Steam Cleaner
Design Brief
Designing a steam cleaner depending on cleaning habits and meeting market needs
Aim of Project
Creating light-weight and ergonomic steam cleaner for taking small space
Target Users
Women in late ages who can not bend because of health problems and young adults who just have babies to need more hygiene in their floors
Research
Interviewed people who clean mostly women.
There are variety of experiences
General outcomes are;
Not happy with the size and space of vacuum cleaner.
Mopping sets may lack the hygiene required by the user. Age problems can prevent bending and cleaning the fIoor by their hands.
They give importance towel for cleaning.
Parents who have little child prefer steam cleaner for hygiene of house
From the users the pictures of places where they keep their vacuum cleaners and steam cleaners requested.
Users mostly keep their vacuum cleaners in their free space but they were complaining about the size of vacuum cleaner.
With this reason in further part of design process, the functionality of keeping steam cleaner focused to keep in smaller size
Exploration
Towel open form and layout
Gray parts purposes for Velcro bant to change easily.
User Scenerio
Design of steam cleaner is creating as sleek as possible and coherent aesthetic value
Adjustable height of product is important to addressing different height of customers.
Steam cleaner should take small space for storage
Manufacturing Methods and Details
Purpose of holes are making the towel reach every surface
Head of mopping designed according to be rotated vertically and horizontally.
Water tank capacity is equal to 1 lt to which could clean 2-3 bedroom in an average house.
Heating tank