Case study
Case study
01
Cleaning
Orbit Vacuum
Orbit Vacuum
Orbit Vacuum
Orbit Vacuum
Orbit Vacuum
A robot vacuum that disappears: low, quiet and calm enough to run while you're home.
A robot vacuum that disappears: low, quiet and calm enough to run while you're home.
A robot vacuum that disappears: low, quiet and calm enough to run while you're home.
A robot vacuum that disappears: low, quiet and calm enough to run while you're home.
A robot vacuum that disappears: low, quiet and calm enough to run while you're home.
Client
Client
Halo Home
Year
Year
2026
Discipline
Discipline
Cleaning
Services
Services
Industrial design · CMF · Interaction · Packaging
(01) The brief
(01) The brief
Halo Home's first vacuum sold well and was returned often. Owners said it felt like a machine in the room. They asked us for the opposite: something you forget is there.
Halo Home's first vacuum sold well and was returned often. Owners said it felt like a machine in the room. They asked us for the opposite: something you forget is there.
Halo Home's first vacuum sold well and was returned often. Owners said it felt like a machine in the room. They asked us for the opposite: something you forget is there.
Halo Home's first vacuum sold well and was returned often. Owners said it felt like a machine in the room. They asked us for the opposite: something you forget is there.
Halo Home's first vacuum sold well and was returned often. Owners said it felt like a machine in the room. They asked us for the opposite: something you forget is there.
38 dB
38 dB
38 dB
38 dB
38 dB
Quieter than a fridge
Quieter than a fridge
(02) What we built
(02) What we built
The build
The build
The build
The build
The build
We dropped the height to 7.9 cm, wrapped the shell in a matte soft-touch polymer and replaced the status screen with a single orange light that breathes when it's working. The dock folds into a skirting board.
We dropped the height to 7.9 cm, wrapped the shell in a matte soft-touch polymer and replaced the status screen with a single orange light that breathes when it's working. The dock folds into a skirting board.
We dropped the height to 7.9 cm, wrapped the shell in a matte soft-touch polymer and replaced the status screen with a single orange light that breathes when it's working. The dock folds into a skirting board.
We dropped the height to 7.9 cm, wrapped the shell in a matte soft-touch polymer and replaced the status screen with a single orange light that breathes when it's working. The dock folds into a skirting board.
We dropped the height to 7.9 cm, wrapped the shell in a matte soft-touch polymer and replaced the status screen with a single orange light that breathes when it's working. The dock folds into a skirting board.
(03) Outcome
(03) Outcome
Returns fell by two thirds in the first quarter, and Orbit now runs on a schedule in most homes it's sold into.
Returns fell by two thirds in the first quarter, and Orbit now runs on a schedule in most homes it's sold into.
Returns fell by two thirds in the first quarter, and Orbit now runs on a schedule in most homes it's sold into.
Returns fell by two thirds in the first quarter, and Orbit now runs on a schedule in most homes it's sold into.
Returns fell by two thirds in the first quarter, and Orbit now runs on a schedule in most homes it's sold into.
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