Fantastic Design – It is time for some cool sketches
Now that the Design Research is done it’s time to begin expanding some cool concept ideas. The second step amongst the 5 design stages is the one that someone without a design background would refer to as the real “design”.
In this step our designers follow the agreed design direction in the research part and develop a variety of concepts for you to select from. This can also involve debating various preferred qualities of different concepts. Each concept considers the visual appeal, the engineering feasibility and the manufacturing feasibility. No point presenting some thing that does not work or can’t be made!
How several concepts do you need? Well, it depends. If your product is a popular user product with a considerable amount of existing competition, say an iPhone case, we advise 3 to 5 concepts so you have a variety of designs to select from.
But if your product is a absolutely new innovation, 2 or 3 concepts is enough and it is more effective to spend time increasing the idea further.
The concept design stage takes around two to six weeks, depending on the product’s complexity and the turn around time on your decision-making. At the end, you’ll receive a presentation with superb concepts. They’re so beautiful, they’ll make you cry!
At DETEKT we take pride in our Design to Manufacturing approach.
What does that mean for you? If you go with a Design House outside Asia the chances are high that you will get some brilliant design done nonetheless in terms of manufacturing in China – oh dear!
Design Homes outside Asia are often not aware what could possibly be done here. At DETEKT we’re. What we design can be manufactured right here. Our engineers live right here and have numerous yrs experience making use of local manufacturers. And, to be sure that your design won’t end up as just being a great idea we involve our engineers at a very early stage in the design process. Typically, what you see in the concept design stage has been reviewed by them to make certain it meets typical engineering principles and is ready to be produced here in Asia.
Yet before we can begin the machines, it’s time to go for the real difficult part – the engineering!
Georgette Adanas has been writing content articles on industrial design firm since 2002.