Capabilities
Crowdfunding Design
Design for Crowdfunding Campaigns
From concept to a working prototype ready for Kickstarter or Indiegogo, and on to manufacture once your campaign is funded.
Kickstarter & Indiegogo
The main crowdfunding platforms require a working prototype to be featured in the campaign. Backers need to see that the product idea has real potential in functionality, user friendliness and marketability, and that it is innovative and useful. I help you take your idea from concept, through CAD development, to a working prototype ready for your campaign. Once funded, I can complete the Design for Manufacture and help organise production. I can join at any stage of the process, for instance if you have already worked on the concept.
● PROCESS
Design & Development Stages
Concept Design
Sketches and first computer models that put as many ideas on paper as possible, in close communication with you.
Design Development
Market and patent research to make the product unique, then detailed CAD of the mechanics, function and aesthetics.
Prototyping
Working prototypes that prove the performance of the design, ready to feature in your campaign video.
Trials & Testing
Lab and field tests with real users, and testing to rigorous mechanical performance and safety standards.
Design for Manufacture
Preparing the product for production, liaising with the manufacturer or subcontractors for each material and process.
Manufacture
Supervising tooling, production samples, costings, quality control and assembly, with regular progress reports to you.