SAGE Designs - expert product design, industrial design and mechanical design. throughout Australia

Product design and industrial design in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and throughout Australia.

Welcome to SAGE, your one-stop shop for product design.

Consumer products
Industrial products
Medical devices
Healthcare products

Point of Sale terminals.
Hi-tech products.
Cabinets and enclosures.
Products for rugged environments.

SAGE designs products of all types, from concept right through to manufacture. Our services include concept design, industrial design, mechanical design, and a host of related engineering disciplines necessary for product success. We use our many Asian contacts and suppliers to provide low-cost prototyping, tooling and manufacturing.

Call us anytime for a chat as to how we can work together to create a world-beating product.

Closer than you think.

While SAGE is based in New Zealand the great majority of our customers are in Australia. Working remotely is all in a days work these days and exceptionally efficient. So no matter where you are, from Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane through Adelaide to Perth, do not let perceived "distance" deter you from benefiting from the wealth of experience SAGE can offer you.

For product design and industrial design in Sydney, Melbourne and throughout Australia call SAGE designs.

Experience, experience and more experience

There is no substitute for experience and SAGE has 30 years of it.

Not only do we have experience we have the right kind of experience, the kind you can only get from the tough commercial reality of working in private industry. We have paid our dues on the factory floor and seen first hand the effects of quality issues and the field failures. We understand the commercial implications of the design chices we make, how products are manufactured, how assembly processes work, what assemblers can and cannot do, what affects quality and repeatability, when assembly jigs are needed, the effects of tolerances. We know the effects of UV, the problems with sealing, shock and vibration, impact resistance, user abuse, EMC, regulatory requirements – the list goes on...

SAGE Designs - the experts in industrial design in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and throughout Australia

Total Product Design.

SAGE can take you from concept right through to production. We can write the product specification, do the industrial design, the detailed mechanical design, the 3D modeling of each component, arrange prototyping, write the test plan, test the product, liaise with Asian toolmakers to get it tooled, create the manufacturing package and get it into production and out the door to your markets

We can also help with “engineering” functions such as designing heat-sink or optical components, calculating air flow and heat rise, design for EMC compatibility, connector selection or design, wiring harness design, specification sourcing and testing of key third party components such as pumps and motors, design of control algorithms, user interface design, specifying and designing in specific points of IP for sustained competitive advantage, consider industry specific abuse, consider regulatory compliance issues, define test criteria and procedures, write work instructions, design assembly jigs – to name a few - click here for more details.

A good example of SAGE total design. This design has the whole 9 yards - hi-tech electronics integrated with bomb-proof mechanical packaging. Standard sheet metal parts, precision tooled metal parts, sophisticated plastic injection moldings. Distribution of hundreds of amps combined with micro-power electronics. Connector selection. Busbar design. Thermal management. Design for manufacture. Asian sourcing.

From the simplest bracket to complex tooled parts.

SAGE is just as happy designing a piece of bent metal as designing a beautiful, fully-tooled product full of hi-tech electronics. Glamorous or unglamorous, whatever fulfills your need is fine with us. We will not blow your budget by designing a Rolls Royce solution when a Mini will do and will always respect your budget and design the solution that is appropriate to your needs, not the one that satisfies our artistic egos.

SAGE has designed products for many companies in Sydney and Brisbane.

Brackets, widgets and more brackets. No glossy plastic, fancy curves or design awards for these parts, but this is exactly what this Sydney customer needed.

Design of hi-tech electronic
products is a SAGE specialty.

There are not many products these days that do not have some level of electronic or electrical content and our electronic background can help significantly in these areas. PCBs, connectors, heatsinks, User Interface components, wiring harnesses, protection devices all have to be integrated into the design in an accessible, reliable, serviceable and cost effective way. Connectors are often an issue and we can either select them, or, if there is no off-the-shelf solution, we can custom design one for you. For products that handle high currents or power we can design the current distribution system and any heat sinking required. We also specify and design of user interfaces of all types, and have been involved in the supervision of electrical compliance and EMC testing at test houses in Auckland, Melbourne, Taiwan and the Netherlands.

SAGE Designs - the experts in medical device design for customers throughout Australia.

Electronics design and Software design.

While SAGE itself does not do electronics design or software design we have associates who do. So if you require a full design service requiring not only mechanical design but the full complement of electronic hardware design, embedded software design or high level language software design, give us a call to discuss how we can manage your entire design project.

SAGE is a product development consultancy that provides a full product design service to customers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

SAGE can write full Product Specifications and
manage the entire software development process.

SAGE can also manage the Electronic Hardware design process for you.

...and we can do the same for the electronic hardware design

Medical device design and Healthcare Product design.

With over 10 years experience in the design of hi-tech mobility products for the international market we are well versed in the procedural, regulatory and functional requirements peculiar to the medical device sector. We understand the different aesthetic and UI preferences that prevail in particular parts of the World, the worlds of regulatory bodies such as FDA and TUV, the needs of distributors, dealers, health professionals and end-users, the absolute need for safety and reliability, the special needs of those with limited physical and cognitive skills and the techniques and interfaces required to overcome them.

SAGE also designs medical devices and healthcare products for clients across Australia.

Product Design Troubleshooting
and Failure Analysis.

When things go wrong - either during the design process or out in the field - we can also provide trouble shooting assistance to help get you quickly back on path without disrupting your normal design program- click here for more details

For expert industrial design, product design and mechanical design in Melbourne, Sydney and throughout Australia, call SAGE designs.

Prototypes and concept mock-ups

A great idea is nothing if you can’t get it across to the people who matter and nothing gets your point across better and faster than a beautifully made mock-up people can hold in their hands.

And of course once the project is approved and underway, prototypes will be a crucial part of the development process.

SAGE has many Asian contacts who specialize in making both conceptual and functional prototypes as well as limited production runs for testing and trials prior to tooling. Even the most complex products and shapes can be made in a wide range of materials and processes, and beautifully finished to yield “products” that look like a million dollars.

SAGE can provide Australian customers with low-cost prototypes.

An example of the quality of prototypes SAGE can source.

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