Gold Smart Living and Home Automation Design · 2025
Source 10 Control Terminal
- A' Design Award 2025 Gold Winner in Smart Living and Home Automation Design
- Awarded April 15, 2025
- CLIENT: HDL Automation Co., Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 111,964
- Verification code F7BFD16CB7 · Verify this award
About Source 10 Control Terminal
Source 10 is a smart home control terminal that manages, monitors and operates connected home devices from one platform. Four interaction modes are supported: a physical metal knob, voice commands, touch and a mobile application. The knob carries an embossed diamond pattern, and an indicator light uses different colors to give feedback. AI and IoT technology allow the terminal to learn user habits and adjust other devices automatically. The ultrathin 10 mm metal body is made using CNC machining, stamping and anodizing. Scattered wall controls are replaced by one unified device.
Hdl Automation Co., Ltd.'s Source 10 Control Terminal emerges from the intersection of functional technology and contemplative design philosophy, representing a sophisticated approach to smart home interface systems that transcends mere utility to engage inhabitants in moments of cosmic reflection within domestic space. The terminal demonstrates remarkable compositional intelligence in its integration of digital display and physical rotary control, establishing a visual hierarchy that privileges both informational clarity and aesthetic experience through the juxtaposition of luminous planetary imagery against the precise materiality of machined metallic components. Technical accomplishment manifests throughout the design, from the seamless glass surface treatment that creates an uninterrupted visual field to the exquisitely finished rose-gold dial ring whose warm metallic presence introduces tactile luxury into the interaction paradigm. The choice to render Earth from an orbital vantage point, with continental masses traced in the golden glow of human habitation against the profound darkness of space, suggests a design philosophy that connects the intimate scale of domestic life to planetary consciousness, inviting users to contemplate their place within larger systems while attending to quotidian matters of time and environmental conditions. Material selections reveal considered attention to sensory experience, with the matte charcoal housing providing visual recession that amplifies screen presence while the brushed metallic dial center creates subtle light play through its radial machining. The interface typography achieves functional elegance through restrained scale hierarchies and generous spatial relationships that facilitate rapid information acquisition without visual clutter. One might observe how the design bridges traditions of precision instrument making with contemporary digital interface conventions, creating an object that honors tactile engagement while embracing the possibilities of screen-based information display. How might such thoughtful integration of cosmic imagery and domestic function reshape our daily relationship with the technological systems that increasingly mediate our environmental experience?
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- Unique Properties
- Source 10, a highly intelligent smart home control terminal supporting multiple interaction modes, allows users to conveniently manage, monitor, and operate all other smart devices within their homes from one unified platform. By integrating advanced AI and IoT technology, the product can actively learn habits of users and optimize the efficiency of other home smart devices, contributing to a highly personalized and intelligent home living environment.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- product dimensions, 301 mm x 155 mm x 23 mm
- Tags
- smart home control terminal, AI and IoT technology, multiple interaction modes, specially designed knob, ultrathin 10mm body
- Production Technology
- Source 10 boasts an ultrathin 10mm metal body, and utilizes advanced CNC machining technology to realize distinctive glossy decorative edges, perfectly merging modern technology with premium materials. The curved metal cover plate on the right side employs stamping and anodizing processes to enhance visual layering and texture. Moreover, the metal knob with embossed diamond patterns offers a comfortable grip and improves the overall visual appeal.
- Design Challenge
- The challenges was how to deeply integrate smart features to ensure a smooth and personalized experience. Source 10 with the advanced algorithms can autonomously learn preferences and habits of users, so as to automatically adjust other home smart devices. Meanwhile, the product supports features including smart scheduling, alarm setting, news searching, etc., while also providing information like outdoor weather and security information, making it an omnipotent smart life assistant.
- Project Duration
- This product was developed in March 2023 in Guangzhou, and launched in October 2024 in China.
- Operation Flow
- Source 10 supports multiple interaction modes, like the physical knob, voice commands, touch, and the mobile app, to meet the needs of various scenarios, contributing to a more intelligent and convenient home living experience. The specially designed metal knob enables precise control, where the indicator light uses different colors to visually offer interactive feedback, greatly enhancing convenience of use.
- Research
- Traditional home environments feature cluttered walls due to numerous scattered control devices, and these devices are usually uneasy to operate. Users urgently need a simple way to control home devices. Source 10, by integrating AI and IoT technology, offers a centralized smart home control platform, which not only improves the user experience but also truly realizes the beautiful vision of smart home.
- Inspiration
- The appearance design draws inspiration from the sunrise over the sea, symbolizing rebirth and infinite hope. This product ingeniously marries natural beauty with modern technology, not only achieving visual harmony and aesthetic appeal but also infusing vitality and vigor into the daily life of users. Source 10 is dedicated to creating a comfortable, intelligent living space full of hope.
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