SUNRISE CONCEPT
NAME: SUNRISE CELL COMPANION
PROJECT: SELF-INITIATED CASE STUDY
YEAR: 2025
A FAST, FOCUSED DESIGN EXPLORATION DEVELOPED TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL-WORLD WORKFLOWS AROUND SUNRISE’S ROBOTIC CELLS. THE AIM WAS TO CREATE A WEARABLE, ALWAYS-ON NOTIFICATION DEVICE THAT SUPPORTS OPERATORS SUPERVISING MULTIPLE CELLS IN HIGH-MIX, LOW-VOLUME ENVIRONMENTS. THE PROJECT COMBINES INTERACTION DESIGN, LIGHTWEIGHT UX FLOWS, AND A FUNCTIONAL PHYSICAL PROTOTYPE TO TEST SCALE, ERGONOMICS. THE OUTCOME IS A SMALl DEVICE WITH A MINIMAL INTERFACE—DESIGNED TO FIT SUNRISE’S EXISTING DESIGN LANGUAGE AND OPERATIONAL REALITY.
THREE-SIDED VALUE
Operator
On-body access. Clear alerts. One-press acknowledgement. Removes friction in daily cell management.
Employer
Consistent alert flow across mixed production environments. Easy onboarding. Predictable worker response patterns.
Sunrise
Flexible, low-volume friendly hardware architecture. A unified design language that extends from app → peripheral → workflow touchpoints.
