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What is Product Design?

0 Comments/in Concept Design, Creative Process, Industrial Product Design, Product Design Consulting, Product Design Process

by Andrew Redman

You may be surprised that one of the most frequent questions we get is: “What is product design?”.

2018 Realised

0 Comments/in Industrial Product Design, Product Design Consulting, Sports Product Design

by Andrew Redman

Our agency year: Skiing, coffee and sustainability

Is HMV really dead?

0 Comments/in Packaging Design, Product Design Consulting

Will this British household name ever meet it’s end on the high street?

How do you produce viable concepts quickly?

0 Comments/in Concept Design, Creative Process, Industrial Product Design, Product Design Consulting, Product Design Process

by Andrew Redman

Great products take time, but how can you get a well thought out solution in a much faster time frame? Sprint!

ROC 2X – The professional camerahead with style

in Industrial Product Design, Product Design Consulting

ROC 2X | CAMERA HEAD

Remotely operated camera system

Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
   Thermal Modelling

Sector: Industrial Design

The Design Challenge

Create a pan and tilt head range which is both ultra-compact and tough enough to manoeuvre full broadcast equipment (2X XL).

All in a clean, compact, and professional package.

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Our Design Solutions

A CNC machined casing, that utilises high-end motors to provide beautifully stable and noise free video.

Partnering with the ROC console allows simultaneous control of up to five camera heads.

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The Delivery

A camera mount that ticks all the boxes.

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Let’s get started

+44 (0)117 325 9100 | info@realisedesign.co.uk

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ABB | Micro-controller Enclosure Design

0 Comments/in Industrial Product Design, Product Design Consulting

ABB | MICRO-CONTROLLER ENCLOSURE DESIGN

Award winning micro controller drive

Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
   Thermal Modelling

Sector: Industrial Design

The Design Challenge

ABB came to us with an award winning micro controller drive. With development nearing completion, ABB needed help creating a more stylish case, which would snap together to reduce fastenings

and assembly time.

This new case also needed to mount more easily in confined spaces whilst improving the thermodynamic performance to deal with the heat loss of their powerful motor control technology.

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Our Design Solutions

With improved assembly and thermodynamics both key requirements in the brief, we used extensive sketching to explore heat sink designs and ways to assemble and mount the Microflex.

This resulted in an innovative case design that largely clipped together, for an almost completely screw free finish, and which mounted to the wall via a concealed base plate, saving on manufacturing, assembly and installation costs.

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The Delivery

By designing the heat sink to use a semi-external heat dissipation method, we created a product that mounts side by side with other drives or other ‘hot’ products, but still dissipate enough heat at low power to allow the smart cooling fan to be shut down to save energy and for silent running.

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Let’s get started

+44 (0)117 325 9100 | info@realisedesign.co.uk

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Premium Headphone Design

0 Comments/in Industrial Product Design, Product Design Consulting

PHONAUDIO | HEADPHONE DESIGN

High quality audio meets beautiful design

Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
   Thermal Modelling

Sector: Industrial Design

The Design Challenge

To design a range of on-ear and in-ear headphones which provide class leading audio to compete with the dominant player in the market: Beats by Dre.

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Our Design Solutions

An acoustically tuned enclosure design which delivers balanced, clean sound tuned to PhonAudio’s desired timbre.

A unique industrial design which changes significantly with the application of different colours, and finishes to appeal to differing target markets.

Two different product SKU’s (On ear and over ear) which utilise 90% of the same components and thus reduces tooling investment and maximises production run economies.

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The Delivery

A beautiful set of headphones that outperforms Beats through a balance, accurate sound

A full manufacturing setup for a startup with technical documentation and supplier handover resulting in right-first-time tooling and production ramp up.

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Let’s get started

+44 (0)117 325 9100 | info@realisedesign.co.uk

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Aesthetic Door Entry System

in Engineering, Industrial Product Design, Product Design Consulting

TDSI | AESTHETIC DOOR ENTRY SYSTEM

Technical Enclosure Design For A UK Household Brand

Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
   Thermal Modelling

Sector: Industrial Design

The Design Challenge

Re-designing an access control panel to re-energise a well-respected traditional British manufacturing company.

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Our Design Solutions

From analysing the strengths of the brand, we created mood boards and style guides to provide direction for the final form of the products.

Selected concepts were modelled in the latest 3D CAD software, then prototyped to test how users interacted with them. Photorealistic renders were produced to test the textures, colours and form.

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The Delivery

Once a final direction was chosen, functioning prototypes were made via silicone tooling to provide prototypes that looked like the real thing.

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Let’s get started

+44 (0)117 325 9100 | info@realisedesign.co.uk

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Social Housing Smart Thermostat

0 Comments/in Industrial Product Design, Product Design Consulting

SWITCHEE | SMART HOME THERMOSTAT

Reducing carbon energy bills through clever design

Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
   Thermal Modelling

Sector: Industrial Design

The Design Challenge

Design a smart thermostat, that can regulate the temperature in the home, is aesthetically pleasing with improved functionality.

Our Design Solutions

By testing every design decision the ensure quality and inform design development we developed the final product. Starting with initial ideation through to Cad realisation and prototyping.

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The Delivery

The Switchee device, combining form and function in a commercial product for the home.

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Let’s get started

+44 (0)117 325 9100 | info@realisedesign.co.uk

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Post-Consumer Plastic Recycling Bins

0 Comments/in Product Design Consulting, Sustainable Product Design

Recycling bins from recycled waste

Design optimisation for injection moulding, user post consumer waste plastic

Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
   Thermal Modelling

Sector: Industrial Design

The Design Challenge

Realise Design were approached by Green Warehouse to help refine and deliver their vision for their newest sleekest bin yet. There were various manufacturing and usability related challenges that required our expertise in injection moulding and detailed development to help take the Ubin Mini to market whilst maintaining their high quality and user friendly requirements.

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Our Design Solutions

We made subtle tweaks to the form, usability and ergonomics to help make the Ubin Mini the excellent product it is today. Combined with our fun range of clearly identifiable stickers and iconography, the product is a must have in any workplace environment.

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The Delivery

uBin Mini is a sleek and contemporary recycling bin made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic! Check out their website if you’re interested in picking one up and boosting environmental awareness in the office.

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Let’s get started

+44 (0)117 325 9100 | info@realisedesign.co.uk

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