Christian Alary · product & process designer
Products designed to be made.
25 years of design, from Rossignol to my workshop in the Vercors. I join your project, take it through to production, and leave you with the tooling and the know-how.
Discover the methodThe method
Fast & Curious
An iterative process for validating ideas. In each turn, we pick the one point that matters, validate it quickly with the simplest possible prototype, then decide: continue or stop. The further we go, the more each turn costs, so the risky questions are asked first.
Curious
When defining the project, then throughout its development. We question assumptions, embrace change, seize opportunities and look for solutions elsewhere.
- Define
- Question
- Embrace change
- Seize opportunities
- Look elsewhere
Fast
Up to the prototype, then up to the product. Each loop targets a single point and is kept as short as possible. We remove uncertainty before investing.
- Agile
- Focused
- Iterative
- Risk-free
- 01
Framing the need
Understand the real use, the constraints and what is at stake before drawing anything.
- 02
Generating solutions
Widen the field: other industries, other processes, other materials.
- 03
Iterative design
Short loops, each one proving a single point, all the way to series production.
Applies to
- A product
- A process
- A tool
- An organisation
Remove uncertainty, safely.
A proven method that fits into your teams. I take on your most difficult projects, and the ones that have no natural home in your organisation.
Agile
Short loops: hypothesis, prototype, measurement, decision.
Every milestone proves a result.
Creative
Start from real use, then combine established and emerging techniques.
Head-up display goggles, delayed decoration.
Innovative
Invent the process when the market's process is too expensive or too slow.
A €500 mould instead of €7,500.
Proven
25 years of products sold, series launched and factories started up.
Olympic medal, Étoile du design.
Background
25 years, from R&D to the workshop
On the marketCustom seriesPrototypeConcept
The workshop · Vercors and Park City
Services
What I do for your company
For SMEs and brands that want to innovate, reshore or make their production more reliable without setting up an in-house engineering department.
You have an idea, but no team
Design a new product
Specifications, concepts, prototypes, user testing, industrialisation file.
A validated product, ready to manufacture.
Your prototypes cost too much
Prototype fast, at low cost
Vacuum moulding, simple tooling, a calculation model calibrated on your measurements.
Prototypes in days, not months.
You want to manufacture in France
Industrialise and reshore
Process, tooling, production rate, choice of subcontractors, profitable small series.
A line that runs, a team that is trained.
Your products all look alike
Customise and differentiate
Delayed decoration, custom series for brands and companies, range and graphics.
Customisation without dead stock.
You have an invention
Innovate and protect
Structured creativity, prior art search, patent, intellectual property development.
An idea that is protected and put to use.
Your business needs to bounce back
Refocus and relaunch
Product and production diagnosis, refocusing on what makes a margin, costed action plan. I have done it for my own company.
A realistic plan, actively managed.
They trusted me