Radio design for Festool Users

[GreenGA]

This came across the transom overnight and I thought I would share.  It's very interesting.  To quote the first paragraph:

A radio for Festool users
The goal of this project was to understand the influence brands have on the user-centered design process. Students were assigned random brands to design a specific object for. In my case, I was assigned to design a radio for Festool, a powertool brand. In the beginning, it was hard to picture how this challenge could be relevant, but the end result made a lot of sense, since construction workers have very specific requirements and demands when it comes to consuming audio and entertainment

http://www.lucasn.com/festool-radio

 

[RC]

Intresting concept and if you could remote control it through your smartphone like a Sonos, have good beefy sound, multichannel radio (DAB, XM, FM, AM), autonomous 4G networking for streaming and Syslite like drop protection case it would be a winner. not sure about the walkie-talkie functionality.

 

[mrboult]

Ha!  I like it. well done that man.

I agree it would need a syslite level of ruggedness before I bought it.  And the ability to use our cordless festool batteries would be awesome too.

 

[jonny round boy]

I like it too! Great design. Not sure about the turning/sliding knob though - that would get broken off in no time on site!

 

[RC]

Good catch JRB - I would assume the slot would get full of dust and grit in no-time flat and any other twisting/moving parts not under dust covers would suffer the same in a little bit more. And I like the C/T style battery option.

 

[leakyroof]

Very cool to see the design process for this person at work though.  [thumbs up]