Creativity and innovation workshop with design school about the future of robotic.

The crealab workshop brings together during 3 days students from the design school ISD and the animation school Supinfocom both located in Valenciennes.
The goal of this workshop was to envision the future of robotic and what it could bring to company like Apple, Sony and Lego.

Design team:
Perrenot Jules, Taisne Clément, Fernandez Aurelin, Flandrin Mélanie, Gosset Valentin, Naline Pierre antoine, Beauduffe Héloise, Belhout Isaas, Bernard Jean-Charles, Coudron Marie, Coudronn Marie, Presse Maxime.

The IDrone is a concept of smart personal robot which could replace in a soon future the smart-phones. The project introduces a tangible vision of what could apple do in response to the Google glasses.
The drone behave like a discreet personal satellite flowing and assisting its user all day long thanks to the different functions and possible applications(video, projection, phone call, guiding, gaming ...)


Legobot is a robot that collects, tidy and stores the Lego briks in the room.
The design of the robot is iconic and looks like a big briks of Lego with an emotional face and a big mouse treadmill which swallow the bricks. When the robot is full of bricks, an small helicoptered module take off and bring back the Legos back into their storage box.

Butterfly is a concept of robot for home. It can be used both for surveillance but also for entertaining.
During the surveillance mode, the butterfly are discreetly positioned at home and film what ever happen during you are not there.
With the entertainment mode, the robots can react to music and create light effects and choreography according to the beat.

Plastic sandals branding and product design for the African market.

Plastic sandals such as the "jelly fish" shoes we all wore in our childhood are very popular shoes in Africa. They are cheap, resistant, ventilated and can be used for many occasions, such as playing soccer but also going to work or going out.

For the occasion of the football World Cup an African manufacturer asked us to design a new brand associated to 2 models of plastic shoes.
The Panam is the first masculine model of the Zebra brand.
Its honeycomb pattern reminds of the football mesh and football pattern. The EVA sole is comfortable and can be easily removed for cleaning.

Design team: Rémi Bigot, Francois Xavier Loucheur

Ethanol fireplace design using cartridge and inspired from nature.

Ignisial is a French brand developing secure and innovative ethanol fireplaces for indoor use. 
The concept allows to use capsules of ethanol gel instead of a tank of liquid for a safer and simpler use.
Volcano is the ethanol burner which is placed at the hearth of the fireplace. Made out of laser-cut metal sheeting, the product looks very clean-cut and technological but has at the same time a warm, inviting and homely feel due to its volcano shape and irregular pattern of holes.
The discreet and secure interface reveals the hi-tech aspect of the product. 
The product is a hybrid combining emotion and quality through fire and technology.

Project completed as partner at Kix studio Berlin

Design language study for HP scientist and economic calculators.

The abacus design language study was made up for integrated design element that:
-Unify HP’s calculator family through consistency in ID and UI. 
-Distinguish between technical and financial category elements.
-Accommodate Learner and Doer target needs.

One focus of the project was to convey a hierarchy of design elements to the user.
The primary element of the selected language is the continuous structural frame with visible material thickness. This element creates a robust surrounding frame relating to HP’s heritage of quality and reliability.
Light and dark shades of gray, orange, and blue, offer the best clarity for nomenclature and enhances the calculator’s tool-like aesthetic.
Low reflectivity finishes on math key / palette surfaces ensure legibility.

Project completed at frog design San Francisco

Innovative video game concept range. Diploma work.

Even if Games and software have developed a lot the last few years, it was not the case a few years ago, and before the Nintendo Wii , game pads and joysticks were still very traditional.

Game lab is a range of innovative design ideas in 2004 which illustrate what could be the near future of video game accessories for the Packard Bell Brand:
-N-gone is a multifunction keyboard to share for playing video games with friends. It is a multifunction and friendly device ideal for different scenarios and video games experiences. It can be used as a traditional keyboard and it can be shared in 4 pads or 8 mini pads. 
The keys are made of digital touch screens that display different icons according to the configuration.
- Big pad is a large carpet - joystick. It is a multi user interface which enables to play together, games that are usually designed for single users.