At Bates Product Design, we have worked with many of our clients to design reusable parts, enclosures and packaging and more, which both builds a design family of recognisable products, but also saves considerable amounts of money for tooling, storage, design time and more.
In this recent DesignRush article, we discuss the advantages of a design system and how to implement one.
"A design system allows several products to use the same components or parts, resulting in less parts and lower tooling costs. When designing a new product, it is possible to think forwards and create a design system when considering what other products might follow.
For example at Bates Product Design, we recently worked with a client to design a custom enclosure for a new handheld device. However, as we knew this was the first of several products to be released, we designed the enclosure in a way that it would be suitable for future products. Now, by simply changing a few internal components and colours, the client has a family of products using the same base components. This had multiple benefits for the client including:
the second project was quicker to develop as we had already a basis to start from,
there was considerably less moulding costs for the second product as we used the same base enclosure,
the products have a similar look and feel making a family of products for existing users,
the part price was lower as we could order in larger bulk, saving due to the economies of scale."
See the full article here: https://www.designrush.com/agency/product-design/trends/what-is-a-design-system
If you have a new project and are interested in how we can help you create a design system, or just are interested in our services, get in touch at info@batesproductdesign.com or visit us on: www.batesproductdesign.com
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