The Concept Validation of
A Communicative Oven Door
for Saint-Gobain
Master's Thesis
2018/02/05-2018/05/31
Introduction
The R&D Centre of Chantereine (CRDC) is one of the seven major Saint-Gobain research centres. And their main research areas are related to the development of professional glass in general.
Oven is one of the most commonly used kitchen appliances in daily lives, and the way how it can be interacting with people is evolving and developing gradually.
Oven door is an important subject for the company and technologies involved has already become more and more innovative. Nevertheless, this implementation of new technologies is not always user friendly or ergonomic. In this case, it is necessary to analyse and identify user behaviours when using ovens, in order to associate those behaviours with new technologies and materials, and to apply those technologies to the new design concepts.
Emphasize & Define
The research questions are summarised as follows:
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What are the oven users’ behaviours and how do they wish to interact with their ovens?
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How can we make the best use of the potentials of the glass material, in order to add more value to it for the glass manufacturers?
FUNCTION DEMONSTRATION
Prototype & Exhibition
The final physical model was a full-scale demonstration of the overview. The transparent parts were made of PMMA and shaped by laser-cutting. And the result was exhibited on Jönköping University's Exjobbmässan.
