Terri forestry machine

This student project was developed for the Enterprise course in Product Design together with TERRI AB, a Swedish forestry machinery company. We, as students, worked together as a design consultancy, helping them improve the exterior cabin and interior panel design of their logging vehicles. Using the Double Diamond design framework, we conducted user research to understand the needs and challenges of Terri’s target group. Based on these insights, we developed updated designs that enhance comfort, usability, and efficiency. The final solutions align with Terri’s user focus and aim to improve the overall experience for forestry professionals.

Some of the data collection techniques were market research, observations, questionnaire, function analysis, persona and Terri’s design language analysis.

In order to gain a deeper, more specific understanding of how users interact with products and environments, we conducted an observation with two forest machine drivers. The online questionnaire had three sections: general questions to identify the target group, focused questions on exterior and focused on interior user experiences. The questionnaire was posted to different Facebook groups where 65 people answered.

After gathering all the necessary information, we obtained the customer needs, both for the exterior of the cabin and the interior. These customer needs were regarding topics like design, visibility, light, safety, comfort, storage or accessories.

The next step was to generate a high number of ideas to later obtain the final concept. By utilizing the software’s Alias and SolidWorks, we finalized the shape of the interior and the exterior.

Lastly, we generated some renders, animations and prototypes of both parts.