Klyftig
Concept Development
Material Driven Design - Product Design
My master’s thesis was aimed to use the organic photovoltaic developed by Epishine as the foundation of a product development process with a Material Driven Design methodology.
It was about identifying new areas of use for the solar cells to find market segments for Epishine in the near future. Furthermore, a product was visualized within one interesting area. It will be used for exemplification of application, for possible customers or other stakeholders.
The concept Klyftig is an electric bike charger were the user can protect, store and charge their bike with green electricity.
The thesis was also a collaboration together with the external design agency Propeller Design.
Results from the user study of the correlation and connection between sensorial, interpreted and affective properties of the organic photovoltaics.
A diagram of the three most promising concepts based on the parameters level of innovation and feasibility. The size of the bubble refers to positive interaction between user and product.
An approximation of the effect during a average day in June in Linköping, Sweden, using the electric bike charger Klyftig. The red side is facing east, the blue side west and the yellow panels is pointing south.
