Ironaire: Next generation ironing steam generator

Ironaire: Next generation ironing steam generator

Sagoo, K.

Van Heur, R.J.H.G. (mentor)
Van Egmond, R. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

Master of Science Integrated Product Design

2010-12-10

This report describes the Graduation project implemented at Industrial Design and Engineering faculty of Delft University of Technology. The project was executed at Royal Philips Electronics, Amsterdam. The project dealt with the dilemmas of ironing faced by the users, especially using Ironing steam generators. The goal of the project was to design innovative Ironing steam generator for the year 2013. The target group assigned for this project were females aged between 25~35 with families. An assortment of methods were used to identify the user needs and gather in-depth insights into the usage of Ironing steam generators, for example: Observations, Home placements, Interviews and questionnaire. The research concluded that the users desire to have simplicity in their product and the associated functions. The water tank and cord/hose storage posed the biggest problems, technology was the last factor the users were interested in improving upon. The proposed solution Ironaire solves many of the dilemmas faced by the user. The main proposition is to convert the complete surface of the ironing steam generator into a water tank. This gives users the benefit of longest ironing time between re-fills and 360 degree view of the water level while ironing. The surface is also utilized to store the hose thereby improving the efficiency of the total volume. The iron design is very sleek , dynamic and is designed to give perception of speed. All the controls for steam and temperature control are on the nose of the iron along with LCD (dashboard/cockpit). This gives user improved control and feedback of the functions of the steam generator. The product was tested for various fundamental design elements and found to be very appealing, modern which could stand out in the shelves. The base was appreciated more relative to the iron, the iron was considered too smooth and sleek to remove the tough wrinkles.

iron design

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:85a65ff5-6caf-45df-8d57-46ddb3524e74

2012-12-10

Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c)2010 Sagoo, K.