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Si W.

Industrial Designer | Concept to Manufacture | Prototyping | CAD

I help founders, startups, and manufacturers turn ideas into thoughtful, manufacturable physical products. I’m a product / industrial designer with 20+ years of hands-on making, design, and product development experience, combining practical build knowledge with human-centred design thinking. I specialise in early-stage physical product development—helping clients move from rough ideas to resolved concepts, product architecture, CAD, prototypes, and clear visual communication. Core capabilities: • Concept design & product development • Human-centred design & ergonomic thinking • 3D CAD (Rhino) • Product rendering & visualisation • Prototyping & iterative testing • CMF (colour, material & finish) • Technical drawings & production files • Design for manufacture • Product development coordination My background in fabrication and physical product development means I design with real-world manufacture, usability, and commercial delivery in mind. Two of my recent projects, Pebble and Interspace, are published as official entries in the James Dyson Award 2026.

🇬🇧Frome, United Kingdom$60/hr100% JSS5.00 (2)Since Apr 2025

Earnings and projects

MRR
$1.3k

Last 6 months ÷ 2.9 months active (since Aug 2026)

World#37,932 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#774 / 10.7k
Revenue, last 30 days
$1.8k

Last 6 months: $3.8k

World#24,060 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#523 / 10.7k
Total earnings
$3.8k

Billed in all: $3.8k

World#278,179 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#6,950 / 10.7k
Per project
$1.9k

$1.9k in the last 6 months

World#80,095 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#1,659 / 10.7k
Projects, last 6 months
2

Across 3 contracts

67% fixed33% hourly
World#88,918 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#1,969 / 10.7k
Projects in all
2

Across 3 contracts

67% fixed33% hourly
World#328,886 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#8,917 / 10.7k

Earnings, last 30 days

$3.8k+$1.8k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$2k$3k$4kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 5% in Sketching

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  2. #5Prototype Model58 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #1Top 9%
  3. #5Ergonomics50 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #1Top 10%
  4. #11Human-Centered Design83 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #1Top 13%
  5. #18Sustainable Design160 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #1Top 11%
  6. #23Product Concept169 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #2Top 14%
  7. #45Prototype Design480 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #3Top 9%
  8. #47Concept Development337 freelancers · 🇬🇧 #3Top 14%