...XYZ thought / innovation

Client: Intertel

Product: VOIP Phone

2007

The VOIP phone was developed as a next generation mid-range Voice-over-IP telephone. Before any design or engineering work began, XYZ worked closely with the clients marketing and design department to identify previous product successes and any other legacy opportunities or constraints. This quantitative approach helped to direct the industrial design phase and ensure the client continued to satisfy existing clients whilst being able to explore new markets.

Client: Alcatel Lucent

Project: DECT phone

2007

The DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) phone is for office and home use. XYZ worked intimately with Acoustic, Radio Frequency and Electronic engineer to provide the Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering for the product. An intensive process which required the design to meet stringent quality standards and ensure the product has a lifespan of between five and seven years. From a brand perspective the product was required to compliment the clients latest product range and to reinvent the desktop phone by drawing a parallel between cell phone shapes and symbols.

Client: Sagem

Project: VOIP phone

2006

The above VOIP is a fixed telephone set connected by a radio interface to a GSM network. It supports mainly voice and SMS services. For the user, the offered services are similar to those of a telephone set connected to the PSTN by a wired connection. Furthermore, additional services are available thanks to the connection to a GSM network. In the event of power failure, a rechargeable lithium battery and alkaline options is readily available.

Client: QEO

Project: Wassabi cellphone

2004

On a South African scale, the design and production of a commercial cell phone from firmware to hardware is a first. Product specific, the Q500's unique selling point is that software - ranging from banking and news to financial information and movie schedules - can be added to the phone, thus catering for specific niches which the larger cell phone manufactures do not provide.

...XYZ Mitel VOIP phone

Client: Mitel

Project: VOIP Phone

2006

The above product was designed as an entry level low cost VOIP phone which would compliment the clients existing product range. Low cost manufacturing processes need not make a product look cheap if designed in a sensible manner e.g. fine attention to split lines detailing, avoiding sliding cores, single component keypads.

...XYZ Nicon ndlovukazi encryption cellphone

Client: Nicon

Project: Ndlovukazi encryption cellphone

2004

The Ndlovukazi (Xhosa translation: Female Elephant) is an encryption phone designed for short run production specifically for South African Parliamentarians on business trips outside the countries borders. Communication between Ndlovukazi phones is encrypted via a flash cards plugged in at the rear of the product. The relevant decryption "keys" are held by the South Africa government rather than a cell phone provider which can pose a security risk. From an Industrial Design perspective, it was important the phone look ‘neutral’ in colour and style to avoid generating unwanted attention.

...XYZ Flextronics VOIP phone

Client: Flextronics

Project: VOIP phone

2006

The ODM VoIP phone is part of a product family which provides a low cost mechanical and electrical design solution upon which several IP phone products are built. Using a common enclosure these phones range from the most basic IP phone with no display and a restricted feature set to a phones with a graphical display and an extensive feature set.

...XYZ QEO Evoint cellphone

Client: QEO

Product: Evoint cellphone

2004

The above phone is designed for the high-end of the market cell phone consumer. Extensive material and manufacturing research allowed the minimalist design to function within a rugged environmental specification. The phone, measuring 46mm x 116mm x 15mm, is cored from an ingot of stainless steel which is then hand polished. The lens and keypad flow into each other, which is made possible by utilizing a sapphire glass material

...XYZ Marsword bluetooth GSM modem

Client: Marsword

project: Bluetooth GSM modem

2004

The above GSM modem is designed for mobile computing and more specifically the need to be connected to the internet. The design is such that the unit is separate from the computer and can reside in a users pocket or remote brief case

...XYZ Informal taxi phone

Client: Consortium

Project: Informal taxi phone

2001

Mobile communication is becoming a standard throughout the world, however in many countries the required hardware is unaffordable. The Taxi phone helps alleviate this problem by providing a public cell phone station based on pre-paid counter systems and existing cell phone technology. The system is installed in Taxi's thus allowing communication whilst on the move.