Rear Panel Organization

The front of this device had been redesigned by the industrial design team at Karten Design, however the layout for the back remained disorganized, and tooling had already been produced. I was asked to ensure the rear end was given proper consideration from a design perspective, and create a set of guidelines to correct any issues.

Issues with the original design included inconsistency in metal grain direction, inconsistency in fastener material and finish, confusing labeling scheme, unlabeled or not clearly labeled connectors and warning labels placed haphazardly and far from associated connector.

I first took a screenshot of the rear panel and made all necessary changes in photoshop. I opted to use a new labelling strategy to help streamline the ceremony of hooking and unhooking connections from the rear panel. In addition to this, I proposed that all fasteners used be of the same material and colour, and that the grain direction be unified to aid in the approachability of the device. I also proposed that new rear handles be designed that would fit the size of the old handles, yet fall within the design language of the overall device.

Apart from the censored logo, this is the image that I produced using keyshot. Because of the high number of parts, the finishes on some parts rendered differently from the specification. I fixed these issues in photoshop.