Machine aesthetics : a simple guide to pushbutton fashion!
In previous articles, I’ve talk about the importance of aesthetics for the control interfaces of machines, how a pleasant to see control interface could ease your sales talk by providing more attractiveness and well-designed components and control panels could ease the operators’ life by providing more ergonomics. In term of fashion for pushbuttons , the latest trend is the introduction of flush mounting products. It means that you usually have to choose among 3 criteria: the color (matt black or shiny grey) The aesthetics choice is usually based on taste, contrast with the panels. In cases were the environment is very bright, the light can be reflected on shiny metal pushbuttons, thus bothering the operators… so that black colored pushbuttons are preferred in that last case. the external height depending on the mounting solution (standard or flush) Flush pushbuttons are sometimes considered a more modern look & feel because this aesthetics trend is quite recent. In addi...