HPM-Legrand

Powerboard Pro P04 — 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 P04 is a power­board with built-in LED light­ing. It is declined in 3 ver­sions, with max­im­um of com­mon parts, to min­im­ize the costs of indus­tri­al­iz­a­tion. The P04‑2 has an integ­rated LED light­ing on each side of the product, and 5 elec­tric­al out­lets on a single cir­cuit (with 1 main switch). The light­ing is set on or off thanks to the 2 yel­low switches on the cent­ral part of the product. The stor­age of the elec­tric cable is facil­it­ated by the pro­file of the cent­ral black part of the product, to wind the elec­tric cable. The flanks of the product offer a non-slip treat­ment. The choice of a black & yel­low code is recall­ing the uni­verse of con­struc­tion machines and the HPM logo visu­al chart.

Compact ver­sion, the P04‑1 has an integ­rated LED light­ing (on one side of the product), and 4 elec­tric­al out­lets on a single cir­cuit (with 1 gen­er­al switch). The light­ing is set on or off thanks to 1 yel­low switch, loc­ated on the left side of the product. The flanks of the product offer a non-slip treatment.

Double ver­sion, the P04‑3 has an integ­rated LED light­ing (on both sides of the product), and 10 elec­tric­al out­lets divided into 2 inde­pend­ent cir­cuits (each with their main switch). The light­ing is set on or off thanks to the 2 yel­low switches on the cent­ral part of the product. The stor­age of the elec­tric cable is facil­it­ated by the pro­file of the cent­ral black part of the product, to wind the elec­tric cable. The flanks of the product offer a non-slip treatment.

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.