Uson Astra Dash – 2023
4-Bay Leak Testing Unit
The team at Pecos Outdoor came to us with a mission: create a bombproof outdoor table built to last a lifetime.
Fed up with flimsy tables that barely last a season, they tasked us to prioritize rigidity, durability, and a premium user experience. The design criteria necessitated careful engineering from the outset, choosing materials and manufacturing processes that would facilitate the end goal. Keeping production within the US further constrained our options for processes and cost.
Overall Housing Design
Development began with concept sketching and a broad range of forms in clay. Using ergonomics data as a basis, we explored shapes that were minimal enough to be universally appealing and not “over-fit” to one particular hand size or method of grip. With several promising clay models in hand, we refined and iterated in foam, where nuances of surfacing and part breakup were easier to express.
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Engineering
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There’s more than one way to dice a tomato – or design a table. We explored several approaches to analyze the ramifications of sourcing, manufacturing, assembly, and user experience. While some approaches had merits in certain categories, they potentially lacked in others.
UX/UI
Development began with concept sketching and a broad range of forms in clay. Using ergonomics data as a basis, we explored shapes
Home Screen
Main Menu
Program Setups
Basic, Advanced, and Guided Modes
Development began with concept sketching and a broad range of forms in clay. Using ergonomics data as a basis, we explored shapes that were minimal enough to be universally appealing and not “over-fit”
Branding and CMF
Development began with concept sketching and a broad range of forms in clay. Using ergonomics data as a basis, we explored shapes
The bedrock of the Pecos Table’s sturdy design is the leg system. The legs slide and stow within the table body and are kept in place by a satisfyingly clicky retention mechanism we designed and engineered. Upon deployment, the caps of the legs secure to the underside sockets with a quick quarter-turn motion. All leg joint parts are die-cast for maximum rigidity and durability.
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