Life Centric Design
Life Centric Design
Design thinking evolved beyond
human-centred-design because
all life, matters.
Design thinking evolved beyond
human-centred-design because
all life, matters.
- Stakeholder meetings with seats for the environment and mother nature to have a voice in the process
- Design and Business united for doing good, adopting a planet + people + profit + purpose mindset
- Design with humans and users engaged as participatory ethnography in a mixed-methods approach
SZID INC. is a multidisciplinary industrial design studio established in 1997. We pride ourselves as agents for positive change contributing to sustainable design solutions and business strategy. Our joy is collaborating with like-minded client partners to facilitate design development and project research work intersecting design education, social enterprise, consumer products, manufacturing, retail services, and interactive experiences.
Design is important and often complex. Our research and design techniques are mixed and many.
126 to be exact.
Our proven design methodology for innovation is one, which is a perpetual interaction and careful (often messy) balance.
Learning + Framing
Analyzing + Defining
Creating + Iterating
Testing + Actioning
Design is important and often complex. Our research
and design techniques are mixed and many.
126 to be exact.
Our proven design methodology for innovation is one, which
is a perpetual interaction and careful (often messy) balance.
Learning + Framing
Analyzing + Defining
Creating + Iterating
Testing + Actioning
Design is important and often complex. Our research and design techniques are mixed and many.
126 to be exact.
Our proven design methodology for innovation is one, which
is a perpetual interaction and careful (often messy) balance.
Learning + Framing
Analyzing + Defining
Creating + Iterating
Testing + Actioning
Design Innovation
INNOVATION is key to growth and prosperity.
Delivering market place opportunities is a design orchestration of timing, feasibility and viability. As a full service design studio, a “zero to hero” project is something we thrive on, whether for start-up clients or an established organization evolving its design and product/service offerings.
Business Strategy
STRATEGY is deciding what not to do.
Our business client expertise over the last 24 years has contributed to a strong foundational knowledge within many sectors, industries and technology areas while working globally with suppliers, manufactures and collaborators. Cross pollination has become a leading secret for successful innovation and sustainable business practices.
Foresight Planning
FORESIGHT is planning for the future as a journey.
Solving for complexity in 5 – 15 years time is challenging and requires specific tools and frameworks to detect patterns, swim through ambiguity and gain deep insight. Scanning for signals, trends and activity which may be applied to scenario planning and other foresight thinking techniques allows for future-proofing work.
Capability + Possibility
Capability + Possibility
- Qualitative Research Visualization
- Insight + Reflection + Mindfulness
- Mapping + Analysis + Sensemaking
- Ethnography + Needs Realization
- Patent Investigation + IP Support
- Concept Sketching + Development
- Low Fidelity Prototyping + Mockups
- Idea Generation + Exploration
- Material + Methods Discovery
- Simulation + Verification
- 3D Modelling and Geometry Data
- Manufacturing Engineering
- High Fidelity 3D Printing + Making
- Manufacturing Preparation
- Sourcing + Commercialization