At IDEO we designed the original TiVo DVR box & peanut shaped remotes. Rick Lewis did the iconic industrial design.

Working with Paul Newby at Tivo and John Smith, this design refresh applied user-data for UX optimizations and applied DFM for scale that ran for 10+ years.

It’s a remote with ergonomics for holding more than setting down. Ready to pause, rewind or jump ahead of commercials for the first time.

The middle yellow pause button was home and the shape allowed a one-handed ‘crawl’ up or down without looking.