Thursday, January 18, 2007






Selection of colors in consideration of target users and functionality
This radio is meant to realize functionality during a disaster with its easy-to-use home radio functions. With homemakers preparing survival kits the targeted users, white, orange, and silver were selected as the bright and distinctive colors as a feature of its emergency preparedness, and for it to stand out in case of a disaster.
Recharging handle design
To be able to carry the radio easily in case of a disaster, the body must be as compact as possible. Moreover, this radio has many functions that have previously been unavailable on radios of this type, such as a penlight and cell phone recharging function. The main issue involved in implementing functions on the recharger handle was the handle's design. If it were too short, people would have difficulty turning it. Therefore, the handle had to be of a certain length. Placing the handle on the back at an angle could have achieved the necessary length, but such a design would not have been able to convey the very essence of this radio, that of being a rechargeable emergency radio. Finally, we decided to place the handle on the front in a hook shape to ensure sufficient length and avoid interference with other functions.
Pursuit of ease of use by clarifying functions
This radio was aimed at improving ease of use by clearly dividing the function key positions: radio functions are on the front; the penlight and spot light are on the top and side, respectively. In addition, the radio and light part are divided, and the entire body consists of two colors, which not only improve design quality but also clarify function. Our goal in this design project was to make this radio compact yet very easy to use.

另外一个为遥控器,一个抱怨最多的东西,apple在发布New iMac G5的时候,也发布了apple遥控器,和iphone发布会上一样,jobs列出了一大堆其他排列很多按键的东西发问,我们需要这么多东西吗?但目前的主流遥控器仍然是这样子,而不是简单到apple遥控器,决定一个产品有很多很多的原因,并不是所有不是apple样子的东西,多按键的都是一幅德行的。
这个BRAVIA遥控器减少了按键并做到了易用,对按键的优先权作了分析,将大个的音量控制键放到最下面,用颜色和按键的形状区分不同功能的按键,将需要复杂操作的安置在最上面,按键和基体都使用黑色使其融为一体。由于这不是一个多用的遥控,它只能控制BRAVIA电视机,所以把频道键做大并放在中间,不断尝试将尺寸做到最佳。