Porsche Design / LaCie
External
Hard Drive
Puristic Design for On The Go
LaCie, the French producer of external hard drives, has been our partner for several years. No surprise: LaCie highly values ambitious design for all of their products – thus an ideal partner for Studio F. A. Porsche.
With this hard drive the design challenge was to achieve a thin case while using a premium material, e.g. aluminum. Many of those materials require a minimum strength that has to be met in every design.
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The essence of the design construction which is turned inside out is that each element is highly visible in its form and strength: Two approx. 1mm thin aluminum plates, connected through a circulating frame made of extruded aluminum. Additionally, polished cutting edges highlight the individual components and create a design that focuses on lightness and stability through the use of floating elements.
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