Product Design

From Napkin sketch to market ready

CALICO was founded by and is primarily staffed by designers. Now that we focus on the manufacturing side, we can help you with every aspect of your project using a methodology that has been refined over a decade to temper even the most simple idea into a market ready object.

At every step of the way we validate and test every good idea to make sure it will not dead-end. Most products fail, but most products are not designed with an all-encompassing understanding of user behavior, social value and aesthetics, materiality and engineering, cost and lifetime analysis. A single person can usually nail a few of these things--but if you want a surer bet, we're here for you.

Rapid Ideation

systematic riffing on an idea to make something new

Prototyping

visual and engineering, from low to high fidelity

Research

validation to back up your investment and keep you on track

Presentation

Samples ready for investor pitches and manufacturers

tell us all about your project needs.

Don't be a stranger, now! We'd love to see how we can help you get where you need to go. Even if that means in the middle of nowhere, sleeping well, knowing that your project is getting taken care of back home.

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CNC Milling / Routing

Not your dad's handheld router

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Prototyping

you gotta test before you invest

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