Craig Burton

Freelance for manufacturers and consultancies, lucky to be working on some incredible projects.

Freelance Industrial Designer
Here are examples of projects I have been involved in:

Teardrop Caravan - Designed a 1940's inspired Teardrop Caravan complete with kitchenette, double bed and storage for clothes, food and spare wheel.

Pixalux Light Panel - Helped with developing an astonishing new lighting product. Invented an algorithm for distributing ink patterns with a controlled surface area, which is at the core of the new technology.

Model plane motor mount - Designed a mount that joins a ducted fan motor to a model aircraft it was not intended to power. This was 3D printed in ABS.

McDermott pipe welding shells - developed and detailed a fabricated aluminium clamp which grips onto two concrete and steel pipes as they are welded together.

A 3m sculpture made from plate aluminium. Designed and developed parts from flat sheet to bend into final shape, designed internal skeleton as well as assembly sequence.

Senior Development Designer responsible for technical development of permanent POS display solutions for APAC. Included designing LED illuminated components, injection mouldings and 3D printed parts, fabricated parts made from steel and plastics. Multiple overseas trips to approve prototypes and to work with Chinese engineering team.

Position involves:

-Designing fabricated aluminium parts and preparing CNC cutting files.
-Documentation of boat designs (including 3D assembly instructions)
-Design modifications, reverse engineering, problem solving, flat shape development

-Design of Point Of Sale displays
-Prototype building
-Sourcing
-Extensive contact with people in Sales, Management, Production and Supply Chain
-Project management including overseas projects
-Design studio management