consumer

We’ve been developing consumer products for over thirty years.

At outerspace consumer product development moves fast and our team thrives on the dynamic shifts and demands of this form of design and engineering. Consumer markets are competitive and product development is less regulated. 

We start consumer product development programs with in-depth consumer, market and competitor analysis and research. We develop a design and technology strategy to clearly inform the project from day one with a clear understanding of a product’s unique value proposition.

Our creative and technical teams are adept at understanding the needs of people, consumers and consumer markets. User experience, user engagement, empathizing with users of products and understanding how products impact daily life, informs every project. 

We have experience working on demanding consumer product programs needing regular new product releases and product range development. Our team understands consumer market dynamics, megatrends and the lifestyles of the masses. 

Outerspace understands how to engineer products for high volume manufacturing with specialized tooling strategies. We design the out-of-box experience with packaging, point of sale, product manuals and animated instruction videos for the products we develop.

Client Projects

the outerspace difference

View work examples we’re completed for consumer industry clients

waterproof smart device cases

outerspace designers and engineers worked closely with the founder and CEO of LifeProof to develop a range of waterproof and drop proof smart phone, iPad and iPod cases. LifeProof wanted

waterproof and rugged smart device accessories

We developed a range of accessories to extend the functionality of the LifeProof cases we had designed. Duration 3 years industry consumer expertise industrial design mechanical engineering LifeProof wanted to

modular pickup bed

The managing director of Comtruk and Aluminium Industries approached us after he’d purchased a company that manufactured simple trays for pickup trucks for trade fleets. He had a vision to

compact 3D printers

3D printers are loved by hacker, geek and DIY communities but people need specialized skills to use them. Robo3D needed a new product range of 3D printers to capitalize on

salon hairbrush cleaner

The founder of Comfortel approached us to solve a problem professional hair salons battle with every day – removing hair from brushes. As a leading global supplier to the hair

infant feeding bottle

outerspace collaborated with the sales and marketing director of b.box to design the Essential Baby Bottle. b.box wanted to streamline bottle feeding on-the-go, by removing the fiddly and time-consuming tasks

bluetooth headset

outerspace collaborated with the founder of BlueAnt to develop the Q1 Bluetooth Headset. The BlueAnt Q1 acoustic design and DSP processing ensures a person’s voice remains exceptionally clear, even in

phone accessory retail packaging

Electronics brand Sprout needed to replace their clear and generic box pack for its range of mobile phone accessories with a versatile and different retail packaging system. Working with Sprout’s

smart phone cases

outerspace worked with the founders of STM who had acquired the Element smart phone case brand and business, to design and develop four minimal and stylish ranges of smart phone

home security system

outerspace worked with the chief technical officer of Swann Communications to develop a new SwannOne home security system that would disrupt the residential security market. Duration 1.5 years industry consumer

our team members

meet just some of our team members

Fred Blochlinger

Founder and Managing Director

JB Morch

Director - US Operations

Sergei Plishka

Client Engagement Manager

Barry Magnier

Senior Design Engineer

Julian Banfield

Systems Engineering Manager

Enzo Kocak

Senior Industrial Designer

Christian Tucker

Industrial Design Manager

Robin Zwama

Senior Industrial Designer

Ross Perry

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Brody Payne

Mechanical Design Manager

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