Sensory Box
A 3D-modeled electronics enclosure that went into full production: a small router and a smart-lights hub living inside one quiet object, with the company logo doing double duty as the illuminated power button.
- What we did
- 3D design of the enclosure, concept through production files
- Tech
- Autodesk Fusion 360 · design for manufacture
- Methods
- Brainstorming sessions, usability testing through the design process
- Status
- Full production
- Outcome
- Thousands of units shipped
Two devices, one object, zero fuss
Home-tech hardware multiplies: a router here, a hub there, cables everywhere. The brief was an enclosure to hold a small router and a smart-lights hub as a single product, presentable enough for a shelf and practical enough for a factory.
The logo is the button
Two decisions carried the design. The company logo sits in the middle of the box and is the on/off button, backlit, making the brand mark the single point of interaction. And the housing is ventilation-ready from the first sketch, so the stacked devices don't cook inside their shared shell.
- One interaction: press the glowing logo; everything else is invisible.
- Thermal honesty: airflow designed in, not drilled in later.
- Production reality: every wall, boss and tolerance modeled for manufacturing.
Usability and simplicity were addressed in the whole design process. Then the factory said yes.
from prototype to production
Shipped, for real
The design went to full production. There is no better usability test than thousands of units leaving a factory and quietly working on people's shelves.
