industrial design internship, summer 2023.
Redesigning the bottle filler for
the higher education market.
PROJECT GOAL:
Who?
For the purposes of this project, end users, or students, as well as facilities management workers were our top priority. These stakeholders have the most influence over whether a bottle filler is successful within the higher education market.
End User Personas
Design Goals
Double
Bottle Filling
Stability, Community, Convenience
Re-introducing “water cooler moments”
Multiple users at once eliminates potential wait-times
Negative Space
Hygiene & Health, Validation & Sustainability
”Less is More” material use: less surfaces to disinfect
Less material in manufacturing, saves $ and resources
Light Fill Tracker
Convenience, Stability
Eliminates over-filling problems
Measurements (mL) on the light tracker
Ergonomic
Filter Change
Facilities Maintenance stakeholders
Faster, easier maintenance process
saves time, money, and human resources
Refinement
light fill tracker
convenience
stability
negative space
“less is more"
sustainability & hygiene
=
double bottle fill
community
convenience
Elkay Duofill
Prototype Testing
Could 2 strangers use this unit comfortably at the same time? The answer is yes.
Compare to
Current Model
slimmer profile: “less is more”
double bottle filling
light fill feature
rewards app compatibility
ergonomic filter change
Double Bottle Filling
Light Fill
Rewards App
Ergonomic
Filter Change
CMF
Technical
Information
To ensure adequate water pressure in the filler nozzles and drinking spout, A booster pump will be added to the unit.
Feedback
At the conclusion of my internship, the Elkay DuoFill was well received by Zurn Elkay executive leadership. Moving forward, the Design and Insights team will implement some of my innovations when proceeding with their own next generation of the EZ H20 bottle filler.