Gtech Wall Mount
The Gtech wall mount was designed to store a handheld vacuum and all of its accessories. The requirement was for the vacuum to be docked and undocked with one hand, without the user having to put effort into aligning it. The Wall Mount leads in the body of the vacuum from a wide range of angles yet holds it securely, giving feedback to the user that the Vacuum is safely docked.
In the early stages, both a wall mount and desktop dock were considered, as you can see from the sketch above.
Prototyping
Rapid low-fi prototypes were used to test a range of product configurations. A combination of card modelling and 3D printing were used to test the main functions including a separately removeable tool caddy.
The final design was stripped back to the essential geometry. It was designed to be assembled from minimal components, whilst storing many accessories in a very compact space.