Talking about the design of power tools

For a long time, in Europe and North America, people have been enjoying gardening or making fun of their own furniture. Through this creative work, they show their design of the living environment and lifestyle all the time, and express their understanding of the taste and beauty of life. The development of modern industrial technology also provides a set of convenient, efficient, safe and reliable tools for this family activity. As we all know, the penetration rate of power tools in Europe and the United States has reached a high level. At the same time, power tools are constantly being updated in design to meet the needs of various users.

Many people may not help but ask: tools are used to achieve design, do they also need styling? In fact, since the development of human civilization, design has long been ubiquitous. When people use tools, the appearance of the tools directly affects the user's various senses and psychology. Their style, color, volume, shape, material, surface texture, etc. will affect people's mood, movements and postures at work. Habits, fatigue, and even operational safety. More importantly, as the market matures, these power tools are no longer confined to the category of industrial products, but increasingly become the backbone of household products.

Since the tradition and fashion of home gardening and simple manufacturing are bound to bring the power tools that were originally lost in the factory workshop toolbox to the home, this will inevitably lead to continuous exploration and experiment in the field of power tool design. Studying the development trend of power tools, we can find that tool design is developing in a diversified, dexterous and humanized direction:

From the styling characteristics, the design of the tool has broken through the simple form of practicality first, and most products have begun to get rid of the rough machine sense of the big industrial era, and strive to reduce the traces of machine production. Many manufacturers have turned the engine for power tools from functional structure to category and shape. At the request of these manufacturers, modern designers have given home electric tools a new feature of less power and lighter portability, enhanced the softness and affinity of the styling, and focused on ergonomic comfort, and have launched on this basis. DIY style series represented by small household electric tools and DC electric tools. At the same time, this trend in turn affects the evolution of the style of professional tools. In order to be able to distinguish from the household tools while adapting to the characteristics of the times, the power of exaggeration tools and the style of visual impact dominate the field of specialized tools. Especially in recent years, for the sake of commercial compatibility, a so-called 'semi-professional' style between the above two features has begun to be widely favored by developers. This combination of dexterity and tooling, suitable for both the factory environment and the family's styling concept, seems to be an inevitable trend in design development. This is like the suv between the car and the jeep in the automotive industry. Hybrid models such as pv are starting to become new favorites. Of course, this inclusive style is no doubt for designers to put forward higher requirements in terms of shape.

In fact, no matter how the style of power tools is emerging, the trend of familyization is always the main line of development of its product concept. Any industrial product, once in the family, will be given a new look and connotation. On a more superficial level, household goods require higher decorative and affinitive power, which is like the large industrial printing presses of Heidelberg and HP's home printers, in addition to the difference in volume, the style is also very different, despite their The shape design is very good. For the shape of power tools, the environmental requirements of the factory and the psychological needs of the staff are efficient, stable and reliable; while the family environment and its members need more diversification: handsome, stylish, refined, elegant, comfortable, fun, smart Invigorating, scientific and technological sense... In short, the tools with excellent design are no longer just tools, but also a symbol of furnishings, decoration, working partners, and even family members. Therefore, in terms of styling style, once the power tool is familyized, there will be a trend of home appliance.

However, household electric tools cannot simply imitate the modeling ideas of home appliances. This is because professionalism is equally important for household power tools. From the perspective of behavioral psychology, people who work in home DIY have the psychological need to pursue professional experience in the case of amateur identity. Inappropriate analogy, just like a child playing a military game, knows that it is kind of entertainment but hopes that the military uniform and the gun in his hand are like real, so the toy guns on the market now look like 'professionals'. .

The same is true, although people who try to make furniture or gardening do not want to be professional carpenters or gardeners, but they also want to have a professional sense when they are engaged in creation and labor. This requires the tools in their hands to create a professional atmosphere for them, the so-called 'cool'. This sense of professionalism can increase people's interest in working and enhance their passion for work and creativity.

In short, 'public wants to be good, must first sharpen its tools', design a 'cool' living environment to start with a 'cool' power tool.

Looking at the 'professionalism' of the tool from the professional perspective of the designer, the key is nothing more than the grasp of the three modeling elements: one is the element of 'force'. The process of styling itself is the shaping of the sense of product strength. The product has a strong tendency to show a certain personality, concept and style: whether it is publicity or introversion, whether it is light or steady, exaggerated or simple... Any tiny bumps or depressions on the product will affect The overall sense of strength of the product.

In general, the professionalism of the tool requires a strong sense of product strength, which implies a good performance and efficiency of the product. We can use the adjectives such as 'strong', ' mighty', 'sturdy' to describe the strength of the tool, but the grasp of these adjectives requires a higher professional quality, so as not to be cumbersome or excessively exaggerated due to the sense of volume.

The second element is 'exquisite'. The more non-professional people are pursuing 'excellent equipment', the good tool design should spare no effort to express the exquisite sense of the structure, form combination and material application, so that it has certain ornamental and interesting, and even forms a high-grade Sense and taste.

The third element is 'series'. The full range is another basic condition for the DIY family to reflect their professionalism. For those who are passionate about home making, a kit with a uniform style and decoration is worth showing off. Conversely, even if the design of a single piece is outstanding, no one will cherish the tools that come together.

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