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Back to listThe challengeTechnissimo - a technological design, engineering and marketing company - worked in close co-operation with MAXIMALdesign for the ideation, design and development of Multimo Workspace, the first high-end 'dreamware' product under the new Technissimo brand name."We spend more time at our desk than in our car, yet our car is far better adapted to life in these modern times. A car has all possible technologies and modern conveniences integrated in its design, a desk is still little more than a work surface and four legs," says Ben Jans, founder and CEO of Technissimo. The challenge of Multimo Workspace was to design a brave new, 21st-century workspace with fully integrated information-, communication- and multimedia technology. In our home, as well as our work environment, we are now using countless new technologies on a daily basis. It was our challenge to integrate these new technologies into a easy-to-use and user-centric solution in order to enhance the consumer's productivity, entertainment value and overall experience. The processThe development of Multimo Workspace was a trully collaborative project, involving industrial designers, brand strategists, mechanical engineers and user interface designers. We worked closely together for both the hardware as well as the software development.The process included: analysis and requirement definition, human engineering and ergonomics, system design, product ideation, design and development, models and mock-up, mechanical engineering, user interface design, prototypes, brand identity and marketing collateral, market introduction. Design & BenefitsMultimo Workspace offers the ultimate combination of design and technology, aesthetics and efficiency, style and digital proficiency. The system and product is designed with adaptability and expandability in mind, aiming to provide a scalable solution. The Multimo Workspace can include: a touch screen to manage and control the system, a special compartment housing a universal connector panel that can store and connect different peripherals, a powerful PC, a server, DVD player and writer, 21" LCD monitor and 24" LCD TV monitor (mounted on electrical lifts), digital hard disk recorder, amplifier, speakers, web cam, omni-directional microphone, and a lot more...The CCU's (central computing unit) frame, an industry standard 19" rack, is the heart of the system. The concept of a 19" rack in a CCU is a worldwide patent. The CCU-unit is equipped with a sound protective coating which neutralizes the noise produced by the computer ventilators. Built-in sensors measure incoming and outgoing air temperature. More technological features and functionalities do not translate automatically into better products. To the consumer, many of those features serve no purpose at all. With that in mind we've filtered technologies based on surveys with focus groups. Technologies were evaluated, selected and rejected. That way, we developed a higher level of 'synthesis' in customer experience. Exhibitions & AwardsMultimo Workspace was launched at Interieur 2002 Biënnale, Kortrijk, Belgium.Multimo Workspace has been selected for the iF Design Awards in 2003. |
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