Our Services

Outerspace provides all the product development services required for professional product development and enhancements.

Research and Planning

At the heart of every successful product lies a thorough understanding of the market forces acting on the product: the consumer, the industry, competition and the changing world.

Outerspace harnesses global research into consumer behaviour, allowing us to connect with the user’s lifestyle, influences and the environment in which the product will live. A good understanding of the consumer enables us to conduct effective and focused research into the specific product area, looking at future trends and design movements.

Research by our design team into competitor products, trends, materials and manufacturing processes indicates where our clients can gain a competitive advantage in the market.

Industrial Design

Simply put, industrial design is the advancement of a product from idea to effective mass production and sale.

Many crucial decisions must be made along the way, each affecting the sales potential, time to market and profitability of the product. It’s reassuring to know you have help from someone who has been there before.

We identify key decisions and investigate the options and opportunities that the product development process offers.

For some, the role of the industrial designer ends with product styling and the outward appearance of a product. Outerspace is a vertically-integrated organisation; we take responsibility for the management of the product development process from the creative phase, through to the technical details-driven phases of product engineering and manufacturing.

Product Engineering

At Outerspace, ideas are rapidly translated into virtual products through the use of specialised digital development and presentation tools that bridge the gap between design and industry. The streamlined digital design process is further leveraged directly into rapid prototyping and production tooling, resulting in fast-tracked working solutions ready for manufacture.
We offer:

• Project management
• Material selection
• Structural analysis
• Product testing
• Pilot runs
• Production runs
• Specification, documentation and Quality Assurance (QA)
• Production engineering
• Tooling management

Prototyping

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a prototype is worth a million. Accurate physical prototypes allow us to evaluate the design and highlight any issues that were not raised by the virtual models. When it comes to verifying and communicating a design, there is no substitute for a realistic, tangible, working prototype.

From simple, inexpensive foam models to sophisticated 3D printed rapid prototypes, Outerspace employs the latest prototyping tools and technologies to reduce cost and eliminate risk from the development process.
Prototypes allow us to verify and communicate a product’s:

• Assembly and sub-assemblies
• Safety
• Look and feel
• Mass
• Volume
• User interface functionality
• Consumer reaction

Structural Packaging

The success of FMCG Packaging and consumer goods hinges on effective and attractive visual communication and presentation. In an overcrowded and demanding retail environment, packaging design must make a statement.

Exploring the physical properties of packaging materials, considering the practical issues of transportation, presentation, branding and recycling, and remaining open to aesthetic possibilities, successful packaging design is a demanding business.

Outerspace Design have a specific focus for all core requirements in FMCG packaging from concept to commercialisation.

Product Graphics

Effective Communication Design promotes product benefits at all points of contact with a consumer. It creates excitement and interest, clearly defining product differences at point of purchase. Powerful Communication Design, as part of the product development process, creates consumer loyalty and ultimately builds valuable brands.
We offer these services as part of the development process:

• Graphical User Interface design [GUI]
• Product naming, branding and trade-marking
• Product graphics and labelling, colour and texture
• Retail packaging / shipment packaging
• Instruction booklets / User guides

Project Management

At the start of a new product development project, our project managers generate a detailed, tailored project plan. The plan includes specific milestones and deliverables divided into distinct design phases with time and cost targets. The plan is charted and presented in a clear and understandable visual format for your approval. The Project Management Department tracks progress and keeps you up-to-date with developments.
Our team also provides the following services:

• Tooling management
• Supplier selection
• Supplier management and liaison
• Component sourcing
• Materials sourcing and purchasing
• Manufacturing selection
• Manufacturing liaison and progress tracking
• Assembly supervision