David Turpin Designer
.I am working with Gembah (gembah.com) as one of their design expert.
.I am collaborating with FLIT BIKE, a start-up based in Cambridge on an electric lightweight folding bike since 2016. See more here: www.flit.bike
.Design of a bread knife – Gembah customer
.Design of a charcoal grill – Gembah customer
.Design of an aroma diffuser – Undisclosed customer
.Design of an indoor antenna – Undisclosed customer
.Door handles for Milla Poignées France – Coming soon
.Icons/UI for PDC Europe Sleeving systems – Design of their user interface
Door handles/2021/2022
LED light/2021
Reject unit protection/2018
Aroma diffuser/2020
USB DAC amplifier/2015
Bluetooth bathroom speaker/2014
icon designs/2020
Hot air tunnel/2021
Work examples 1999/2004
Aroma diffusers 2007/2009
Tiles/2021
Moshi Moshi handsets/2009
Headset/2017
Humidity and temp sensor/2016
Watch concept/2020
Client: Milla Poignées France – Project: Design of a line of door handles – Coming: 2022
Création d’une ligne de poignées de porte pour Milla Poignées. www.millapoignées.fr
In development – © Milla Poignées France – 2021/2022
Personal work: Design of a LED light, I am developing this product, the light will use a touch sensor to turn it On/Off and a built-in battery.
A prototype is coming soon.
© 2021 David Turpin All Rights Reserved
Client: Naeo Aroma Ltd Hong Kong – Project: Design of an aroma diffuser – Year: 2020
Naeo Aroma Diffuser (naeo-aroma.com)
Hedworth Ltd was a company based in Hong Kong specialized in electronic gifts, I have worked as a freelance product designer for them during my time in Hong Kong from 1996 to 2006. I brought them product ideas, developed ranges, and worked closely with the manufacturers to ensure each product was true to the design.
Here are a few examples of my work for them.
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Project: Design of a calculator – Year: 2001
Client: Native Union Hong Kong – Project: Design of a dedicated iPhone charging cradle, Bluetooth ‘Moshi Moshi Curve’ handset and base, to use connected to a mobile phone or a computer for VoIP calls – Year: 2008
I helped Native Union to launch their brand through this design.
Client: Native Union Hong Kong – Project Design of a retro handset « Moshi Moshi Pop phone » to use connected to a mobile phone or a computer for VoIP calls, this product was a huge success – Year: 2008
I helped Native Union to launch their brand through this design.
Client: PDC EUROPE sleeving systems – Project: Design of a reject unit protection – Year: 2018
PDC Europe, a French designer and manufacturer of sleeve applicators & shrink tunnels contacted me to modernize their protection around their « reject unit ».
The target was to help them to differentiate this product from the competition by bringing design to this field.
Image 01: Existing customer « protection » – Image 02: First 3D based on the 2D design proposals – Image 03: Selected design – Images 03-04: Renderings of the selected design.
www.pdceurope.com
Client: PDC EUROPE sleeving systems – Project: Design of a protection around a hot air tunnel – Year: 2020
PDC Europe, a French designer and manufacturer of sleeve applicators & shrink tunnels contacted me to re-think their existing protection around their « Hot air tunnel ».
The target was to create a family look based on the « Reject Unit » I designed for them in 2018.
Image 01: Existing customer « hot air tunnel » – Image 02: First 3D sketches based on the 2D design proposals – Image 03: Selected design – Images 03-04: Renderings of the selected design.
www.pdceurope.com
Client: Acoustic Research Hong Kong – Project :Design of USB DAC amplifier/ Headphone amplifier – Year: 2015
A cooperation with Senses Designs
Industrial design/CAD/Renderings/Concept designs
UI/Icons/Packaging/Branding/Surface patterns
I am a French industrial designer with over twenty years of experience, I live in Mumbles with my family, a beautiful village in Wales after spending ten years in Hong Kong from 1996 until 2006 where I worked three years for a French watch manufacturer before setting up my own company Bleu Ltd.
I oversee all aspects of a project from initial sketches, design development, 3D and renderings.
I design products in various fields such as consumer electronics, home accessories, mobile devices, connected devices, watches and transportation, through my experience in Hong Kong, I also help companies looking for a manufacturer in Asia.
Projects for:
FLIT bike, LEGO Robotic, Jabra, Acoustic Research, Clim8, Native Union (I helped them to launch their brand through the POP Phone and the Moshi Moshi BT Curve handsets, both a commercial success), Arwin Technology Ltd, Innovative Converged Devices, Milla Poignées, Soil Design Group, PDC Europe Sleeving Systems, Naeo Ltd, Sonneclair.
I am working for the last six years on an electric folding bike with FLIT bike, a start-up based in Cambridge, closely working with the engineers to be sure that every detail and shape is optimized for the manufacturing process and to ensure the product is aesthetically beautiful.
David Turpin Designer / 63, Newton Road, Mumbles, SA34BL, UK.