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.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 2.9 months active (since Aug 2026)
Last 6 months: $3.8k
Billed in all: $3,829$3.8k
$1.9k in the last 6 months
Across 3 contracts
Across 3 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 5% in Sketching
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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