ACUUM

Vacuum Cleaner

Product Design

14 week project

ACUUM is a minimalist cordless vacuum that maintains your home clean every day. Its sculpture-like design encourages users to keep it out of the closet and display it in their living spaces. This keeps it ready for quick cleaning, as a constant visual nudge encouraging users to take small steps towards a healthy lifestyle.

USER INTERVIEW

Conducted interviews with 8 Gen-Y professionals living in an urban area 

Upon interviewing eight Generation Y professionals living in the city, I discovered that they all tend to put off floor cleaning. They think they need to clean more often, but they can’t do it due to their busy lifestyle.

KEY FACTS

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Target users tend to procrastinate floor cleaning because they worry about the time they need to commit. Their floor cleaning tool should minimize this psychological barrier.

MARKET RESEARCH

Majority of vacuum cleaners in the market are designed for traditional houses

Most of the vacuum cleaners in the market are designed for typical large American houses. They do not match with the target users' small living spaces. They complain about these big, heavy, and over-powered bodies but they use them due to a lack of alternatives.

USER PERSONA

A user persona was created to build a clearer image of the users. The persona represented the results of the research and user interviews.

CONCEPT IDEATION

How can we improve the vacuuming experience so that users will not put off floor cleaning?

PRODUCT STUDY

Take apart: Learning about Vacuum Cleaners

I took apart an existing vacuum cleaner to learn about the mechanics within before starting to style the design.

QUICK MOCKUP

Explore styling, usability, and engineering

Starting quick sketches with small scale mockups, then moving to actual size models to check usability and inner mechanism.

Test the size with a full scale model

Design mechanical package

Design both inside and outside mechanism for fitting the every component work.

3D Rendering and finalize the style

Using Solidworks to render the final design.

COLORS

Earth tones that match with your home decor

The colors are picked to fit with users’ living space. The selection offers you enjoyment selecting colors as you do for your furniture.

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