Posts tagged product design australia
Prototyping: What You Need to Know

Prototyping is an evolving art, embracing new technologies and tools in the design process. It serves as the foundation of design. With 3D CAD modeling and rendering software, designers can generate lifelike representations of their creations. Product designers begin with a product idea, create sketches, 3D CAD models, and prototypes, refining their work until the product is production-ready. At the end of the day, nothing beats a physical product that can be held in your own two hands.

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Product Ideation: A Chance to Your Next Big Hit

At hone.pd, we conduct a preliminary concept exploration to allow for feasibility costing, communication of your product concept, and exploration of unique selling propositions. Be it for your first product or your thousandth, establishing the business case for a new product development is crucial to maximising the product’s success. Accurately estimating profitability and proving that you can achieve a return on investment (ROI) is the first step commercially focused businesses take in the product design process.

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Sandy Snoot’s - Funky Dog’s Life Jacket

This Sandy Snoot’s dog life jacket is a dog water safety product design for every dog owner who worries about the safety of their paw friends.

Hone.pd team made sure that the Sandy snoot’s dog life jacket design fits perfectly with the right dog size, is comfortable for all dogs and has multiple functionality.

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Koala Dummy: The Ergonomic and Anti-reflux Dummy

The Minbie’s i-sip ® Baby Dummy is an Australian Standard compliant kids product design. and one of the next generation’s most innovative kids silicone products designed especially for babies who are not able to breastfeed for some reasons as it can help them satisfy their sucking instinct and help soothe them and settle.

Hone.pd have supported the award winning product and have been continuously working in creating innovative and unique kids products design.

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Nexans Olex’s tradie’s best mate - EASYSPOOL™

If you’re looking for a commercial product design that is built to reduce your overall business risk of injury and improve your cable and handling installation efficiency, Nexans Olex’s EASYSPOOL™ is the best choice for you.

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Water Rat : An intelligent water trough and tank sensor

Farmo's Water Rat is a highly sophisticated but easy to set-up tank and trough water sensor designed for the Agricultural sector.

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Did someone say gold?

Adding to their growing list, our very own Baby Bum Shower received a prestigious Good Design Award Gold Accolade in the Product Design category in recognition for outstanding design and innovation.

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Staying in the awards

Following a win, earlier this year at the world star packaging awards, stay tray has taken another win coming home with the 1st place Roar award for the Best Eco product.

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Augmenting design of the future

Virtual and Augmented reality are two recent technologies coming into maturity from being sci-fi pipe dreams just a few years ago into part of our regular lives. But first what’s the difference between virtual and augmented reality?

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AI Meshing into 3d Printing

3D printing as a fabrication method allows for the easy construction of prototypes and organic forms that cannot be replicated using traditional manufacturing methods. The technology has been getting a lot of attention recently (even more than usual) thanks to wide media coverage of individuals and companies adopting printing to quickly adapt their production to supply Personal Protective and Medical equipment while there has been a worldwide shortage due to COVID-19.

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Manufacturing change during global turmoil

Australia’s manufacturing sector has been in decline for years as company after company moves to manufacture offshore. Over the last month, the devastation of sars-cov-2 has shown how vulnerable the world is when relying on international supply chains.

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Realising the Profit in Sustainable Design
Why you need to update your packaging now - Evidence that good packaging increases sales

Ever wondered what the value of packaging is to your business?

Have you undervalued packaging in the hope that the product would do the selling for you? If so, maybe it's time to change. We did some digging to uncover some tangible evidence that good, considered packaging helps increase sales and boost business growth and profitability.

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Subscribing to Sustainable Furniture

It is indisputable that landfill is an issue that stems from the globally adopted mantra of buy, dispose, and replace. For the sake of our planet there needs to be a shift in buyer culture towards sustainability. Emerging subscription based businesses provide one solution to this problem that could be a way to accommodate the desire for a regular refresh without the consequence of another piece of junk ending up in landfill.

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Kicking On with the new Stay Tray

At Hone Product Design we are proud to work with Kate Stewart, innovator behind the reusable drinks tray: Stay Tray. Stay Tray is committed to supporting fellow Aussie businesses as a 100% Aussie made product, but doing so comes with a number of additional expenses. A Kickstarter campaign has been established to launch the next range of products in the Stay Tray family. As industrial designers, we actively support ambitions such as Kate’s, to create great products that make a difference. 

In this article we explore how Kickstarter can be used in business and marketing for more than just raising capital. We ask that you help support a fellow Aussie entrepreneur that strives to make a difference by sharing on socials or backing on Kickstarter.

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Thinking Outside the Box to Fit Inside It

The rising population continues to put a strain on our natural resources, and for the moment, (visions of colonising Mars put aside) we are confined to the finite space that our planet has to offer. There is a growing need to accommodate the increasing concentration of people in major cities, such as Melbourne. We need to change the design and architecture of spaces in order to literally downsize our lifestyles as the population grows. With movements like tiny homes and minimalism gaining traction, living with less is both a practicality and a necessity. 

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