Product Design Engineer
Designing products, engineered for real life.
Furniture, homeware and everyday objects, for founders and small brands.
Experiments
Self-initiated projects
Services
Packages
- Design for manufacture
- Concept development
- Production-ready CAD
- Material and footprint evidence
DFM review
A marked-up review of an existing design, so it can be made reliably and for less.
- Part-by-part review against the chosen process
- Cost and risk notes, ranked
- Material, finish, repair and end-of-life advice
Concept sprint
Three directions, one refined in CAD, with materials and finish.
- Three directions, each with its reasoning
- One refined in CAD
- Materials, finish and a first cost view
Production CAD
Factory-ready files and a supplier pack.
- Production CAD and drawings
- Supplier pack for quotes
- Support through first samples
Priced by time or by value, depending on the project, and quoted in writing after a free 30-minute call. Footprint figures need a licensed dataset, so they are always quoted as an add-on. Advice is always included.
Process
Stages
- EnquiryA short call to understand the product, the budget and the deadline.Written next steps
- BriefUnknowns listed and ranked, so the expensive questions are asked first.A written quote
- ConceptDirections explored and tested against the brief, cost and process.Stage review
- DetailCAD, drawings and samples, with each decision recorded.Stage review
- HandoverFiles, supplier pack and a record of every decision.Factory-ready files
- SamplesQuestions answered as first samples come back, with introductions to manufacturers if needed.Sample review
Each decision is recorded with its reason. Each claim is labelled fact, testing or hypothesis.
Won't do
- Shiny projects that look good and never sell.
- Generated images passed off as the real product.
- Claims, green or otherwise, with no data behind them.
- More material than the product needs.
- Designs that can't be made at the price.
- Invoices that surprise anyone.
Contact
Get in touch
Tell me what you're making and where it's up to. The first call is free.
Based in south-west London, working with UK and EU clients.