The Concept Validation of A Communicative Oven Door

Sammanfattning: This report describes the process of designing an oven door which provides a new way of interaction between the users and the oven. And this is the final project of the Industrial Design Master at Jönköping University. The thesis was created and assigned by the Research & Development Centre at Chantereine, which belongs to one of the seven major research centres of SaintGobain group. The main research area of this R&D centre is related to the development of glass, and the implementation of the new glass technologies on an oven door is an important subject to the company. So the aim of this thesis is to provide a smart solution of the HMI on an oven door and to give full play to the potentials of the glass material, in order to maximum the value of the glass for the glass manufactures. The work began with researching and analysing of competitors and market trends, as well as conducting interviews and surveys to identify new user behaviours. Several rounds of ideation were conducted and a number of concepts were developed and presented to the company. Based on constant discussions and exchange of opinions with the company, one concept was later chosen and further developed with CAD files, renders, posters and a physical model in the end. The result is a wall oven with a door which can be rotated and inserted at the bottom when it is open. The oven door is consisted of one piece of glass which will be used as the main information display. With the help of a motion detector, crucial information during cooking process will be presented on the glass and it will provide the users a brand-new way of interacting with the oven. When the door is inserted inside, there will be two additional LED displays along with buttons to provide extra feedback. The physical model which was presented during the thesis was made in 1:1 scale.