hands-free hair dryer ‘pillar’ triples as night lamp and shelf

Hands-free hair dryer ‘pillar’ by ByeongKyu Park

ByeongKyu Park conceptualizes Pillar, a hands-free hair dryer that triples as a night lamp and a shelf for cosmetics and skincare products. The industrial designer divides the tower into three parts. The top houses the lightbulb, which, when turned on, projects the beam upwards and sideways through the circular grille. The middle part is where the hair dryer is. This is the star of the hands-free Pillar because the hair dryer is detachable, movable, and magnetic.

This means that the user can rotate or reposition the hair dryer and direct it to where they want. In this way, they use it without needing to hold it. There’s a magnet inside the device, so the user can stick it anywhere around the steel-framed Pillar. The hands-free hair dryer has an adjustable knob to control the airflow strength and direction. Once the user sets all of these up, they can do what they want, whether applying skincare or doom-scrolling, and wait for the hair to dry. So far, ByeongKyu Park is producing the prototype of his hands-free hair dryer Pillar.

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3D printing for the push-latch design of the hair dryer

ByeongKyu Park hides the wires within the hands-free hair dryer Pillar. When the user detaches it from the tower, the wire comes along. It is lengthy enough for them to rope it around the tower. When they don’t want to remove it from their base, they can just rotate the hair dryer at 360 degrees. The mouth of the device has similar grilles to vents. With the adjustable knob, the user can direct where the air blows. As for the parts of the hair dryer, the industrial designer uses 3D printing for the push-latch design. He uses the parts from the Unix hair dryer as part of his prototype. The gearbox has a wing movement made using bevel gear, a rack, pinion gear, and an N20 motor.

For the design process, ByeongKyu Park employs the process of steel plate bending, perforation, welding, and powder and lacquer painting. At the bottom of the Pillar, the user finds three mini openings, which can accommodate travel-sized skincare products. It is also narrow and tall enough to fit in perfume bottles or 100 ml bottle sprays. The base of the hands-free hair dryer tower has wheels, so the user can move it to any room or space they want. While the industrial designer is still in the prototype phase, he has already produced the steel frame of the hands-free hair dryer Pillar and is testing the components of the device.

the hair dryer has an adjustable knob for airflow and heat level