The genesis of the Pebble Remote Control's design began with a real stone plucked from the shoreline by San Francisco industrial design studio Bould Design's founder, Fred Bould. Tasked to imbue an unusual degree of ergonomic care as a key component of the Hunter Douglas automated window shade system, he would use this stone to contour a handheld device that instinctually felt natural.
Transcending mere aesthetics, the Pebble represents a deliberate effort to create a device offering a tactile user experience while also inspiring the object to be left openly between use. Bould would go onto completely redesign the original 2016 circular design for a tactile, continuous silicone button surface remote, strengthening the stone analogy.
How did the integration of a silicone button surface differ from the original design? Whereas the 2016 remote had separate discrete button keycaps, the current updated version has a smooth sculpted contour with the switches embedded underneath. The button icons are laser etched into the top surface and allow them to be backlit. Silicone is an excellent light diffusing material.
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