Silver Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design · 2024
Yale Smart Indoor Camera Indoor Surveillance Camera
by Yale and Dolmen Design Agency
- A' Design Award 2024 Silver Winner in Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
- CLIENT: Yale
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 149,542
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About Yale Smart Indoor Camera Indoor Surveillance Camera
Yale Smart Indoor Camera is an indoor surveillance camera for home monitoring. The design follows clean lines and a simple form intended to suit different interior styles. An integrated cable management system keeps the wall mounting neat. The camera head moves in all directions for a wide field of view. Built-in artificial intelligence features, such as human detection, support smarter monitoring and reduce unwanted alerts. The camera connects to the Internet and is operated through a mobile application. The camera can work with other Yale smart products as part of a home security system.
Within the broader discourse of domestic technology design, this interior surveillance device exemplifies the contemporary imperative to reconcile functional necessity with aesthetic discretion, demonstrating how security apparatus might be reconceived as unobtrusive domestic objects worthy of thoughtful placement alongside curated decorative elements. The cylindrical camera body evidences careful attention to form language, its upright posture and clean silhouette suggesting attentive guardianship while avoiding the aggressive visual rhetoric historically associated with surveillance equipment. The designer appears to have drawn upon established principles of Scandinavian minimalism, where honest material expression, geometric clarity, and chromatic restraint combine to produce objects that enhance rather than disrupt domestic harmony. Particularly notable is the compositional dialogue established between the technological device and its companion—the gradient ambient lamp whose organic luminosity softens the camera's purposeful presence. This pairing suggests thoughtful consideration of how security technology integrates into lived domestic experience, acknowledging that such devices occupy intimate spaces where aesthetic sensitivity matters profoundly. The warm oak shelf provides material grounding, its natural grain patterns and honey tones establishing visual warmth that mediates between the camera's clinical precision and the lamp's expressive glow. Technical execution demonstrates sophisticated understanding of surface finish hierarchy, from the matte housing that minimizes visual distraction to the glossy lens aperture that necessarily draws attention as the device's functional core. The subdued emerald indicator light offers minimal intrusion while maintaining essential status communication. Viewers might contemplate how such thoughtfully designed objects reshape our relationship with domestic surveillance, transforming potentially intrusive technology into accepted environmental companions.
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- Unique Properties
- Designed to embody simplicity, from the bespoke clean lines of Yale product design to the intuitive smart features, the camera will suit all home styles to discreetly watch over your interior and help you keep a close eye on your home. Its integrated cable management system ensures a clean look for wall mounting. The head of the camera can be flexibly moved in all directions to ensure a maximum field of view. Built-in AI features, such as human detection, allow for smarter monitoring.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Camera features:
• 1080p Full HD
• Digital Pan & Zoom (up to 8x)
• Night Vision (6m)
• Wide Dynamic Range (WDR)
Viewing angle 110°
Communication: Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz
Audio features: Microphone and speaker for two-way audio Full duplex audio, echo cancellation and AAC audio codec.
Intelligent features
• Motion Detection
• Detection Zone
• Privacy Zone
• Human Detection
• Pet Detection*
Video storage options
• Built in local storage on flash memory
• 30-day Cloud Recording*
Product dimensions (W x D x H): 70mm x 70mm x 115mm (excluding mounting plate) - Tags
- smart camera, surveillance, smart home, smart security, app control, live-view, motion detection
- Production Technology
- We wanted a discrete and elegant design that provided a premium look and feel to the hardware. Through design thinking methodology we perfected this sleek, unobtrusive form, ensuring it complements any décor style, achieving the perfect balance of aesthetics and functionality. Our material selection emphasized a premium surface for a soft feel, both to the eye and touch. User-centric design principles informed the development ensuring that this design fits with our other products.
- Design Challenge
- We felt that one of the most important aspects of the design for our indoor camera was to find a good answer for cable management that was part of the mounting solution. To test out our various design iterations we had a fake wall where we stress-tested and mounted the various solutions until we settled on a design we were happy with and felt worked best from a customer experience perspective.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2022 in Malmö, Sweden. We first exhibited the new smart camera range at IFA Berlin in September 2023 and then launched the device in January 2024.
- Operation Flow
- The Indoor Camera provides smarter monitoring for your home's interior. It can be easily connected directly to the Internet, this allows the device to be operated from anywhere in the world with a single application, the Yale Home app, on your mobile phone. It can detect and notify users if any humans have been seen, and built-in AI features will reduce the number of unwanted notifications from pets or robot vacuums which may frequently trigger the camera's sensors.
- Research
- We interviewed all the market regions to understand what features were most important to them in a smart camera, and to determine how competition looked in their region using market research, surveys, and interviews. We tested and evaluated a lot of competitive devices to understand the areas we saw a need for improvement on, like the mounting solution and cable management, to perfect these shortcomings within our own device.
- Inspiration
- The Indoor Camera is easy to install and use and can integrate with other Yale smart products to create a home security system. This is highlighted through features such as privacy mode, which will turn your camera off when you arrive home for added convenience when connected to a Smart Alarm. The smart camera aims to reduce trigger notifications sent to users thanks to built-in AI capabilities, to provide up-to-date information and live feed of your home for peace of mind.
- Image Credits
- Yale, ASSA ABLOY group
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