UPS Setup for DKC Company
This UPS device, developed for DKC, is a modern, compact unit featuring a unique design that aligns with the company’s product family. It retains the proven functionality of previous DKC UPS models, providing reliable backup protection for computers and network equipment during power outages and voltage dips.
Task
A concept is required for the DBS line of UPS—ranging from home and small office devices to more powerful, industrial solutions. The key objective is not to create a new visual language, but rather to implement and adapt DBS’s existing design code to this new product direction. The final result must be a recognizable, logically connected, and scalable system that maintains continuity across models of varying power, form factor, and use case.
Research
A little about DKC
DKS, founded in Russia in 1998, is a renowned international firm in the electrical engineering industry. It is currently among the leading manufacturers of cable routing systems, automation technologies, information technology infrastructure, and electrical power distribution solutions.
Some products from the official DKC catalog
For more information about the company
Market Analysis
Many Russian companies, such as Systemtechnik, Parus Electro, and Impulse, manufacture UPS units similar to DKC—ranging from small home devices to large industrial systems. When designing these, they focus on several key aspects: making them user-friendly and convenient through compactness and durability, incorporating clear displays and simple menus, strategically placing connectors and sometimes adding USB ports, ensuring easy front-access and hot-swappable batteries, reducing fan noise, improving cooling and stability, and advising users to keep the units away from heat, water, dust, and weak surfaces.
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Sketches
Archetypes
Modeling Process
Visualization
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