Industrial Product Designer with 30 years experience, providing a bespoke mix of services or end-to-end product development
I help small to medium manufacturers develop great products for mass-production, which are easy to manufacture, brought to market on time and meet their customer’s needs.
At any stage in the project time-line, I can be introduced to add expertise and lighten the load.
Always excited to work with a range of clients, sharing my creative and logical style of innovation and design across both existing and future products.
How can I help you?
“I’ve worked with Claire for eighteen years and I could not recommend her highly enough.
Her design and project expertise are exceptional."
“I have an idea and need Solidworks CAD skills and DFM experience, but I don’t have them in-house.”
Please get in touch with me to discuss your requirements.
If you know what you want or if you don’t … I know the questions to ask.
With no initial commitment, we can talk through your idea confidentially and discuss where I can add the ideas, skills & knowledge to complement yours.
We would do this as small stages, so you are fully appraised of the work that would be delivered and the costs involved at all times.
“How can I reduce my product development & manufacturing costs and time to market?”
Getting the right assistance at the right time, via an open & honest collaboration allows you to get the design right before you invest in production tooling.
The goal is always to catch all design issues at the CAD design and prototyping stage, rather than after tool steel has been cut. I am a firm believer in asking the questions, dotting the i’s, crossing the t’s and making recommendations for the product design.
Digital modifications take minutes or hours, but physical tool modifications can be extremely costly, both financially and in time to market.
“I know my customers and want to collaborate easily with someone who will add extra value to meet their needs.”
I approach every client and every project with an open mind. I believe that the inherent knowledge someone has about their business, customers, products and goals is incredibly valuable and should play a major part in our discussions, so we can build on these strong, existing foundations.
As is my responsibility, I will also question "the way things have always been done", to ensure that through discussion and brainstorming, we find the best way, for your customer, product and budget.
For example, wherever possible, I use my innovativeness in designing components and assemblies to reduce the overall number of tools and mouldings required, benefitting both you and your customer.
“My in-house team are very busy and we need an extra pair of hands to help out for a short time.”
Having worked within teams for 30 years, I know that the workload can sometimes exceed healthy capacity (no matter how experienced the team are), or a valuable team member may be unavailable for a period of time.
You can pick and mix the services you require, from concept sketches to pre-production, as I can just step in and out of the stages you need.
Please call me or email your requirements and we can discuss how I can help you.