You walk up to your door after being away. Do you know what happened inside? Canary arrived with a simple product that put home security in the hands of the renter and home owner. The device not only provided a way to monitor your home when away, but to do it with ease and, yes, style. Their attention to the details is evident in the sleek, beautifully thought-out design of their product; product visualized using KeyShot all along the design process, from concept to completion and beyond. It begins with their approach to a design.

Logiciel de modélisation utilisé : Autodesk Alias Design
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"Canary adopte une approche centrée sur l'utilisateur pour tout ce que nous concevons. Le matériel, les logiciels et les services sont tous destinés à fonctionner ensemble de manière holistique. Nous prenons en considération l'endroit où nos produits seront utilisés et nous les concevons pour qu'ils soient beaux et discrets."

Canary’s focus on developing easy-to-use, affordable technology that puts you in control struck a cord with thousands. They introduced themselves through the most successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, selling over 10,000 devices in 78 countries. It’s where we first heard of the company with a unique approach to security systems. We’re proud to be counted among the thousands sold and we are even more excited to discover they use KeyShot to develop their product visuals.

“KeyShot is used at every step of the development process. From initial concept through launch of the product. We use it to help convey ideas, and we use it to create marketing assets to help tell the story of the product to the public.”

Canary Flex is their latest product, a simple to use wireless and weatherproof HD security camera–The first of its kind. For some, Canary is the first connected smart device in their home. They removed the barrier to home security, to the technology, and are doing it again with a camera that can be mounted anywhere and using KeyShot once again to communicate the design.

“We used KeyShot for both Canary and Canary Flex. KeyShot helped us evaluate design details by creating photo-real images of different options. This gives us a more realistic idea of what the final design will be like. KeyShot also helped us create posters, banners, and animations for various advertising efforts.”

A simple to use product designed by simple to use software? That’s what Canary sees as the greatest benefit of including KeyShot in the product development process.

“KeyShot helps us save time by being so simple to use. Creating lighting environments and assigning materials helps us quickly get an understanding of the product.”

C'est grâce à ce processus de compréhension du produit qu'ils ont itéré sur différents concepts, découvrant ce qui fonctionnait pour amener la forme et la fonctionnalité à un stade de développement, en gardant toujours à l'esprit l'utilisation finale et l'utilisateur final.

"La conception d'un produit doit toujours commencer par l'utilisateur final. Il ne faut pas non plus avoir peur de l'échec et de l'itération pour obtenir un meilleur produit. La conception n'est pas un processus linéaire, il faut beaucoup de travail pour arriver à une bonne solution finale."