. The exterior also displays contrast through the circle displayed in the on, of button and part circles of the WiFi symbol. Rythm: A cube naturally has rhythm. Balance: With the added contrast of the symbols and the natural rhythm of a cube the exterior displays Balance. The proportions are 40 x 40 x 40 which are quite suitable for the application. Making the cube bigger would not fit if it were to sit on a wall. How it fits with Airpatrol's brand: This product fits within the brand because it is as simple as it gets and very user friendly. It's the kind of product that you put on your wall,