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Hyascent
Dripping Like Clockwork
Dripping Like Clockwork
Dripping Like Clockwork
Home fragrance turned upside down
Home fragrance turned upside down
Our client, one of San Francisco‘s most successful real estate agents, understands the importance of scent in a new home. In 2016, she asked us to develop a fragrance product that was elegant and could be “activated” by the user. The result is Hyascent, a fragrance diffuser that works like an hourglass. When turning the device upside down, perfume drips through a wooden core and releases into the environment. After two years of fine-tuning the mechanism and creating seven fragrances, Hyascent is now available for purchase online and at selected retailers.
Building a wooden clockwork.
The hourglass concept was developed over several months and required building endless prototypes. The shape of the glass vessels, the selection of the right type of wood, the viscosity of the scent – they all required a lot of trial-and-error, as well as consideration of fluid dynamics. In the end, the diffuser dripped like clockwork, and was patented.
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Since 2016
Industrial Design, Prototyping, Design Engineering
https://www.hyascent.com/
Our client, one of San Francisco‘s most successful real estate agents, understands the importance of scent in a new home. In 2016, she asked us to develop a fragrance product that was elegant and could be “activated” by the user. The result is Hyascent, a fragrance diffuser that works like an hourglass. When turning the device upside down, perfume drips through a wooden core and releases into the environment. After two years of fine-tuning the mechanism and creating seven fragrances, Hyascent is now available for purchase online and at selected retailers.
Building a wooden clockwork.
The hourglass concept was developed over several months and required building endless prototypes. The shape of the glass vessels, the selection of the right type of wood, the viscosity of the scent – they all required a lot of trial-and-error, as well as consideration of fluid dynamics. In the end, the diffuser dripped like clockwork, and was patented.
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Since 2016
Industrial Design, Prototyping, Design Engineering
https://www.hyascent.com/
Our client, one of San Francisco‘s most successful real estate agents, understands the importance of scent in a new home. In 2016, she asked us to develop a fragrance product that was elegant and could be “activated” by the user. The result is Hyascent, a fragrance diffuser that works like an hourglass. When turning the device upside down, perfume drips through a wooden core and releases into the environment. After two years of fine-tuning the mechanism and creating seven fragrances, Hyascent is now available for purchase online and at selected retailers.
Building a wooden clockwork.
The hourglass concept was developed over several months and required building endless prototypes. The shape of the glass vessels, the selection of the right type of wood, the viscosity of the scent – they all required a lot of trial-and-error, as well as consideration of fluid dynamics. In the end, the diffuser dripped like clockwork, and was patented.
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Since 2016
Industrial Design, Prototyping, Design Engineering
https://www.hyascent.com/
Classic craftmanship meets modern design
To build the intricate wooden core, we worked with some of the best wood workers in the Bay Area of California. For example, the orientation of the wood grain influenced the flow of the fragrance. The type of wood affected the core’s ability to carry the fragrance forward. To maximise the core’s surface area and its ability to evaporate the fragrance, the wood had to be cut into fine layers. All while ensuring it did not become too fragile to handle.
Classic craftmanship meets modern design
To build the intricate wooden core, we worked with some of the best wood workers in the Bay Area of California. For example, the orientation of the wood grain influenced the flow of the fragrance. The type of wood affected the core’s ability to carry the fragrance forward. To maximise the core’s surface area and its ability to evaporate the fragrance, the wood had to be cut into fine layers. All while ensuring it did not become too fragile to handle.
Classic craftmanship meets modern design
To build the intricate wooden core, we worked with some of the best wood workers in the Bay Area of California. For example, the orientation of the wood grain influenced the flow of the fragrance. The type of wood affected the core’s ability to carry the fragrance forward. To maximise the core’s surface area and its ability to evaporate the fragrance, the wood had to be cut into fine layers. All while ensuring it did not become too fragile to handle.
Vessels custom-made in Berkeley
With the wooden core finished, we sought out a local glass manufacturer. A supplier of scientific glass products, he had the precision skills necessary to custom-build the first pair of glass vessels for the diffuser. The glass prototype he made was atomised somewhat for production, but remains otherwise unchanged to this day.
Vessels custom-made in Berkeley
With the wooden core finished, we sought out a local glass manufacturer. A supplier of scientific glass products, he had the precision skills necessary to custom-build the first pair of glass vessels for the diffuser. The glass prototype he made was atomised somewhat for production, but remains otherwise unchanged to this day.
Vessels custom-made in Berkeley
With the wooden core finished, we sought out a local glass manufacturer. A supplier of scientific glass products, he had the precision skills necessary to custom-build the first pair of glass vessels for the diffuser. The glass prototype he made was atomised somewhat for production, but remains otherwise unchanged to this day.
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