Link – IPFL Bespoke Plastic Parts Micro 3D Printing Keeping up to date with supplier technologies and meeting IPFL at Southern Manufacturing Yesterday Conficio Product Design attended the annual Southern Manufacturing show in Farnborough. It is a great opportunity to catch up with suppliers but also meet new…

Blog Consultancy Vs Consultant Conficio Product Design can offer both, so which is right for you and your project? Since conception Conficio has quoted for over 200 projects. These varied from an electric bicycle to prototype medical electronics. Each design has unique challenges, and every company has a…

Video Teardown: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Great teardown video of the Meta/Ray-ban smart glasses by Ashley Sayed. In the video, he looks at the glasses from a design for manufacture perspective, testing their quality to give them a score out of 10. Credit: Ashley SayedYoutube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbTc-a29dUQ  …

Design Tips Understanding Product Design Terminology Making sense of it all   Over the past few months you might have caught our blog series, which focuses on giving you, the client, as many tools as possible, in order to make your product design journey the smoothest and most…

Design Tips Sourcing A Product Design Consultancy Making the right choice   So you’ve got a great product idea, sourced some funding to get it moving, and what to approach a product design consultancy.  But now what? If you’ve never created a product before, or sometimes, even if…

The Future Challenges in Sustainable Design Making the right choice   In the past, sustainable designs have been challenging, primarily during the end-of-life phase of the device. Over the last few years, new technologies and suppliers have started to specialise in production techniques that reduce the effect on…

Case Study A Client’s Story: Kevin   Like most entrepreneurs Kevin’s journey began after a chance incident; his bicycle was stolen. Walking was Kevin’s new mode of transport. He found himself utilising his legs more and more on his back-and-forth commute to work and again, like most young…

Blog Why Product Prototyping Is Critically Important for Your New Product Development Product prototyping is the simplest yet most effective way to communicate the essential information about your new product idea, allowing you to demonstrate the use and value of your prospect, refine design decisions and overcome unforeseen…

Product Development The Difference Between Industrial Design and Product Design When it comes to product design and industrial design, there is often some confusion surrounding what these two areas of design entail. Even those in the industry get confused since the current issue with product design is that it seems to…

Journal How to Design a Wearable Technology Product Many elements bring together the perfect wearable product design brief. Understanding how each of these works together will save you from the headache of having to make drastic (and costly) changes further down the line. Below we will detail a…

Journal How to Write a Product Design Brief Learning how to write a product design brief will save you a lot of back and forth. Clarity at this stage of the design process will prove invaluable further down the line, helping to avoid costly mistakes and errors and…

Case Study Product Design for Education – The Off Grid Cinema Project What is Cineboda & Why? Cineboda; created from the words ‘cine’, relating to all things cinema, and ‘boda’, an east African term for a motorcycle to be used as a taxi, or to transport goods. This…

Hardware Design Electronics for Product Design – Bringing Beautiful Product Design to Life Electronics for product design can be easily overlooked during the early part of the design phase. It’s all well and good creating a super slick product that the design gods would admire, but what about…

Guide Marketing Your Product – How to Launch The Finished Article We’ve covered a myriad of topics during this blog series, and as we draw a little closer towards the end of this journey, it’s time to look at marketing your product and how to launch that finished…

Guide Protecting Your Product Idea Our next instalment in our blog series on taking your product to market, focuses on protecting your product. Why You Need To Protect Your Product You’ve already invested time, energy and money in bringing your concept to life, so don’t forget to make…

Case Study Illuminating Ideas at Conficio   As we settle into the season of giving, our Technical Director Jon, has been working on a project of his own for his 5-year-old daughter’s birthday. With a passion for bespoke creations Jon set to work to create a technical toy…

Journal Rapid Prototyping – A Beginners Guide Picture the moment; your team have come up with a ground-breaking new concept product. It’s going to be the game changer. It features all the USP’s you could hope for; the concept is immense – it’ll take your business to the…