Design 1st

30 Seconds on How We Work

Are you looking for fast, predictable outcomes to your product design challenges?

Our clients hire our team for technically challenging product designs

Balancing look, materials features and cost, we sift through thousands of options, making critical decisions while remaining focused on your end game

We specialize in custom design and engineering of some of the world’s most useful and innovative products

Our industrial design team works alongside our product engineers to develop beautiful concepts that are manufacturable and meet your business requirements

Our experienced electronics design engineers work side-by-side with our industrial designers and mechanical engineers as part of a complete in-house design and problem-solving team

• App & cloud SW We leverage our engineering, testing and fabrication expertise working with our network and prototype suppliers

• Lab & 3rd party test Our supply chain network provides access to partners for a smooth transition into high quality production

We help your go-to-market planning with market research, competitive analysis and use case investigation

• Color / Label / Logo

Explore Our Recent Work

With the right design partner, any entrepreneur or organization has the ability to successfully bring a new product innovation to market

Sky-X: Remote Drone Garage - Aerial Mapping Pipelines and Utility Rightaways

Sky-X came to Design 1st with a unique design challenge: build a rugged, climate-controlled weatherproof container to house, protect and maintain a drone for remote operation

SkyX came to Design 1st with a new custom solution that cost 2 5X the initial target cost required to produce the product in volume The team was tasked with re-designing a lower cost version, maintaining the actuated roof, recharging station, and weatherproof housing

Source an existing articulated roof shipping container from Austria, customize the container to make 100% waterproof and develop a custom interior design to safely house, recharge, and protext the SkyX drone

• 01Tough Design Challenges Repurpose a shipping container to house, recharge, and protect the Sky-X drone while meeting tight budgets and timelines

Repurpose a shipping container to house, recharge, and protect the Sky-X drone while meeting tight budgets and timelines

• 02Reduce Risk and Cost: Address costs, part design, and supply risk to ensure ongoing production of the unit in low and high volumes

Address costs, part design, and supply risk to ensure ongoing production of the unit in low and high volumes

• 03Fast Turnaround Design, test, and fabricate over 150 custom parts, 350 electronics components and build prototype in seven months

Design, test, and fabricate over 150 custom parts, 350 electronics components and build prototype in seven months

• 04Manufacturer and Supplier Selection Leverage global partner network to source off-the-shelf compontents and setup onshore manufacturing plan

Leverage global partner network to source off-the-shelf compontents and setup onshore manufacturing plan

Pedz: Wireless RFID pediatric patient

security bracelet Complete design of RFID bracelet for tamperproof security, quick removal and easy reattachment of device Ready for mass production in eight months