DCA Consumer Brochure 2018 - Short

Our Location

We work globally from our campus of offices, studios and workshops in the historic town of Warwick, UK. We are located in the heart of the UK with easy road, rail and air transport links.

From Birmingham International Airport Travel time 25 minutes From London Heathrow Airport Travel time 1 hour 30 minutes

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Warwick London

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Over half a century of design.

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Welcome

Founded in 1960, we are one of the world’s leading product design and development consultancies, operating globally from our campus in Warwick, UK. Since the early sixties we have helped a wide variety of companies design and develop market leading products that users still value every day, ranging from the Stanley knife to the Eurotunnel Shuttle.

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Today we focus on building long term relationships with large corporations in four market sectors: ‘Medical and Scientific’, ‘Consumer’, ‘Commercial and Industrial’, and ‘Transport’.

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Our history

In 1960 David Carter CBE RDI (pictured far left) founded David Carter Associates (DCA) as "a multidisciplinary consultancy involved in designing products for mass production."

For over five decades, DCA has consistently helped a wide variety of companies design and develop market leading products that are used every day.

David retired in 1992, but his philosophy remains a cornerstone of our approach today. We focus on building long-term relationships in four sectors: 'Medical and Scientific', 'Commercial and Industrial', 'Consumer' and 'Transport'.

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Our approach

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Interaction Design

Software Engineering

Electronic Engineering

Industria

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Engineering

Design Research & Planning

Prototyping

Human Factors & Usability

al Design

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Our Expertise

We add value by improving the success of product innovation.

We do this through an intelligent approach to design, based on the transparent management of risk, informed decision making, true integration of disciplines and rigorous development processes.

We believe that the outstanding commercial success of the products we help create is dependent ultimately on delivering exceptional value to our clients customers.

We provide the right blend of strategic thinking and pragmatism to deliver our clients’ projects successfully.

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We balance the creativity and the technical discipline needed to achieve commercially successful product innovation.

Every client is unique. To support our clients, we like to understand them, their place in the market and their ambitions thoroughly.

LifeFuels Smart nutrition bottle Industrial Design Mechanical Engineering Prototyping Colour, material and finish

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Our Awards

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We have won over 35 international awards in the last five years.

Multi award winner

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Multi award winner

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winner 2015

Stanley Caplan User-Centered Product Design Award

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Our People

DCA is a collection of over 130 extraordinary individuals. Intelligent, creative and thorough, our people make the difference to our clients’ projects.

They combine to create a vibrant fusion of disciplines including mechanical engineers, electronics and software engineers, industrial designers, usability and interaction experts, researchers, strategists, prototyping technicians and specialist project managers.

Each person is an expert in their own field, but has the curiosity, understanding and flexibility to reach

across traditional inter-disciplinary boundaries. Our organisational structures and team culture encourage this synergistic blending and integration of specialist skills.

Our clients benefit not only from each individual’s depth of knowledge and experience but also from a team whose combined strength exceeds the sum of its individual members’ expertise.

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Gale Audio Gale GT2101 Optical Servo turntable Mechanical engineering Industrial design Production support

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Unilever Axe / Lynx Deodorant body spray Usability and HF Mechanical engineering Packaging Prototyping Testing and evaluation Production support

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GSK Sensodyne mouthwash Bottle and dosing cap Design research Usability and HF Industrial design Visual brand language Packaging Prototyping Production support

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gold

winner 2015

GSK Toothbrush Sensodyne toothbrush Design research Industrial design Visual brand language Colour, material and finish Prototyping Production support

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Dandi Living Dandibed Compact studio bed Mechanical engineering Industrial design Prototyping Electronic engineering

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DCA Fuse Smart consumer unit concept Industrial design Interaction design

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Godiva G by Godiva Artisanal Chocolate Bar Design research Industrial design Prototyping

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Linn Selekt DSM Selekt DSM Network Music Player

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Contact

DCA Design International 19 Church Street Warwick UK CV34 4AB T +44 (0) 1926 499461 www.dca-design.com

Nick Mival Director nick.mival@dca-design.com Chris Small Lead Industrial Designer chris.small@dca-design.com