Infinity Cooling · Self-Initiated Multidisciplinary Concept

Cooling built on two elements, air and water.

A concept brand for PC cooling, built from top to bottom with a focus on better cooling and thermals build on two elements, air and water, each given the same obsessive care. My take on what a serious challenger to the big names in cooling could look like, imagined from the hardware out.

RoleBranding, Product, Visual
DurationDec 2019 – Feb 2020
TypeBrand Concept · E-commerce
ToolsIllustrator · Figma
Concept
Physical to Digital

One concept, carried across four disciplines.

Infinity's lineup runs in two directions: Glaive, high-performance fans in RGB and unlit variants, and Loop, a range of all-in-one water-coolers built for the PC enthusiasts who prioritize performance, and pitched as a believable rival to industry leading brands.

Beyond the concept, Infinity was a self-initiated attempt to take a product the whole distance starting with the physical hardware and not stopping until there was a brand, product lineup, and digital storefront built to sell it. The fan below was designed and rendered before first; each layer set up the next, the physical decisions shaping the digital ones.

Exploded-view render of an Infinity Glaive fan — frame, blades, hub, and mounting hardware separated along the fan's axis Exploded-view render of an Infinity Glaive fan — frame, blades, hub, and mounting hardware separated along the fan's axis
01Industrial Design

The physical form of the Glaive fans and Loop AIO water-coolers including proportions, materials, and the small details that make hardware feel like a real market-ready product.

02CAD

Modeled and rendered the products so they could live convincingly on the storefront creating the bridge between the physical object and the digital page.

03Brand Identity

A dual-logo system splitting the brand into its two equal halves, air and water, with a full visual language built around it.

04UX/UI

The e-commerce experience from information architecture to user flow to the final visual design was built to turn enthusiasts into buyers.

Goals

Three goals for a challenger brand.

Competitive Analysis

A new player in the industry.

To lay the groundwork for Infinity, I studied what other prominent PC-cooling component manufacturers were already doing and which user goals they weren't reaching. I evaluated several aspects from user surveys and identified where Infinity Cooling could improve to find a unique place in the market.

Direct competitors included NZXT, Cooler Master, Corsair, and Scythe. While some offer more product variety, none other than Scythe focus solely on cooling. The opportunity arises where the competition falls short and one of those areas is innovation. Much of the competition either plays it too safe or leans heavily on current industry trends.

Competitive audit — Infinity shown alongside NZXT, Cooler Master, Corsair, and Scythe
Creating a Framework

Mapping the structure before the finer details.

To understand how users would move through the Infinity Cooling experience, I mapped the site's information architecture as a sitemap. It set the foundation for everything that followed, establishing the pages and hierarchy up front, leaving the finer details to be worked out later.

Infinity Cooling sitemap — Homepage branching to Search (with Filter), the Glaive and Loop product lines, Discover, Contact (Address and Contact Method → Phone, Email), and Profile (Edit Profile, Sign Out)
Style Guide

One brand, two exceptional halves.

The concept always came down to the most efficient way to cool your hardware and since the best answer, air or water, changes from build to build, Infinity had to serve both equally. That ruled out a single logo, so I designed two: one for air and one for water. Each got its own mark and a shared palette.

Infinity Cooling style guide — the Loop infinity mark, the full color palette from pinks through oranges with hex values, and the Montserrat type scale
AirGlaive

The air-cooling half of the brand features high-performance case and CPU fans, in RGB and unlit varieties.

WaterLoop

The water-cooling half offers a variety all-in-one (AIO) liquid cooling solutions for consumers who want to maximize thermal headroom.

Mockups

A clean, intuitive path to purchase.

The home page presents the full product family at a glance, drawing visitors in and guiding them toward whichever product they would like to explore in more depth.

Infinity home page mockup — Glaive X9 hero, product carousel, and Loop and Glaive category highlights

Product Detail

The product detail page covers everything a buyer needs to know about a given product, alongside clear options to purchase it.

Product detail page mockup — Glaive X9 with image thumbnails, price, an Add to Cart button, feature sections, and specifications

Glaive & Loop

The Glaive and Loop pages gather every product in their respective lines, each linking through to a closer look.

Glaive category page mockup — grid of Glaive X7, X9, X7 NEO, and X9 NEO fans with prices Loop category page mockup — grid of Loop AIO water-coolers from X120 to X360i with prices
Key Takeaways

What the project taught me.

Reflection

Infinity Cooling as a brand and concept is something the PC-component industry would benefit from as a whole, the competition simply doesn't cut it. Many companies offering a similar product either fail to keep up with current industry trends or refrain from taking a leap of faith and offering something truly innovative. Infinity Cooling aims to do both, while still offering a reliable and trusted product.

Branding Design Thinking Information Architecture Illustrator Figma

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