A design box to match your living room!
Somfy gave carte blanche to the students of the BTS design of the Léonard de Vinci high school, in Villefontaine (38), to freely reinterpret the design of its Internet box. Ten unique prototypes will be marketed on the brand's website from September 2013.
The internet box, which we had hitherto hidden in a corner of the house, is now elevated to the rank of decorative object.
Somfy has decided to offer BTS Design students from Leonardo da Vinci high school the opportunity to work in reality.
The goal of creating an internet box, which we could leave for all to see, in order to make an object of art.
Last April, this school was chosen, "because it was important for Somfy that the creation of the boxes be local", explains Benoit Gachet, the company's marketing manager. Twenty-two first-year students have thus "given a second life to the Somfy boxes, working with total freedom on the materials, colors, shape, or even use".
And the manager added: "One of the only requirements of the design competition was to match the radio range with the materials."