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Sensory Box

A 3D-modeled electronics enclosure that went into full production: a small router and smart-lights hub living inside one quiet object, with the company logo doing double duty as the illuminated power button.

Role
3D design of the enclosure, from concept through production files
Domain
Industrial design · Consumer electronics
Methods
Brainstorming sessions, usability testing across the design process
Tools
Autodesk Fusion 360, 3D modeling
Status
Full production
Outcome
Shipped to full production
Exploded 3D view of the Sensory Box showing lid, internal electronics tray, and base
Exploded view: router and smart-lights hub stacked into one enclosure.
Assembled Sensory Box render showing ports and ventilation
The assembled unit: ventilation-ready so the devices never overheat.
Problem

Two devices, one object, zero fuss

Home-tech hardware multiplies: a router here, a hub there, cables everywhere. The brief was an enclosure to contain a small router and a smart-lights hub as a single product, presentable enough for a shelf, practical enough for production.

Design

The logo is the button

Two decisions carried the design. First, the company logo sits in the middle of the box, and I designed it as the on/off button with background light, making the brand mark the single point of interaction. Second, the housing is ventilation-ready, so the stacked devices don’t heat up inside their shared shell.

  • One interaction: press the glowing logo; everything else is invisible.
  • Thermal honesty: airflow designed in from the first sketch, not drilled in later.
  • Production reality: every wall, boss, and tolerance modeled for manufacturing.
Brainstorming Usability testing 3D modeling Design for manufacture
Usability and simplicity were addressed in the whole design process. Then the factory said yes.
from prototype to production
Outcome

Shipped, for real

The design was accomplished through a set of brainstorming sessions and usability testing, and the result went on full production. For a designer, there is no better usability test than thousands of units leaving a factory and quietly working on people’s shelves.