Stack the drone, launch handle, propeller storage, and controller into one compact portable architecture.
Selected work
Independent design concept
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Xenon
An award-winning ultra-portable drone concept that organizes its airframe, propulsion, camera, electronics, and controls into one compact product architecture.
- Drone design
- Architecture
- Packaging
Project context
What the work addressed.
Role
Independent industrial-design and product-architecture concept by Kendall Toerner.
Challenge
Reduce the setup, storage, carrying, and control complexity of a capable adventure drone without distracting the user from the outdoors.
Use matching geometry and magnetic assembly to make setup understandable without a complicated sequence.
Wrap the controller around a smartphone and use surface haptics to preserve tactile control in a smaller package.
Work shown
- Product concept and architecture
- Industrial-design development
- Mechanical package studies
- Physical prototype
Documented result
Recognized with Red Dot: Best of the Best in the Design Concept program.
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Direction, architecture, and development.
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