This range of hair dryers come in the same way that the speaker questioned the assembly of technical elements to the body of an object. In the same logic of making simple junction with the tube all the technical parts and all components are mounted on an elastomeric base who get joined to a hole in the internal junction of the bamboo part.
In this way the objet can be easily removed to fix or replace a piece. Bamboo is used here as an efficient alternative to plastic by its strength and high heat resistance. Both models get started by a rotary interruptor : the foldable handle model starts by unfold the handle, the fixed handle model starts by rotation of the workpiece at the end of the handle. The necessary information and the brand are directly engrave on the body of the product. The blue model is as the speakers dipped into colored rubber.


Year: 2015
personal research
Materials: bamboo, rubber
Grand Prix Design Parade 10 at Villa Noailles Hyères
Pictures: Véronique Huyghe, Samy Rio, Mario Simon Lafleur