500 design offers a design consultancy service to generate new product ideas from concept to production. Working independently or as an extension to an in-house team, 500 design has extensive experience of refining all project stages, from the brief to the final specification and finishes.

Whether a piece of industrial or interior design, construction or development methodology, advice is available to deliver workable solutions. Common sense and tasteful judgement support a wide knowledge of the marine, automotive and manufacturing worlds. 

500 design is led by Graham Warren. An industrial designer with over 30 years' experience in the manufacturing sector. The first 23 years were spent learning, then leading, the design of boat building for Fairline Boats in the UK. There is no part or system that hasn't been on the drawing board or CAD screen and this experience has been mixed with marketing and sales knowledge from across the planet. 

Since 500 design began in 2010, clients have included other leading boat yards and design houses across Europe, private clients' domestic and marine interiors, refits and product designs. Projects have ranged greatly in size and involvement. From a door handle design to a superyacht owner's representative, across the scale accuracy and honesty have been valued merits.

Of course we live in the modern world but thankfully we have many examples of our design history around us to combat the potential banality of a computer generated solution. The influences of period architecture, classic vehicles and automotive art, furniture and product design are all to be considered to make timeless classics of the future. Never underestimate the value of a sketch before you embrace the technology.