From Prototype to Product | Why Design Huddle #004

​In this edition of the Why Design Huddle, we’re digging into a challenge that comes up time and time again in product development: getting from prototype to product.

​Whether you’re in a consultancy, a hardware start-up, or an in-house team, you’ve probably seen it before. A promising idea works beautifully in prototype form... but then things start to fall apart when it’s time to scale.

​What looked slick in the pitch deck or on the workbench turns into a nightmare when you hit production.

​In this session, we’ll bring together design, engineering and product leaders to talk about:

• ​Why so many ideas get stuck in development

• ​What causes things to break down at scale

• ​How to better align design, engineering, ops and suppliers

• ​What it actually takes to deliver something manufacturable without losing the magic

​If you’ve found yourself firefighting through transfer to manufacture, chasing fixes for DFM issues, or hitting friction with your factory, you’re not alone.

​This is a space to share what’s worked, what hasn’t, and how others are approaching it.

​Because getting a product into the real world is hard. But it’s not meant to be done in isolation.

​Let’s talk about how we can make the process smoother, more collaborative, and a bit less painful.