The latest in product design consultancy news. Realise Product Design’s perspective on design trends, updates in the product design industry and new products coming to market.
The latest in product design consultancy news. Realise Product Design’s perspective on design trends, updates in the product design industry and new products coming to market.
High quality audio meets beautiful design
Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
Thermal Modelling
Sector: Industrial Design
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.
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.
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.
High quality audio meets beautiful design
Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
Thermal Modelling
Sector: Industrial Design
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.
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.
Beautiful circular button
Ultra rugged cable
Slide volume control
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.
Technical Enclosure Design For A UK Household Brand
Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
Thermal Modelling
Sector: Industrial Design
Re-designing an access control panel to re-energise a well-respected traditional British manufacturing company.
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.
Once a final direction was chosen, functioning prototypes were made via silicone tooling to provide prototypes that looked like the real thing.
SWITCHEE | SMART HOME THERMOSTAT Reducing carbon energy bills through clever design
Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
Thermal Modelling
Sector: Industrial Design
Design a smart thermostat, that can regulate the temperature in the home, is aesthetically pleasing with improved functionality.
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.
The Switchee device, combining form and function in a commercial product for the home.
Design optimisation for injection moulding, user post consumer waste plastic
Design For Manufacture
User Centred Design
Thermal Modelling
Sector: Industrial Design
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.
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.
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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