- Belair radio
- card latch
- child drink cup
- design 1st prototype
- design plastic part
- design sketch
- design sketch controller
- digital cinema design
- EFD flash drive design
- fiber switch
- finite element design
- gauge design
- gesturetek multitouch
- golden ear
- Hershey chocolate truck
- indsutrial design vent
- LED switch design
- mitel audio conference
- mytrak pedometer
- outdoor case design
- oximeter design
- pedz strap cutter
- pedz tag design
- plastic part design
- plastic part designed
- speaker goldenear
- stress analysis design
- WiFi backhaul
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Product Development Experts
Starting from a napkin sketch or prototype, the Design 1st team creates custom outer enclosures and inner mechanics for innovative global products like the We-Vibe™, Christie M-series™ projectors, BelAir Outdoor Wireless base stations, ProDrive dental turbine, Mytrak M2™ fitness coach, Pliant Enterprise Flash drives, Gesturetek GestDisplay™ and GestTable™, Stanley Healthcare, Securaband™ and many more. Review projects and testimonials from our valued clients.
Design 1st provides services to entrepreneurs, start ups and corporations of all sizes who are looking to develop innovative and useful products to their markets to create business advantage by differentiating themselves from their competition. See examples of our work in Product Design Portfolio…
Hire our expert team of designers and engineers to find solutions to your challenging product opportunities. Using the latest dynamic design tools, we fit in quickly wih your development team and business objectives. Many designs must start with detailed engineering analysis to determine flow, temperature, stress, motion and geometry before the decision on what shape, size and construction the product will need. Our engineering team and FEA, CFD and other analysis tools help us de-risk the design in a process that puts first things first.
"Successful products start with the user and their needs including interacting with the product, handling, storage, maintenance, installation and environmental re-use at end of life. The goal is to create a positive emotional reaction with the user throughout the products usefulness, starting at the point of purchase."
Kevin Bailey, Founder & President
The group at Design 1st are experts in molding, tooling, materials, engineering analysis and design all in one package and they work without needing someone to hold their hand.
Design 1st goes beyond what is asked of them, offering additional design suggestions for future improvement and offering network connections, in marketing for example, which have proved essential for bringing my product to market.
Design 1st’s ability to balance artistry and engineering played a key role in ensuring the We-Vibe design resulted in a product that was both beautiful and functional.
I've got a product that's getting a bit long in the tooth and needs a face lift. Can your company generate some renderings with a fresh look?
Design 1st enabled me to show my product to potential customers well before I had a prototype ready. This helped us secure millions in funding for our new line of telecom gear.
I am looking at diversifying into other market areas. I need to brainstorm ideas and get some great looking product concept images completed to convey my new ideas.
Design 1st helped me to bring my idea to life, by taking my very own 'home made model' of sticky tape, foam pads, bits of plastic and stainless steel, transforming it into an impressive marketable protototype that turned into the products and business I run today.
We're overloaded and could utilize extra design resources that can come up to speed fast.
We've got cost and assembly problems with our enclosure. Would your company be willing to assist with designing out cost and reducing the part count?
I've encountered patent infringement issues and don't know what to do. Can you help figure out ways around an existing patent?
Design 1st took care of all the details, from designing and prototyping the product, through to introducing me to trusted manufacturers for my custom parts and for my final assembly.
During the product development process I was able to pick the best design out of many and improve on it before we finalized the design for the prototype.
Design 1st is a fast moving team of expert designers and engineers solving problems together, I have learned this is very hard to find.
My in house design and manufacturing team is good at what we do but the products we are planning require expertise in plastic injection tooling and need to look great.
Design 1st is an Ottawa product design team of Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineers who understand how to make a product's design look great and operate the way you expect it to. Our product development team, with its 25 years experience in new product design engineering, is an ideal partner for corporations and start-ups to outsource their physical product design and development.
Equipped with in-house machining, finishing and part prototyping facilities, Design 1st can create finished models, first parts and assemblies - providing one stop for design engineering services. Clients rely on us to turn a napkin sketch into compelling images and then design well engineered product solutions.
We also help clients with pre-production part approval, component identification and supply strategy during new product introduction. Our team has worked with hundreds of manufacturers around the world in many kinds of processes. We help select materials, specify components and part design to meet production requirements and achieve low cost as seen in our engineering design portfolio.
Product development. It's the heart and soul of what we do at Design 1st.
Our product development team is one of Canada's most accomplished, with 25 years of design, mechanical engineering and product development experience.
Based in Ottawa, with offices in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, our product development experts can take your idea from the drawing board to working prototype and on to production. We have clients in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal, Canada, Boston and Los Angeles, California.
How to Hire a Product Design Firm
Hiring a product design firm to assist in the development of a new product is a smart choice because it decreases the risk of product development while improving time-to-market. A product design firm helps businesses design great-looking products that function exactly as expected.
Tips for Outsourcing Industrial Design
Industrial design is a combination of applied art and applied science. Industrial designers must design products with aesthetics and usability in mind, starting from conceptual brainstorming and leading to solutions that take a design team through to production start-up. The industrial design field combines function and form, and in the process, artists work alongside engineers and marketers.
The 8 Steps of the Engineering Design Process
Engineering design is a process that engineers use to assist in product development. Physical product design is the creation of structures that serve a purpose and is one branch of the engineering field. This area of design requires trained professionals typically with a mechanical engineering background.
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