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Designing for a better world.

Curiosity has always been the driving force behind the industrial- and digital product design at Design-People. Ever since 2005, we have been asking the questions that take our clients’ businesses to the next level. We prioritize understanding the needs, motivations, and barriers for each user in order to find out where the meaningful value lies for the business.

We know design isn’t just about making a product easy on the eyes. Our goal is to simplify and improve product experiences by applying a strategic design thinking approach to our work. In the end, we believe this leads to better solutions for people and for the planet.

Design for productivity and branding in the food sector

Client:
Marel
Services:
Industrial Product Design & Insights
Sector:
Heavy Industry Machines & Food
Design for productivity and branding in the food sector

Design-People was tasked with improving Marel's salmon processing machine to increase efficiency and production output. Improving the salmon processing machine by conducting research, analyzing the existing machine, using the latest design technologies, and collaborating with Marel. The updated machine increased efficiency and production output was user-friendly, and received positive feedback, contributing to Marel's success in the industry and Design People's reputation as a provider of innovative design solutions.

Henrik Mathiassen
CEO, Founder
Design for productivity and branding in the food sector
Design for productivity and branding in the food sector
Design for productivity and branding in the food sector
A close collaboration

We started the journey with a co-creation workshop with the Marel team – focusing on the product architecture and defining which zones of the product require access by whom, when and why. The close collaboration between design-people and the Marel team was rewarded with exceptionally positive feedback from prospective buyers and users when the new deheader was launched at the annual Salmon show in Copenhagen in 2017.

Design for productivity and branding in the food sector

Design-People was tasked with improving Marel's salmon processing machine to increase efficiency and production output. Improving the salmon processing machine by conducting research, analyzing the existing machine, using the latest design technologies, and collaborating with Marel. The updated machine increased efficiency and production output was user-friendly, and received positive feedback, contributing to Marel's success in the industry and Design People's reputation as a provider of innovative design solutions.
A logical design

Based on this extended briefing, that already gave some initial ideas for optimisations, we started to adjust the configuration of the machine for better work flow and access. Another goal of this phase was to find the architectural “grip” that would make the machine look logical and that would make it fit to the other Marel machines.

Once the design architecture was defined, we optimised the user interaction and accessability – optimising production aspects in a close dialogue with Marel’s engineering team and we cared for the form details that create similarities to other Marel salmon processing equipment.

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