Cobalt Design
Product Design, Engineering.
Your idea. Made real.
Welcome to Cobalt Design. We’re an industrial design and engineering studio based in Melbourne, Australia. We’ve transformed bold ideas into innovative products that users love for over 25 years.
Our team of designers, engineers, and creative thinkers provide complete, end-to-end product design and engineering services for any industry. Whether you’re a startup or a global brand, we always apply user-centricity to our process rigour and creative flair.
This is why we are one of Australia’s most awarded product development groups, and our clients are longstanding.
28+ Years of Experience
1200+ Unique Projects
50+ Industry Awards
22 Employees
100km+ 3D print filament used
We join forces with our clients.
Together, we create market-leading products.
Who we work with
Any project. Any industry.
At our industrial design and engineering studio, we have the privilege of working with clients from across Australia – Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth – and around the globe.
From Medtech to Transport, Consumer to Industrial & B2B, we collaborate with innovative companies to create product design solutions that are definitive, commercial, and manufacturable. No project is too big, or too small.
Our diverse experience, consolidated over 28 years of service, has enabled us to develop extensive capabilities and processes that get outstanding results. Every time.
Cobalt’s international experience advances our medical technology to a market-leading level – domestically and globally.
magAssist Professor Po-Lin Hsu Founder and CEO
medtech
transport
consumer
industrial & B2B
Our Expertise
We are a full-service product design and engineering studio.
We mean it. Our services span the entire product development process. But not every project needs every process, so we carefully cater our service offering to suit your project, stage of development, and budget.
Our capabilities include:
OUR TEAM
Blending creative ingenuity with engineering rigour.
We’re only as good as our people. That’s why we hire, train, and grow from Australia’s best product development professionals.
Product design engineers, industrial designers, mechanical engineers, and electronic engineers. Our vast mix of expertise enables us to tackle a wide variety of projects, from start to end (and beyond).
OUR HEADQUARTERS
Facilities that fuel innovation.
Cobalt operates a dedicated product design and engineering facility in North Melbourne, incorporating a large design studio, fully equipped workshop and state-of-the-art prototyping facilities.
These facilities provide our team with the tools and equipment needed to fast-track the development of innovative new products. They include the latest in rapid prototyping (including 5x 3D Printers), industry-leading 3D CAD, FEA, and CFD software tools, dedicated testing facilities, and integrated workspaces that foster design engineering collaboration.
The benefit? Accelerating the product development process to get your product to market faster.
Awards and Achievements
Designed with purpose.
Backed by recognition.
Recognised by leading design organisations and industry bodies, our team has received over 50 product design and engineering awards for our innovative, user-centred design solutions.
Our recent global achievements include awards from iF, Red Dot, Good Design Australia, and Design Institute Australia. Recent notable achievements include:
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