Thursday, August 11, 2011

Design Confusion with Tefal's Delfini Toaster

At home using this particular toaster I could not locate the cancel/stop/ or eject function on this product. The search for the stop button was not easy.

Noticing three key functions on this toaster, one on the left-top of the toaster, and two on the right side. I've test them to see if any will help me succeed in receiving my two pieces of toasts unburnt. However, these functions only employ the toast-warmer stand; the lever for pressing the bread down; and the heat timer. This became really confusing knowing that there is no stop button to eject the toasts.

The poster have a close up view of the actual location of the eject function. A stop/eject label was unseen and hidden underneath the turning-knob timer. Low visibility of the label did not help the finding of the eject button. The eject function is actually married with the timer function together under the turning-switch function. User will have to turn the switch with their fingers, in an anti-clockwise direction to reach the eject.

The redesign was to increase the visibility of the ejection sign, by locating the turn-switch to the front of the toaster, and rearrange the position of the numbers and the eject sign. The red shape is the eject sign. This way the switch is easier to find without any confusion to the user.


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