When we set out to design the Arc Wallbox, the brief was almost embarrassingly simple: a customer should be able to forget it exists.

Designing for absence

Most domestic chargers shout. Status LEDs blink in three colours, plastic flaps clatter in the wind, and a logo the size of a postcard insists on being noticed. The Arc casing is a single milled block of recycled aluminium, finished in a low-sheen anthracite that reads as shadow against most exterior walls.

The best home appliance is the one that disappears into the wall the day after it is installed.

The only light is a single thread of phosphor that breathes gently while a session is in progress. There is no app icon on the unit, no QR code, no compliance text on the front face. Everything regulatory lives on the underside, where an inspector can find it and a homeowner never has to.

What we removed

We removed the screen. We removed the speaker. We removed the holster, because a coiled cable on a hook is more honest and easier to repair. What is left is a piece of architecture that happens to deliver 22 kilowatts of power on demand.