Services
We offer a wide range of product development services includingmarket research, branding, industrial design, 3D visualization, engineering, prototyping, sourcing, packaging, and manufacturing.
We concentrate our efforts for the best solutions to our clients' product development challenges while offering the complete design package by working with a highly talented and multifaceted team of designers, engineers, developers and industry partners.
Market and Brand Research:
When the design process begins, we assist our clients with market and design research. This helps inform the design process as well as the functional and digital UI/UX.
The research that is done helps in the discovery faze of the design process. We review all aspects of the design, from market trends, materials, user constraints, voice of the customer to the industry standards and certifications that may be needed.
Industrial Design Strategy (The intersection of design and the human condition.)
We utilize industrial design to create meaningful solutions and offerings for our clients products and brands. We work with clients to help carry their projects at any level, designing strategies around human factors, ergonomics, CMF, brand identity and mechanical design. Our process includes dynamic ideation sketching, model making and 3D visualization and more. These processes allow the development of our client's brand Industrial design language (IDL)
Dynamic ideation concept sketching (The tip of the spear of idea generation)
We take the napkin sketch to the next level. We offer world class concept sketching that comprises
a multi-tier approach of loose concepting to discover design opportunities to complex ideation illustrating CMF and DFM strategies. (CMF= Colors, Materials and Finishes) (DFM= Design for manufacturing)
3D Computer-Aided Design
We use a wide array of programs to achieve the desired results for our clients. We model for DFM, surfacing and parametric design needs. We create 3D data for brand, graphic and animation requirements.
Engineering
When we design products, we make sure they meet the manufacturing and design requirements, through proper mechanical, electrical and FW engineering requirements. We utilize FEA, DFM and DFMEA development strategies to design our clients' project within manufacturing and user constraints.
Hardware and Software Development and UI / UX design
As the future of design progresses forward, brands are creating products that are bridging the gap between hardware and software-driven experiences. Understanding modern user trends and needs we help develop a complete UI / UX experience utilizing full stack development.
We assist our clients with PM management of UI/UX processes: from scrum meetings and design sprints to product validation test verification of functioning UI/UX and firmware.
Generative and Additive design
As the industry of design and manufacturing enters into the fourth industrial revolution, new
technologies and processes will emerge. One of them is Generative design. Utilizing 3D printing we guide our partners and clients into the frontier of development. We pride ourselves in being at the forefront of the cutting edge.
Prototyping and Manufacturing
At Aurora we utilize a multi-tier strategy utilizing many different prototyping processes for our product development strategies. From 3D printing rough samples for surface and ergonomic verification, engineering builds for design for manufacturing development, to working production samples for alpha and beta runs and finally production and product launch development.
Packaging design
We offer packaging design and point of purchase design services. We work with the our clients to develop effective packaging solutions to showcase the product and brand. Development of packaging design encompasses working die-line files for production, PMS color selection and sourcing. We take care to utilize proper packaging footprint and retail guide lines when designing the packaging solutions.
Footwear and wearable concept design
We utilize dynamic concepting to create innovative designs for the different wearable fashion
industries, Understanding our partner's and client's brand identities help inform the direction we can take and develop revolutionary solutions.
Dynamic visualization (Renderings & Animations)
At Aurora we develop high level renderings and animations for our customers needs. This content is extremely powerful for almost every aspect of the development process. From industrial design all the way to marketing and branding assets.
Dynamic movie and creature design
At Aurora we develop unique and creative concepts for comic book and or film visual effects and creature design.
Alien Xenomorph concept inspired by
H.R. Giger / Owned by 20 Century Fox
Project Management
At Aurora we manage every aspect of the product development process. From research, Industrial design to sourcing and supply chain development. We create a timeline framework to guide and
manage all key stakeholders. This processes provides our clients a realistic framework on their
project. We have experience using process management programs from Slack, Figma to Jira.
These functions affords Aurora the ability to seamlessly mold into a current product development stage gate process and manufacturing structure.
Our Process
At Aurora, we break down the design process into individual stages. This helps us manage the product development process effectively for our customers, vendors and distribution partners.
How can we work with your project?
Every project is unique and carries specific development needs to help move it successfully forward. We will work with you to outline the right engagement to meet your project needs. This is the breakdown of our process:
This is a general chart showing the evolution of the product development process. Stages might be interwoven into one another or might not be needed all together. This is where the excitement of the R&D process comes from, as one design is different from another.
Tools we use
Aurora Product Development has expertise in a wide range of
software tools to keep us on the cutting edge of today's product development industry
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