Design

With great design comes great responsibility. We specialise in crafting beautifully considered products and immersive experiences, meticulously designed to cater to user needs. What sets us apart is our commitment to inclusive, empathetic and planet positive solutions.

Beautiful design to us is user-centric responsible sustainable impactful inclusive

Image: Crux design team at work in the Bristol office with a whiteboard and sketch pads

Shaping the brief

We partner with clients right from the start – including on the brief itself. Our clients trust and value our ‘front-end innovation’ expertise to quickly identify and qualify exciting opportunity spaces.

Image: Post it notes on a wall with design ideas and industrial design concepts
Image: 3 different colourways for a product designed by Crux

Aesthetics with meaning & purpose

We bring marketing, brand and R&D together. We immerse ourselves in our clients’ brand values and ensure that they are reflected in our aesthetics just as much as purpose.

Image: Two people working on device packaging design lent over drawings on a table
Image: Award winning product designed by Crux, the image shows the different layers of the product

Design with precision

Our designers work alongside engineers and technical experts from the start to ensure we have a rigorous approach to early stage design. This enables us to identify and mitigate potential downstream blockers whilst maintaining the original creative vision.

Image: A drug delivery product designed by Crux
Image: Mobile screens showing the Ingo glucose monitor application

Going beyond the physical

We develop beautiful UI designs for digital products and platforms that help clients connect with their audiences.

We apply our UX and rapid prototyping experience to create streamlined, intuitive systems that enable clients to meet their audience’s needs and reflect their brand values.

Visuals for communication

Our designers have a great record of creating impactful visuals that translate our clients’ visions into reality and get across their message and brand identity – in packaging, IFU illustrations, reports and much more.

Areas of expertise

Image: Two of the Crux team decoding testing products

Strategic Innovation

Decoding client requirements to identify and qualify exciting design opportunities.
Image: User centred designed product

Aesthetic Design

Immersing in clients’ brand values and ensuring aesthetics reflect their brand identity just as much as purpose.
Image: Unilever deodorant packaging

Industrial Design

Identifying and mitigating potential downstream blockers whilst maintaining the original creative vision.
Image: User-centred designed app on a mobile screen, users is holding a mobile phone and looking at the design on the screen

Digital Design

Creating streamlined digital experiences from UI/UX to AR/MR to help meet user needs.
Image: Packaging designs

Graphic Design

Creating impactful visuals that communicate a message or provide instructions to users.
Image: Packaging designed in the Bristol, UK office, showing box with medical device.

Packaging Design

Inclusive and sustainable packaging that tell our client's compelling story.
Image: Chris Kilbane, Design Director
Crux is characterised by our curious and inquisitive nature. Over the years we've invested in a highly talented and effective team, offering a truly unique blend of capabilities, combined with the perfect environment & tools that increases the probability of generating exceptional ideas.
Chris Kilbane  - Design Director

Further competencies

Electronics & Software

Electronics & Software

Redefining the possible. From the microscale to the macroscale, our teams specialise in crafting custom electronics solutions for a wide array of tailored applications.
Learn more

Applied Sciences

Applied Sciences

We translate even the most complex challenges into real-world scientific principles decoding the solution space, enabling data-driven decision-making with confidence.
Learn more

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

From requirements to root cause analysis, testing to tolerance modelling, we boast an extensive range of capabilities to accelerate our clients’ development programmes.
Learn more

Human Factors & Usability

Human Factors & Usability

Early & continuous user engagement is crucial for effective solution development. We engage, listen and observe, to ensure we are identifying needs to design the right thing, before designing it right!
Learn more

Project Management

Project Management

Turning visions into reality by efficiently coordinating every aspect of your project.
Learn more