Switch On Design
GEWISS and Desall invite you to design a new product for the home domotics system, proposing two new cover plates and two new switch buttons.
GEWISS is an international leader in the production of systems and components for low voltage electrical installations. Continual investments in research and development, training for all personnel and expansion of production facilities have enabled GEWISS to become a key player on the market manufacturing solutions for domotics, power distribution as well as urban, street, industrial and emergency lighting: besides its home and building automation and video communication systems, the GEWISS catalogue includes protection and electric vehicles charging systems.
GEWISS now supplies an integrated electrical system comprising more than 20,000 products, to cater for all needs of the electrotechnical market in the residential, industrial and commercial sectors.
GEWISS relies on the international community of designers for the design of two cover plates and of two switch buttons, with a special attention to style and with a great aesthetic value. It is of the utmost importance that switch buttons and cover plates share an aesthetic and stylistic affinity, as the switch buttons might be used with both cover plates.
For the correct realisation of your proposals, keep into consideration the following guidelines:
COVER PLATES
You are invited to propose a new design for two domestic cover plates (i.e. not for industrial use), each hosting three button-modules (i.e. switches) and at the same time perform an important aesthetic function.
Cover plate versions: the plates you suggest shall be available in two versions, characterised by two different styles and customer targets: a cover plate inspired by the Top system model and a new squared cover plate.
1) Version inspired by the Top system model
You are invited to suggest a new cover plate inspired by the current Top system model (see Material files), maintaining the classical style and suggesting an always current design.
2) Squared cover plate version
The second version of cover plate you are invited to design shall represent a totally new product, that may aesthetically distinguish itself from the other cover plates available on the market. In order to create an innovative product, you are free to explore modern shapes and languages, in line with the most current aesthetic trends.
SWITCH BUTTONS
You are also invited to suggest the design of two switch buttons, compatible for size and style with the cover plates you design and that keep into consideration also the possibility to be used with the current line of wall-mounting enclosures (see catalogue attached in the Material files).
Button versions: you are invited to design two new buttons for domestic use (i.e. not industrial), with different style and customer target.
1) Button with circular recess: the first button you design shall be inspired by the current System command model (see Material files), characterised by the presence of two frontal circle recesses in correspondence of the pressure points of the switch button.
2) Button with decoration: the second button you design shall be characterised by a decorative element placed in correspondence of the pressure point of the switch button. This decorative element shall allow the user to intuitively identify the pressure point of the switch button.
Award
1st: €4000
Deadline: 17 December 2018