Regularly meeting with Essentials CEO, myself and the respected ID team were tasked with carrying out Essentials vision of the connected home ecosystem. The core of the system was titled “Essential Home”, a powerful 30W full range 9-speaker sound system with onboard cloud-connectivity and the best of voice & touchscreen interactions, enabling users to intuitively control every part of their connected home.
As appointed design lead I was responsible for curating a compelling, rational design story for the in-home user and executing industrial design intent for MFG. This included many trips overseas working alongside numerous partners, adapting design to engineering constraints, sourcing & determining suitable materials, creating & presenting visual presentations, PRD/CMF documentation, and so on… Despite the product developing into something special, the project was canceled after the EVT1 build due to a company shift towards focusing on one favorable project.
