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DI: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?

: Aquila makes clinical blood tests available for doctor's offices and ambulances. This makes blood tests faster and more affordable for patients. The design reflects this new approach: the simple, yet distinctive design shows the innovation inside.

DI: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?

: We wanted to achieve a better user experience and a low-key, yet distinctive look. The blue accent colour is used throughout the physical body and the digital graphical user interface to indicate main points of interaction.

DI: What are your future plans for this award winning design?

: Aquila is available for purchase worldwide from the manufacturer Diatron.

DI: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?

: The product enclosure took 10 weeks to designs. The development of the user workflow and graphical user interface took almost 6 months to finish.

DI: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?

: This design was our first cooperation with our client, Diatron Medical Instruments. Their goal was to introduce a disrupting new product that spices up the industry. They partnered up Maform because they liked our integrated art and engineering approach, and our previous works were convincing.

DI: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?

: The product is manufactured and sold worldwide by Diatron Medical Instruments.

DI: Who is the target customer for his design?

: This particular device targets medical laboratories, hospitals and doctors' offices.

DI: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?

: It has a patented, compact solution for reagent and waste management. The design reflects to this by exaggerating the blue top lid, and by giving a distinctive character line using high-contrast colours.

DI: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?

: Diatron engineers provided the internal parts and some specifications regarding the touchscreen.

DI: What is the role of technology in this particular design?

: Aquila can run quick blood tests with state-of-the art scientific engineering solutions.

DI: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?

: We conducted thorough user tests to refine and to validate the user workflow and the graphical user interface.

DI: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?

: Medical devices have to fit really strict regulations. This, sometimes, made it difficult to give shape to the concept. Regarding the graphical user interface, our greatest challenge was to show all the necessary measurement data and information on the screen. We had to utilise all the space we had.

DI: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?

: Aquila has already won the Hungarian Design Award in 2016, which is the greatest design prize in Hungary.