The Making of the Knopkus universal remote

Overview   Packaging   Process   Hi Res  

Looking for associations. Thinking of metaphors. Drawing sketches.

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A bit too straightforward. Simplifying the design and bringing it closer to what’s going to be inside.

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Breaking up into separate parts. Finding the best shape of the housing.

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Strap eyelet options.

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Growing the first prototypes.

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What if we make the button look like a small TV screen?

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Well, a bit smaller and more like a screen icon.

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And add the dead eyes.

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Trying to make the case assemble from a single rubber part.

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Maybe red? Nope.

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So what’s it going to be made of?

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The first production sample.

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Making some adjustments. Moving the button. Making the eyelet stronger.

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Placing our logo. Receiving the production sample. Adjusting the position of the logo.

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Choosing textures.

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Packaging

Time to work on packaging. Piling up the ideas.

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Art director: Nope.

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Art director: Not bad, it can be something.

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Suddenly the layout changes.

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Art director: The graveyard looks out of place.

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Art director: OK.

Six months go by, the concept changes together with the layout: we decide to put the device into a cradle made of corrugated paper in a cardboard box. Remixing.

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Making samples of the cradle.

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LeFutur wants to have their logo on the packaging.

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And on the front.

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Half a year later, the killer remote is packaged.


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