Award Winning Product Development

17 Dec 09

Utilising Fomero’s versatile prototyping service from concept to functional models, Methven delivers an award winning innovative new Shower infusions system.

Methven, a leading designer and marketer of proprietary shower and tapware headquartered in New Zealand, recently launched an award winning shower infusions system.  According to the company Fomero’s various prototyping services played a major role in the development of this innovative system.

In the concept phase of the project, FOmero provided quality SLAs of the numerous iterations of both the aesthetic exteriors and the functional internals of the product.

Once the design was close to being finalised, significant numbers of functional units were needed for life testing to validate the design prior to investing in production tooling.

Despite the very complex geometry of some of the components, Methven’s team worked closely with Fomero to successfully produce batches of PU cast parts that could withstand the temperatures and pressures of the tests over time.

“Ultimately, with Fomero's help we were able to put 3 batches of 20 units out into field trials, providing invaluable feedback that enabled us to refine the design down to what is now the finished product". Gemma Rassie, Industrial Designer, Methven New Zealand  

Methven shower infusions system was awarded Gold at the Designers Institute of New Zealand Design Awards – 2009 Best Awards - for Product Design in the Consumer category.

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