The second meeting in the new Product Design Scotland Breakfast Seminar Series.
Seminar Two – Getting the Most out of Prototyping – what makes sense and when?
Prototyping is a critical tool for innovation, allowing technology developers and designers to fail fast, learn quickly, and develop more successful products. By creating simplified versions of a product, developers can test functionality and gather feedback before full-scale development. The goal is not perfection but learning, providing an opportunity to quickly validate assumptions, identify usability issues, and refine key concepts in an iterative way.
Prototyping is an iterative process, involving cycles building, testing and improvement. This session will explore best practice with the aim to get the most out of this process. We will discuss key elements such as timing, costs and materials while identifying those common misconceptions that can lead to problems further down the development journey.
Speakers Stuart Kelly, Technical Director, Systolic and Derek Liddle, Owner, Invent Design Build will join this meeting to share their insights and expertise.
About the Product Design Scotland Breakfast Seminar Series
The Product Design Scotland Breakfast Seminar Series has been created to connect and empower Scotland’s innovation ecosystem, bringing together designers, innovators and industry leaders to address key elements in the innovation to commercialisation journey.
Hosted in an informal, breakfast briefing format, each seminar brings together practitioners from across disciplines to explore the ideas, tools, and best practices that are shaping successful commercialisation strategies. Themes covered in this series will include testing and prototyping, market fit and customer adoption, supply chain management, regulatory barriers and innovation risk.
Whether you’re an established designer, a budding entrepreneur, part of an ambitious scaling company, or just beginning your journey in product development, the Breakfast Seminar Series is an opportunity to build relationships, spark new thinking, and stay connected with the dynamic design ecosystem across Scotland.
Agenda
0830 Arrival – Tea, coffee and breakfast rolls
0855 Welcome
0900 Prototyping in Electronic Product DevelopmentDerek Liddle, Owner, Invent Design Build
0920 Mechanical prototyping options Stuart Kelly, Technical Director, Systolic
0940 Questions and discussion
1015 Coffee and networking
1030 Close
