Your partner in product development.

As a product design studio combining strategy, industrial design and engineering, we work with you to achieve your product development goals by expanding your capabilities.

Body worn surveillance camera for public safety officers. Demonstrating a rugged aesthetic and strong brand identity.

Axon | Body 2

Industrial design, prototyping and manufacture support for a brand defining broom and dustpan for design led homeware product start-up Dotti.

Dotti | Best Broom and Dustpan

Industrial design and mechanical design engineering of a footage stabilisation accessory action sports camera pioneers Contour Cameras.

Contour | C-Handle

Dishwashing super scrubber sponge with minimal industrial design style and aesthetics

Dotti | Super Scrubber

Cordless vacuum cleaner with mains power performance by ex-dyson engineers.

Lupe | Pure Cordless

Grapholo pen trio

Grapholo | Pen Trio

Navigating the product development journey isn’t easy.

Discover how our clients have successfully achieved their goals by partnering with Aileron.

integrated Bluetooth audio system for Snowsports helmets.

Ruroc | Shockpods

electrostatic sprayer for anti-viral protection during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.

Vycel | 4

  • ''It's not easy to understand constraints while maintaining creativity and out-of-the-box style thinking, yet Aileron champion this in all they do which make them an asset to just about any team or R&D program. If I had a chance to work with Aileron again, I wouldn't hesitate!”

    JASON GREEN - CO-FOUNDER - CONTOUR

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  • ‘‘Aileron were an invaluable, efficient and pragmatic resource for helping us bring the Pure Cordless to market’’

    PABLO MONTERO - FOUNDER - LUPE

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  • “It has been a pleasure to work with Aileron on developing the Vycel 4. Gary and Will are totally professional, knowledgeable, technically capable and innovative in their thinking. They are structured in their approach to the project but retain the capacity to be flexible when needed. Without their involvement, we certainly would not have achieved all that we have.”

    JAMES FARQUHARSON - VYCEL

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  • "We partnered with Aileron to recruit the best product designers to scale with our business without the inflated expense and challenge of building an internal design team. Aileron is our product design team. They are professional, exceptionally talented, organized, and feel like a natural extension of our team.’’

    RACHEL GARBUTT - FOUNDER - DOTTI

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  • “Aileron Design has an exceptionally gifted mechanical design and engineering team. Their commitment to customer excellence and delivering the right product has inspired me personally and helped drive excellence in the many product development programs I've worked on.”

    MARK HANCHETT - DIRECTOR - AXON

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  • ''Aileron are such a cut above anyone else I worked with that I knew they were in a league of their own. They are one of those rare small teams with the skillset of what felt like 20 people. I can't recommend Will, Gary, and the rest of the team more highly.''

    CHARLIE MELVOIN - FOUNDER

  • "Incredible work! Both Gary and Will produced nothing short of excellence whilst working on both our shockwave and shockpods projects. An incredibly complex, challenging and time critical project made easy due to their wealth of experience and knowledge. From initial concepts to completion, both Gary and Will offered well thought-out strategy and deliverables producing a product that far exceeded expectations! "

    DOUG CAUSER - PRODUCT MANAGER & SENIOR DESIGNER - RUROC LTD

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  • I've been working with Aileron for a little over a year now when it comes to product design ideation, development, and technical documentation. They are an incredible company and I couldn't image working with anyone else when it comes to product design and development. All expectations have been surpassed. I look forward to our continued work together to help grow my product line and my brand. Highly recommend

    JENNIFER BRAIDWOOD - FOUNDER - BRAID & WOOD

Why work with a design consultancy?

  • Allowing you to increase and reduce the size of your team to adapt to project needs but without the arduous recruitment process or the commitment and risk associated with full-time staff.

  • Inspiration and creativity often come from pulling together different sectors, and different technologies that may never usually cross paths can become valuable and innovative combinations.

  • To expand the capabilities of your existing team into a new product sector, new technology or new market. Without the need to commit to new full time staff.

When to work with a design consultancy

  • Your business is exploring or expanding into new territory.

    A new sector, a new technology, a new market. Or into physical product development for the first time.

  • Market factors drive your business to compress existing project timelines and bring forward the launch date. Or they highlight an opportunity for a new project that needs to be resourced without impact on others. Or new discoveries on a project increase the workload, but the time line is fixed.

  • The market undergoes a significant disruption, and you need to adapt quickly. A new technology becomes available, and you want to seize the opportunity to utilise this in your product. Or buying habits change significantly, and you need to pivot fast to keep a competitive edge.

If you'd like to work with us or see how we might be able to help you out then you can reach us here.