
1999
Panasonic Air Conditioner prototype
素材: アルミニウム、スパンデックス生地
寸法: 275 x 660 x 245mm(帆を除く)
プロジェクト開始: 1999年1月 / 完了: 1999年6月
デザイン: 山中俊治
プロトタイプ製作: 日南株式会社
クライアント: 松下電器産業株式会社(現パナソニック株式会社)
Panasonic (‘National’ in Japan) Air Conditioner project was an attempt to make air conditioning more comfortable by indirect, ambient operation. Being directly downstream cold airflow often results in discomfort and may even cause sickness. The device was designed not to blow air out but to be the passageway for comforting current. Hidden behind the piece of cloth is the main component of the air conditioner that generates airflow both upward and downward, and a sail-like structure stretches above and hangs over to gently direct the flow of air into the room and further. The air conditioner was prototyped in 1999 with aluminum frame and spandex fabric for the sail.
MATERIAL: Aluminum, Spandex fabric
DIMENSION: 275 x 660 x 245mm (exclude sail)
PROJECT STARTED: January 1999 / COMPLETED: June 1999
DESIGNER: Shunji Yamanaka
PROTOTYPE FABRICATION: Nichinan Corp.
CLIENT: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.







