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Industrial design at TBN Origins Labs starts with a constraint, not a mood board. What does this product need to do? Who uses it and where? What can it be made from, at what cost, at what volume? Every form decision we make is grounded in those answers — not in what looks good on a render.
We do CMF (colour, material, finish), ergonomics, mechanical engineering, and DFM-ready 3D models. We design things that can actually be manufactured — not just visualised. The output isn't a concept. It's a geometry package a factory can work from.
You have a validated idea and need to translate it into a manufacturable physical product. You have an existing product that needs a redesign for cost reduction, new markets, or new manufacturing methods. You are an engineering team with a working prototype that needs a real enclosure — not a 3D-printed shell. You are a brand with a software product that is expanding into hardware for the first time.
Industrial design is typically the first engagement before hardware development and prototyping. We recommend starting here if the physical form of your product is still undefined.
We do not do packaging design, graphic design, or brand identity. We do not produce concept renders for products that will never be manufactured — every engagement is oriented toward a buildable outcome. We do not hand off a 3D file and disappear — our industrial design work is integrated with our hardware and prototyping teams.
If you need ID as a standalone creative exercise, we are not the right partner. If you need ID that connects directly to a PCB, a BOM, and a factory — that is us.
All engagements are fixed-fee. We scope the work, agree on deliverables and timeline, and price it before we start. No hourly billing surprises. No scope creep that appears as a line item at the end.
Industrial design at TBN is not a siloed deliverable. Our ID team works alongside our hardware engineers from day one — PCB dimensions, connector placements, thermal zones, and battery geometry are inputs to the design, not afterthoughts. This is what prevents the most expensive industrial design mistake: a beautiful enclosure that cannot fit its own electronics.
Typical timeline from brief to DFM-ready geometry: 6–10 weeks depending on complexity. Simpler enclosures can be faster. Products with complex assemblies, regulatory constraints, or novel manufacturing methods take longer.
We work in the tool that is right for the job. Parametric CAD (SolidWorks, Fusion 360) for mechanical assemblies and production intent. Surface modellers (Rhino, Alias) for complex aesthetic surfaces. We deliver in whatever format your manufacturing partner requires.
Yes. We regularly take rough sketches, foam models, or competitor references as starting points. We do not need a blank slate — we need enough to understand the intent.
We can. We have a vetted network of tooling and injection moulding partners. We can manage the supplier relationship on your behalf, or hand off the geometry package to your own manufacturer. Either way, the output is production-ready.
That is our preferred engagement. Industrial design is more accurate when the electronics architecture is known. Our embedded firmware and software teams work alongside ID from the start. See our full-stack services for how this works end to end.
The Hydroponics Farming System case study covers our ID process end to end — from form language decisions to DFM-ready geometry deployed in a live environment. Read the case study →
Consumer electronics architects. End-to-end.