MACS - Micro Apartments Cooking System, 2018
By designing MACS, the Micro Apartment Cooking System, we’ve aimed for a whole new user experience in Micro apartments as a global trend. By making the product integrated in the environment, devoid of previous ergonomic deficiencies and interaction complexities, we’ve tried to help users feel the purity and originality of cooking, while saving more space for living. Based on research, as stated in New York times and reported by business insider there are 1.8 million one or two-person households in New York city and 1 million one-bedroom apartments in Manhattan alone. London, Tokyo, Paris, Singapore, Warsaw, California and Dongguan are some other places facing apartment space issues and already executing micro apartment planning. China is obligated to build 10 million apartments a year until 2030. We believe MACS provides users with a pure experience of an original humanly activity like cooking and helps them interact differently with a home appliance. We’ve designed MACS as an integrated part of its environment. The pots, pans, hobs, and even the exhaust hood are all there.
Design Process
Sketching & Ideation
User Center Design
Based on user centric design approach, ten people were chosen as users. At each stage of process, after usability test, results of their behavioral observations while using the product were recorded. Users answered the Likert questionnaire and they were interviewed individually. At the end of each stage, the results of the tests, questionnaires, interviews and observations were reviewed and analyzed to transform the data into a new design checklist and product was redesigned. Afterwards, a new prototype was created to enter the next stage. This procedure was continued in three steps until the maximum rate of user satisfaction was reached.
Product features
Previous traditional heating systems could lead to 40 percent of heat energy waste. Not only using induction heating system in cooking process is energy efficient, but also putting pots inside the body of stove will increase this positive impact. In fact, by providing an isolated and insulated space, waste of energy is minimized.
Technical Drawings
cooperators
Supervisor: Dr.Hassan Sadeghi Naeini / Department of industrial design - Iran University of Science and Technology