About Reach Design

Reach is an award-winning industrial design consultancy. We work from initial user insights through to launch, with an approach firmly grounded in commercial reality.

Our studio is intentionally structured for collaboration. We blend human intuition, targeted AI, and strategic design constraints to help position your technology to become a scalable, category-defining product.

If you are looking for a strategic ally to help navigate your next phase of growth... let’s talk.

Our team

Combining over 20 years of experience from working in design consultancies and large multinational corporations.

An agile team of experts on hand to support projects and design initiatives. We loop in their skill sets based on project scope and best fit regarding deliverables, keeping our support agile and focused.

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Stephen

Founder & Director
Previously: Stanley Black & Decker, Tangerine

Spearheaded creative operations across six international design hubs and the brand’s digital visualisation studios, directing efforts across industrial design, 3D surfacing, prototyping, and high-impact CGI content for product launches.

Thomas

CGI artist / animation director
Previously: ZeroLight, Stanley Black & Decker

The owner and creative director of Artix Studios - a CGI studio that specialises in motorsports and vehicle content.

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Ben

Design Strategist
Previously: Cambridge Design Partnership, Dyson

As an Industrial Designer, Chartered Marketer, and Innovation Leader, Ben brings twenty years of experience bridging human insight, design strategy, and technology to drive growth and turn vision into real-world innovation.

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Chris

Adviser: leveraging DFM and start up experience
Previously: i Fit, Jiobit, Google, Lenovo, Motorola

A wealth of design experience from: consultancies specialising in medical devices to designing the NFL headset gear for Motorola, the new Pilates bench for i Fit to leading the design team in the start up Jiobit which was later acquired by Life 360.

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Pepper

Office cheerleader

On hand to brighten anyone's day and make guest appearances in our video calls.