Transforming design concepts into market-ready products

Ross Whillis is a freelance industrial designer with over 10 years of industry experience, collaborating with start-ups, small companies, OEMs, and large businesses to deliver impactful and meaningful product designs and experiences.

Having worked with design teams in both consultancy and in-house settings, his experience has played a crucial role in guiding and shaping design solutions from concept all the way through to manufacturing.

Bridging the gap between front-end conceptual design and design for manufacture.

Nifty new inventions or sustainable packaging innovations, no two projects are ever the same. (Trust me, I know).

Navigating design challenges and unlocking the potential for your design idea is the juicy part I excel at, enabling me to craft design solutions which delight and engage users.

Check out my full list of services to see what’s right for your business.

Want to find out how I can help?

Helping you unlock your product's true potential by understanding your key users and identifying potential gaps in the market.
A chance to explore a range of design ideas combining the use of analogue and digital sketching with AI generative tools for fast concept exploration.
Advanced part modelling, sub assembly modelling or Class A surfacing.
Solidworks 2024
I'm an experienced SolidWorks user with 15 years of expertise.
Other software I’ve also used in the past include: Autodesk Inventor, Blender, Fusion 360 & Solid edge
Quickly grasp your design in 3D with a prototype model. A great way to validate concepts early, testing your ideas with intended user groups while you gather insights.
Understand your user needs better and feed these learnings back into the design process.
A set of photo-realistic images capturing your design vision and all of it’s features in the way you’d originally intended.
A great marketing tool which can help to secure stakeholder buy-in and illustrate a product’s USP.
Animations are a great way to really bring your design concepts to life!
Highlighting different features and showcasing working mechanisms can be a great way to inject that extra element of realism.