D2M Innovation

D2M Innovation | Product Design Company is a UK consultancy that turns product ideas into items ready for manufacture. Founded in 2010, it works with entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs, and says it has supported more than 1,600 of them over roughly fifteen years. Senior designers stay involved from early research through to production support, using in-house design facilities and a network of manufacturers.

Services

• Viability and risk review: early assessment of whether an idea can work commercially and where the risks sit.
• Product design: concept and engineering design for physical products, from appliances to cases.
• Textile and soft goods design: bags, backpacks and other fabric-based products.
• Prototyping: functional and high-fidelity prototypes to prove a concept.
• Intellectual property support: patent work handled alongside vetted Chartered Patent Attorneys.
• Manufacturing support: help moving a finished design into production.

Who it serves

Clients are inventors, founders, start-ups and SMEs in nursery and toys, leisure and sports, home and garden, health and wellbeing, and pets.

Key facts

• Based in: United Kingdom
• Founded: 2010
• Clients supported: more than 1,600 start-ups and SMEs