Industrial design consultancies offer professional expertise to develop a concept into a physical product, reduce manufacturing costs, select materials, and register patents. They can also help generate design concepts, develop prototypes, and arrange contract manufacturing.
An industrial design consultancy is a type of firm made up of industrial design professionals who assist a company or individual in developing a concept into a physical product through the application of their professional experience. Such industrial design consultancy also helps clients achieve various production and manufacturing goals through the use of their expertise to reduce final overhead costs and direct manufacturing costs. They can also assist their clients in the area of selection of various materials for the manufacturing process as well as in the area of patent registration for their products.
Assuming a company is looking to come up with a particular concept for a vacuum cleaner, it can contract the services of an industrial design consultancy to achieve this mission. The industrial design consultancy will analyze the company’s concept in order to find out the various attributes, such as the purpose of the company, which could be to develop a more ergonomic or more aesthetically pleasing product. Where such a company has not quite defined the concept, the industrial design consultancy will assist them in this development by developing a comprehensive concept which can be used as a stepping stone to product development. Once this is done, they will take the concept further by developing some sort of physical image for the company in order to give it an idea of what the product will look like after production. In the vacuum cleaner area, it can be a prototype of the vacuum cleaner or a three-dimensional representation of the proposed product, providing the customer with an opportunity to review the product and share constructive feedback.
Where the client has no concept, industrial design consultants can help them generate design concepts. After prototype approval, industrial design consultants can also assist in further product development through patent registration and arranging contract manufacturing of the product for the customer. During this process, they will use their substantial industry knowledge to offer the customer a competitive agreement on a pricing structure for mass production of the product with the aim of offering the customer choices that will lead to cost reduction in the manufacturing process.
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