TOW - Universal Interface.

An Innovation Design program to lead and design a new ‘thermostat’, the TOW became a universal HMI for interacting with KATERRA Buildings. TOW, was short for "Thing on a Wall"

An Innovation Design program to lead and design a new ‘thermostat’, the TOW became a universal HMI for interacting with KATERRA Buildings. TOW, was short for "Thing on a Wall"

An Innovation Design program to lead and design a new ‘thermostat’, the TOW became a universal HMI for interacting with KATERRA Buildings. TOW, was short for "Thing on a Wall"

Scope

Designer Leadership / HMI + ID

Designer Leadership / HMI + ID

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Project

KATERRA

KATERRA

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Role

Director of Product Design

Director of Product Design

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Year

2018-2021

2018-2021

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Challenge

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Challenge

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Challenge

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Problems / Challenges

How might we control Comfort within a living environment? As a part of the KOVA Intelligent HVAC I was tasked with creating an Innovation Design program to lead the initiative to design a new ‘Thermostat’. 

I oversaw both the Design Innovation & Design Elaboration programs for the ‘TOW’. I worked closely with my ID counterpart and my design team to create the foundational vision of this product. Once we finalized the innovation, we moved into Design Elaboration to specify the product.



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Design Direction

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Design Direction

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Design Direction

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Designing a Universal Interface

Creating a framework for design was essential to manage the vision, industrial design, and digital product design. Creating concepts and aligning goals keeps everyone aligned.

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Vision

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Vision

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Vision

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