Alpha Home for One+

Alpha Home is designed to bring a new experience to One+ Smartphone users.                  

One+ One Home

As the company says „We exist to create the next global technology company. Our ambitions are high and we want to be big, but more so we want to build respected products, the best products we can build within our abilities“. We got inspired and from this statement we drew out the needed inspiration in order to create best possible home for One+ smartphone.

In English, the noun "alpha" is used as a synonym for "beginning", or "first" (in a series), reflecting its Greek roots. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 1.

Alpha Home has a beautiful and proportional form of Greek letter Alpha in which the main One+ accessories are integrated. When mounted the phone is firmly secured in a shell-like form that holds it from flipping when the home is moved or rotated. At the same time the angle of the shell is adjusted to 30 degrees so that you can use your One+ effectively. The Opening on the back side of the shell unveils high quality camera and flash-light that you can use as a desk lamp. Side and top openings on the shell give accesses to power button, volume buttons, audio jack and all One+ microphones.

On the bottom side of the shell is one main opening that leads to the passive speakers and from which the charger goes through. That means that you won’t forget to charge your One+ anymore since you can use it and charge it at the same time. On top of that the opening leads to one large passive speaker that is directed towards you, even when the home is flipped horizontally.

The "tail" of Alpha Home holds the shape from falling on sides when used vertically. When you want to rotate Alpha home horizontally, the "tail" will hold it under 45 degrees angle, which is perfect for watching videos, especially on One+ amazing display. That is not all. Since we all like our ear-phones preserved, there are two hooks, around which you can wrap them and have them put on a safe place when not used.

So aside from storing and charging your phone, storing your ear-phones, using Alpha Home enables surfing, making Skype calls, watching movies and can be used as a desk lamp. 

All in all Alpha Home does not represent a product that will be used once and then abandoned. Alpha Home is a product that will with certainty bring a more enjoyable experience with One+.

Note:
Since we don’t have a 3d printer we could not test the design and that is why we are not 100% sure if it functions as it should, once print. However we did research the Ultimaker 2 design guidelines and we firmly followed them through our design process. When opened in Cura it will be set horizontally and will need support on the „tail“ part so that it does not bend. On the other side, when Alpha Home is printed horizontally and then used vertically the layers will hold much more pressure. We recommend setting your printer with high preset so that you can get a clean product and make sure to send us some pictures if you do.

 

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You can check 3D model of Alpha Home now on Sketchfab