Joe Villella

For product development please visit: http://www.deeporangedesign.com.au/case_study/fanaway.htm

In 2004, Joe Villella (the innovator) had a vision to create a ceiling fan that had blades concealed within the confines of a light pendant and only transformed into a ceiling fan when it was switched on.

Joe Villella’s presentation on Fanaway:                                                                        http://fanaway.com/popup_inventorvideo.php

He then commissioned Neil Waldbaum, Industrial Designer at Deep Orange Design, to come up with a working prototype. After one year and a tremendous amount of correspondence, the first working prototype was created. It consisted of a very unique synchronized retraction mechanism (patent pending) and a uniquely shaped aerodynamic blade design (patent pending) capable of stacking over each other in retracted mode and generating significant airflow when the blades were deployed.

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早於2004年，Fanaway 設計師 Joe Villella 已有一個創新的意念及構思，就是把吊扇的葉片隱藏在吊燈內，當它被打開時, 才會轉化為一個吊扇。

以下就是 Joe Villella 對 Fanaway 的介紹：                                                http://fanaway.com/popup_inventorvideo.php

之後，他委託了Deep Orange Design 的工業設計師 Neil Waldbaum，做出了一個壬雛型。經過不斷的努力, 終於在一年後做出了第一個工作樣板。這個設計包括了一個非常獨特的同步收縮機械（專利設計）和一個形狀獨特的空氣動力學葉片設計（專利設計），能夠把葉片彼此堆疊及收縮並產生足夠的氣流。