Philips · SonicareBart Massee Design — Oral healthcare

Oral Healthcare

Client

Philips Oral Healthcare

Discipline

Product design · CMF

Range

Sonicare · Whitening · Travel

Era

2016 → 2021

A word from a client
I have known Bart for over two decades, and recently we started working together on an exciting new project at INTIV focused on addressing human behavior challenges in oral care. Throughout the years, Bart has consistently proven to be reliable, creative, and highly professional. He brings a wealth of experience, a collaborative mindset, and a hands-on approach that helps move projects forward across multiple areas. His ability to combine strategic thinking with practical execution makes him a valuable asset to any team.
Iman FarzanehChief Executive Officer · INTIV AG
The whitening system opened — blue mouthpiece lifted from the black pod on its light cord

The whitening system — lift, wear, whiten

Twice a day, two minutes — design that earns its place in the most personal routine.

The brief was to design across the Philips Sonicare range: the whitening system, premium travel cases, the craft of materials and finishes — and, with the Philips engineering team, the intelligent electronics hiding inside every handle. Care you can feel, twice a day.

The whitening system

Pod, mouthpiece, light
Whitening pod — black cylinder with the blue mouthpiece glowing inside

The pod — charge, clean, store

The whitening mouthpiece — translucent tray on a slim stem

The mouthpiece — light where it works

Craft & detail

Materials & finishes
CMF details — glass, chrome, soft-touch case and blue brush head macro

Glass, chrome, soft-touch, bristle — the CMF palette

Premium & travel

The case that charges anywhere
Premium travel case on a side table, phone tapping to charge

Premium travel — excitement, funding, filled roadmaps

Travel case annotated — Qi charging, premium fabrics, antibacterial interior

Qi charging · premium fabrics · easy-wipe interior

Sketchbook & engineering

From seeds to circuit boards
The Brand Experience — evolutionary perfection, sketchbook boards

The brand experience — evolutionary perfection

Planting seeds — energy-flow sketches beside the drive train

Planting seeds — sketching the energy path

Intelligent control — the motherboard inside every Sonicare handle

Intelligent control — a brain in every handle

The team

All projects are always team work. In the team I drive the vision, project-manage, build the prototypes, make the presentations and C-suite pitches, and build energy towards and during the execution.

This project was designed in a team dynamic with Business, Engineering and Design team members such as Edouard Gebski, Joerka Koenders, Sal Primo, Brendan Hutchieson, Ted Yuan, Nick Freeman, Leo Ochoa, Esther Beckers, Esther van Houdt, Babette Keizer, Raymond Wong, and many others.

Philips · Bart Massee Design

Got a product in mind? Let's talk.

bartmassee@gmail.com · +31 6 8120 6196 · Netherlands

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