Top Level Organistaion & Planning
- Design Philosophy
- Vision / Roadmap
- Design Strategy
- Design Thinking
- Research & Development (R&D)
- Academic Research / Literature Reviews
- Stakeholder deliberations / consulting
Market Research
- IP & Technology analysis
- Competitor analysis / Benchmarking
- Voice of Customer (VoC) (Corporate pitch) Right-wing
- Participatory Design / Co-Design (Social pitch) Left-wing
- In-Focus / Out-of-Focus Groups, Brainstorming & facilitation
- Interviews & User surveys
- Sociological & Psychological Insights
Front-end Conceptual Design
- Ideation
- Form Finding / Generative Design
- Concept Art
- Functional Analysis / Systems Design / Block / Component / Circuit Diagrams
- Engineering Calculations
- Morphological Charts
- Story-boarding / Comic-strip
- Interaction / Experience Design
- Prototyping / Model Making
- Test-rigs / Breadboards / Proof of Concept fabrication
- Brand Identity / λόγος / Graphic Design
Middle-ground Decision Making
- Decision Map
- Objectives Tree
- Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE)
- Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
- Weighted Evaluation Matrix
- Performance Requirements & Specifications
- Control of Structural / Dynamic / Hydraulic / Thermal / Chemical / Electrical / Magnetic phenomena
- Hardware / Firmware / Software / Wetware testing via the Scientific Method
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA) / Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Back-end Detailed Design
- Class-A G³ Studio / Parametric / Computational Surfacing
- Polygonal Modeling / Texture Mapping
- Animation / Skeletal Rigging / Forward & Inverse Kinematics
- Design for Manufacturing (DfM) & Assembly (DfA)
- Design with Polymers / Metals / Composites / Glass / Ceramics / Biomass
- Design for Molding / Casting / Additive Layering (3D Printing) / Forming / Joining / Welding / Cutting / Machining / Finishing
- Colours, Materials, Finishes (CMF)
- Value Engineering
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA) & Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation
- Cost of Goods (CoGs) & Bill of Materials (BoM) analysis
- Supplier / Manufacturer / Machine shop Communications
- Procurement of Original Equipment Manufactured (OEM) items
- Technical Layout / Assembly / Part Drawings
- Geometrical Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) / Engineering Limits & Fits / Statistical Analysis
- Part Inspection / Metrology / Reverse Engineering
- IP Drawings & Diagrams
- Manufacturing planning & process support
- Assembly process documentation
- Still Image Rendering / Animation Rendering / Visual Effects
- Machine Learning / Scientific Computation
- Studio Photography / Videography / Editing
- Marketing / Advertising / Propaganda / Campaign support
Software & Data
Depending on the Nature and needs of your project we can use one or many of these special software applications: