HPM-Legrand

Powerboard Pro P02 — product identity study

This pro­ject is part of a wider study, which pur­pose was to define the evol­u­tion of the design codes of HPM Legrand on its range of power­boards for pro­fes­sion­als, for the Australian mar­ket. The goal was to bring “addi­tion­al fea­tures” in terms of ergo­nom­ics, usage, and reli­ab­il­ity, along with strong design codes, com­mon to the whole product range.

The P02 is a more basic mod­el, with an H shape that allows easy and fast elec­tric­al cable stor­age. The entire peri­met­er of the P02 is made of black plastic, with a non-slip sur­face treat­ment, for easy hand­ling. The mech­an­ic­al power but­ton of the power­board is placed under a lay­er of yel­low rub­ber that cov­ers the top of the product, except the plugs. The choice of a black & yel­low code is recall­ing the uni­verse of con­struc­tion machines and the HPM logo visu­al chart.

View of the whole range.

Backstage of the project

Project trend positioning

Heavy duty product uni­verse. Products with sol­id look, made to be used on con­struc­tion sites. Color codes to bet­ter identi­fy the func­tions, from a single glance. Inspiration from a crane remote con­trol (ver­tic­al product, single hand usage, sobri­ety, clear indic­a­tions). Grips and con­spicu­ous pro­tec­tions, form­ally (generous/oversized parts), but also graph­ic­ally (high-contrast, black/yellow, orange/dark grey).

Practicality and dur­ab­il­ity first (sol­id fasten­ers, pro­tect­ive hull), exposed CHC screws. The product will be used to power pro­fes­sion­al tools (very tech­nic­al tools), on con­struc­tion sites (heavy gears with heavy duty look).

Design research

Sketches extrac­ted from the pro­ject’s sketchbook.