What I do
Design-led prototyping for outdoor, EDC, and small-batch consumer gear. I take a product from sketch to tested, working object. and hand you the production documentation to make more: design sprints, pattern engineering, mockups that kill bad geometry, tiered bills of materials, and prototypes in composites, polymers, textiles, metal, wood and more..
One person does the design and the fabrication. That is the point and the edge..
Case studies
Journal cover – Lamplite
Sketch to sewn prototype, production patterns in three sizes, and a tiered bill of materials, in four weeks, for a writer building a new company in Marquette, Michigan.
“This is the best $2500 I’ve ever spent.”
— Josh MacIvor-Andersen, founder, Lamplite
Hangboard™ (SEI Industries)
Co-invented and prototyped a new snow sport product with Don Arney of SEI Industries, the Hangboard, from concept through patented hardware and 2,000 test runs all over British Columbia and Western Canada.
Park Tool P-handle wrench
Designed an ergonomic hand tool for the world’s largest bike-tool manufacturer. It’s been in production for years and currently represents 10% of the SKUs of the world”s largest bike tool manufacturer.
Procya (my own product line)
I run my own crossover gear brand, procya.com – expedition-grade hardware from my own designs, patterns, and fabrication. I eat my own cooking before I serve it to clients.
How to start
I take on a small number of engagements per quarter. The first step is a one-hour discovery conversation, upfront, before any quote. We’ll find out whether I’m the right person for what you’re trying to make.