JAC, a leading industrial machinery manufacturer, collaborated with 4D Systems to provide interactive display units for their commercial bakery products, JAC Varia and JAC Tradilevain. JAC required a durable, high-quality and visually appealing screen capable of integrating all adjustment settings for their adjustable slice-thickness bread slicers. Adrien Craeninckx, CEO at JAC, stressed the need for both technical adjustments and user-varied parameters through the graphical interface. While JAC had an older 7-inch display from 4D Systems, they needed a solid, high-resolution but smaller display that could be easily integrated and quickly programmed by their R&D team.
Multimedia artist Mikhail Margolis combines digital technology and traditional art, utilising 4D Systems for innovative experiences. Harnessing skills across a range of media, Margolis blends technology with traditional formats to create unique pieces. His IT background allows him to tackle the technical challenges inherent in multimedia. His art is centred on self-expression and creating works that emotionally engage viewers. A current project is an interactive installation at Galerie Charlot in Paris, which explores the digital-human imprint and our relationship with the environment. Visitors are invited to navigate the exhibit as an amoeba-like entity, prompting reflection on human interaction and our evolving relationship with technology. The installation will make use of LCD-24P4 modules, chosen for their shape and suitability for viewing from various angles.
South African entrepreneur Henlo van der Westhuizen, in partnership with 4D Systems, has developed a premium espresso coffee machine, merging art, engineering, and functionality. Inspired by outdated coffee-shop technology, Van der Westhuizen set out to enhance the coffee experience through advanced engineering. His vision focused on cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and innovative technology, leading to a product comparable in price with mid-high range espresso machines but with added telemetry. Committed to sustainability, his machines are designed for exceptional service life, enhanced by telemetry and data reporting. This journey led to the essential collaboration with 4D Systems for the machine's display technology.
Airinspace, based in Élancourt, France, was founded in 2002 with the objective of develop a way to provide the cleanest air in space. By developing air purifiers and airborne surface disinfection machines, they provided safe environments for humans in space, initially on the Russian space station Mir and later at the International Space Station (ISS). Today, the French company’s air purifiers are depended upon in hospitals across the world (circa 50 countries) to keep vulnerable patients safe from air and surface contamination as well as by research laboratories needing to mitigate potential airborne particles and microorganisms from disrupting their results. The product design team’s emphasis on the product’s ergonomics and aesthetic needs to be matched with an equal touch-screen experience also.
