Exploration of forms:

1. Straight edge treatment

   front/side view
   
   
   perspective view

   My favourite is number 2 where the top compartment is hidden.

2. CURVE EDGE TREATMENT

   front/side view
   front/side view
   
   
   perspective view

   My favourite is number 7 as it feels most balanced.
   

3. ELLIPSE FOOTPRINT (INSTEAD OF CIRCLE)

   front/side view

   perspective view

In this series, there’s more of the product facing the user, but I dont quite like the form as of now.

Please help to comment on the formal qualities and suggest a few that I would explore further with detailings.

Exploration of detail treatment:

Here are some of material treatment I will explore:

1. CONTRAST IN TRANSPARENCY

   

   Components are shown partially here. Looks interesting. Great contrast between top and bottom part.

   For mine, colour could be both space grey, but the difference is in opacity levels.

   2.GREY/WHITE. METAL/CERAMIC

   

   I think this has some medical/sterile sort of feeling but can still be quite stylised and interesting with one BOLD detail to catch attention.

   3. ONE BOLD DETAIL FOR INTEREST

   
   Could be a fixture/button that stands out complete from the grey/whitish. It would have one important function: either the joining of top and bottom piece OR the test result interface.