Summary

Co-Designer for Diffuser & Massage Gun Form Development, User Testing, and CMF.

Deliverables

Physical Prototype & Renders.

Fully functional lamp, posters & brochure.

Timeline

3 weeks.

3 weeks.

WHAT IS RHEO?

As wellness becomes part of the home, its tools can no longer feel clinical. Rheo reimagines health tools through the language of furniture, creating objects destined to belong.

Criteria.

FAMILIAR

FAMILIAR

Familiar forms build trust

TACTILE

Cues that guide use

INVITING

INVITING

Encourages touch

WARM

Comfort expressed through form and material

Comfort expressed through form and material

Concept Ideation

PROTOTYPING

The swirl shape provided tactile interaction, essential for relaxation.

Much like Graves, I wanted to include color blocking, and assign each color to a meaning. The blue was on parts where you could visibly see the wire/where electricity flowed through. The coral was to indicate that the arm folds in, and the ivory was so that the other two colors could pop.

DISCOVERY

During explorations for a kettle bell, one shape stood out. The taper drew the tip to the body while the large, indented base left space for the hand.

Much like Graves, I wanted to include color blocking, and assign each color to a meaning. The blue was on parts where you could visibly see the wire/where electricity flowed through. The coral was to indicate that the arm folds in, and the ivory was so that the other two colors could pop.

Concept Ideation

PROTOTYPING

User testing revealed smaller forms improved control and comfort, especially for women.

Much like Graves, I wanted to include color blocking, and assign each color to a meaning. The blue was on parts where you could visibly see the wire/where electricity flowed through. The coral was to indicate that the arm folds in, and the ivory was so that the other two colors could pop.

Color Guides Perception

Color Guides Perception

Furniture-inspired tones and materials softened the clinical feel, making the massage gun more approachable.

To support the weight of the moving hand, I decided to use a torque hinge. I cut the wire of the light puck I was using, put it through the structure, then soldered the two pieces back together.

Health is personal. The tools that shape it should be too.

Health is personal. The tools that shape it should be too.

Casio.

A breakdown of the Casio A16WA-1.

Recorded.

A microphone you wear like jewelry.

Let's connect and create together.

Let's connect and create together.

Let's connect and create together.