Kenu | Airframe
Project lead | Design lead | Design direction
Kenu is one of the most popular car mount brands in the world, with its flagship Airframe line found in retail stores and online outlets across 35 countries. In addition to being ID lead for many projects, as VP of Design I grew the design team, expanded the product line, and oversaw all brand awareness and marketing campaigns.
Airframe
Design Lead
The very first portable phone vent mount, released in 2013 and whose form factor influenced the entire category. Learn more >>
Airframe+
Design Lead
Designed for phones with screen sizes up to 6” dia., Airframe+ was developed in just under five months for release ahead of the Apple’s first large screen phone in 2014. Since its launch, over two million Airframe+ car mounts have been sold worldwide, overtaking the original Airframe. It was also the most popular auto accessory in the Apple Store.
Airframe+ Leather Edition
Design Lead
I drew from my technical softgoods experience to develop this variant of the Airframe+ car mount aimed at the high end accessory market. Deceptively complex to develop and produce, the process required skivving leather down to 0.2mm thick and then bonding to multiple small parts.
Premium Car Mount Collection
Design Direction | Project Lead
To address evolving phone form factors and consumer feedback, I guided the industrial design and engineering groups in creating a new line of car mounts launched in 2017 that included dashboard and windshield mounts plus a magnetic phone attachment.
Wireless Charging Car Mounts
Design Direction | Project Lead
With many popular smartphones now featuring wireless charging capabilities, we sought to create a line of best-in-class Qi-wireless charging car mounts to provide a convenient way for drivers to keep their phones charged, particularly with the rise of battery intensive apps like navigation and music streaming.