Over half the people at DCA are engineers. Mechanical, electronic and software.
Great products don’t exist without great engineering. Seems obvious, but it is amazing how many consumer products are let down by poor engineering that lacks creativity, care and rigour.
We specialise in products with a high level of technical complexity. This complexity may be due to very high volumes or simply a challenging specification. The integration of our engineering team throughout a project boosts both creativity and rigour. This ultimately achieves products with purpose and soul through beautiful aesthetics, elegant engineering and intuitive usability.
Today’s consumers increasingly demand more eco-friendly products, but for companies who are determined to become better for the planet, going from ambition to impact can be a complex and challenging process.
Brands are built when they create products with soul and relevance. For this to happen we believe that clients should design everything for someone, not just something for everyone.
We help achieve this by understanding the people we are creating products and services for. We explore their aspirations, lives and the influences which form their agendas and create their value hierarchy.
We don’t design something, then engineer it.
We often hear of technical teams being handed ‘creative ideas’ and asked to make them work. At DCA we do not work like this. Our research, design and engineering teams integrate, align and create together from day one leading to a dramatic increase in creativity.
Controlling the brand experience at very high volumes can be a challenge. Its starts with building quality into every part.
High volume, low cost production does not have to mean low quality. When designing for high volume a ‘one in a million’ fault can be a major problem. Our people and processes enable excellence to be engineered into every part, and into the whole assembly process. This helps to deliver a robust and engaging sensorial experience for the user – every time. At DCA we call this ‘engineering the experience’.
What goes around, comes around. Since the industrial revolution, waste has constantly grown. This is because our economy has been based on a take, make, use and dispose pattern of consumption.
Moving towards a more circular economy requires us to question current manufacturing paradigms. At DCA when we develop a new consumer product, we not only consider how we can re-use and recycle existing materials, packaging and products, but how we can more efficiently manage all the resources throughout the product’s life cycle.
What goes around, comes around. Since the industrial revolution, waste has constantly grown. This is because our economy has been based on a take, make, use and dispose pattern of consumption.
Moving towards a more circular economy requires us to question current manufacturing paradigms. At DCA when we develop a new consumer product, we not only consider how we can re-use and recycle existing materials, packaging and products, but how we can more efficiently manage all the resources throughout the product’s life cycle.
We have many years experience at moving, mixing and packaging liquids. So whether you are seeking to - deliver exceptional quality of freshness, flavour or fizz; enable greater levels of customisation or on-the-go convenience; support nutrition and tracking; reduce waste and shipped weights; or deliver the best experience in class: we have the tools and the experience to help you achieve it.
Our process blends evidenced-based mathematical processes (to simulate and optimise system performance) with physical experiments and prototypes (to inform and validate). Our approach can help you rapidly optimise the development process to deliver an experience which really matters to the consumer and to the planet.
We’re passionate about the great outdoors and the role that we can play in helping others to get the most out of their time immersed in the activities that they love. Whether we are creating competitive advantage for elite tri-athletes, systems for enabling divers to explore further, or more effective solutions to protect and empower cyclists; our human centered approach and focus on technical robustness and safely criticality enables us to create solutions which are enabling, supportive and only ever add to the experience.
We combine our design methodologies with opportunities in new materials and technology to create next-level performance for athletes, thrill seekers and outdoors enthusiasts everywhere.
