Working process and projects examples

1. Marc
Rambaudwww.linkedin.com/in/marc-rambaud/
MANAGING INNOVATION
CONTEXT(S)
USAGE
IDENTITY
BRANDING
ENGINEERING
IP-REGULATION
BUSINESS PLAN
CLIENT
PROJECT
STRATEGY
PROCESS
TEAM
PRODUCTION
LAUNCH

2. Design Management
Administration
Training & Coaching
Design
Industrial
Furniture
Higher
Education
Coaching Consultancy Product
Development
?Packaging
CHINA THAILAND UKFRANCE
NEUF de
PACK
GWEN
DESIGN
L’Ecole de design
Nantes Atlantique
IKI-SEA D2M
?
Intern
General
Secretary
Director Free-lance Consultant
Design
Manager
XXXXX
Designer
Manager
Interior
CESO
Design
Intern Designer
Toy
TOY
MONSTER
Junior
Designer
Understand
SME’s & Start-ups
needs
Photoshop
Packaging
Illustrator
Mock-up
Sketches
Branding
Design
Printing
Web-designExhibition
Curator
Printing
Design
(In-Design)
Retail
Design
Medical
Products
Bathroom
Suites
Furniture User
Centered
Urban-
Planning
Discovering
Chinese Culture
Understand Housing
Market
Interior
Design
3D Modeling
(Solidworks)
Human
Centered
Toy Market
in China
Material
Research
Graphic
Design
Product
Design
Interior
Design
Industrial
Design
Branding
Design
Engineering Packaging
Design
Master Level
(Workshops/
Curriculum)
Executive Level
(Curriculum/Lectures/
Workshops)
Coaching
ProgramInduction Appraisal
Design Thinking
Workshops /
Lectures
Staff Members
(Meeting/Presentation)
Bachelor Level:
(Workshops)
Recruitment
HR
HR
PR
Strategy
HR
Decision
Contract
Support
Prospection
Partnership
Contracts
Partnership
Contracts
Regulation
Manage
Multidisciplinary
team
Improve
Quality
Improve
Productivity
Process
Improvement
Client Meeting
Task &
Schedule
Team
Management
Consulting
Project
Brief
Project
Follow-up
Branding
Strategy
Diagnostic
For partnership
Higher Education
& Industry
Adapt Creative
Working Processes
Adapt Sustainable
Mass Production
Process
Follow-up
Production
Follow-up
Strategy
Design
Professional Journey

3. Meeting 01
Understand
Context of the project
Meeting 02
Valid: Design Brief,
Planing & Contract
Meeting 03
Presentation
“Context Project” + “3 Design direction”
Meeting 04
Presentation
“3 Design Development proposal”
Meeting 05
Presentation
“Final design Proposal”
Project’s
Preparation
Research phase
Development phase
Finalization phase
Preparation for production & Production follow-up
> Type of service / product
> Key message for the design
> Style expectations
> Technical requests
> Pattern, legislation context
> Specificities of the cultural context
> Sustainability
(design/prototyping/production/waste/Recycling...)
- Define customer’s
needs & intentions.
- Company profile definition
(Who, What, Where...)
- Market Share perception
- Market study
-Target audience
- Define Corporate ID
- Branding Issue
- presentation of the design brief
- presentation of the design strategy
- schedule presentation
> meeting minutes
> preparation of design tasks
schedule
> projection of working time
> preparation contract
>Design Brief preparation
> meeting minutes
> design tasks, schedule up-date &
follow-up
> Introduction of the project to the team
> Split tasks in the team: Research
> Team meeting to share the ideas
> Choose 3 main design directions
> Finalize the 3 design directions
> Prepare meeting 03
> If existing pr oduct, define usage
scenario + weak & strong points
(from conception to recycling, and
identify all the users...)
> Main proportion according to
usage + target (weight, size...)
> If marketing study available,
translate it, via sensitive design
approach
> Target definition: mood boa rd
target’s environment
> Product mood board
> Colors & Shape proposal
> Technology survey
> Visit factory (if possible)
> Understand specificity p roduction
& material used possibilities
> Once main axes developed,
check validity regarding legislation
> Valid acceptance by other (not
only target.)
> Sustainability survey
> Valid the user scenario for each
design proposal (from production to
recycling).
> Valid colors & Shape & main
proportion for each design
proposal, according to the target
previously defined
> Valid main material & production
process for each design proposal
with a cost estimation for 10000
units
> Valid the legislation possibilities
> Valid cultural aspect
> Linked to life of the product &
production, valid sustainability
> Valid production sample accord-
ing to usage
> Valid colors & material & texture
(transparency, effect...)
>Valid the first units produced
(production process, material, color,
smell, packaging...
> Legislative follow-up
> Eco-friendly production follow-up
> Production Follow-up
- remind of the design process
- the project context
- target & personnas sensitive definition
- field research/investigation
- research & investigation analysis
- mood board & user scenario
- Introduce the design directions
- remind of the design process & previous meeting
- introduce the design proposal for each:
- key words / mood boards / personnas
- user scenario
- shape & color
- technical proposal & cost estimation
> meeting minutes => Define the design direction
> design tasks schedule up-date & follow-up
> Split the tasks in the team: Development
> Team meeting to share ideas
> Choose three main design development
proposal
> Finalize the design proposals
> Prepare meeting 04
> meeting minutes => Define one design proposal
> design tasks schedule up-date & follow-up
> Split the tasks in the team: Finalization
> Team meeting to share the ideas
> Finalize the design proposals
> Prepare meeting 04
> meeting minute
> design tasks schedule up-date & follow-up
> Prototype follow-up
> Production follow-up
> Collect the feedback from customers
- remind of the design process & previous meeting
- introduce the final design proposal:
- “advertisement picture”
- user scenario
- technical information
- production process
USAGE HUMAN
CENTERED
IDENTITY /
BRANDING
TECHNICAL
PRODUCTION
LAW
REGULATION
CULTURAL
CONTEXT
ECO-
CONCEPTION
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
DESIGN
STRATEGY
TEAM
MANAGEMENT
CLIENT
RELATION
PRODUCTION
PREPARATION
To manage
To plan, implement & follow-up
To design
To create meanings

4. > From project brief to production
Diabetes meter and accessories case for hospital.
MEDICAL CASE

5. Build My Bamboo
Creation from Material Specification & Environmental Impacts.
The usage of Bamboo for the mass market Toys Industry
BMB

6. Sofa design and production support for north American market.
Grande Époque

7. Photovoltaic
Urban light.
1900 PARIS

8. > From initial sketch to production.
Produced while working for Gwen Design.
Furniture &
Interior accessories

9. > Live stages of work
- Remaining budget (Hours + Expenses)
- Deadline
- Completion forecast and real
> Completed stages of work
- Over-servicing reporting
- Deadline adherence
> Next stages of work
- Plan of progress and cost
- Hours sales forecast
- Cash-flow forecast
Job No. Main Job Sub Job Status CodeBudgeted
Hours
Actual Hours Var Hours
Budget
M&E
Actual M&E Var M&E
Estimated
deadline
Actual Hrs + M&E £ Estimated £ Actual Estimated Actual
Prioroty to be moved forward
Plan well what still need to be done and budget left. We need to be under 3hrs over-budget.
112808 CAD-SPEC-PQ LIVE 20.00 3.05 16.95 £1,000 £0 £1,000 12 th April Try to sell a China trip review: £500 ex.VAT 20
114319 Manufacturing Specification and SourcingLIVE
10.00 7.60 2.40 £0 £0 £0
Motor should be
sourced soon.
Blades are the issue
currently
10
114320 Further Concept Development LIVE
26.00 30.63 -4.63 £0 £0 £0 COMPLETE
Finalise these stages of
work before I am back -
DO not deliver as not
everythgin has been
paid yet.
26
26 23-Apr -4.63
114303 Design for Prototyping SENT 15.00 0.00 15.00 £1,200
115702 Product Concept Development LIVE 10.00 13.30 -3.30 £0 £0 £0 4th April To close 10 10 03-Apr -3.3
119201 Innovation Workshop LIVE 8.00 4.30 3.70 £0 £0 £0 8
119602 Basic Physical Model review LIVE 8.00 9.70 -1.70 19th April Confirm the visit date / Call 8 8 23-Apr -1.7
DFP Marc to get call £2,240 £2,240
119707 Patent Search LIVE 3.00 3.90 -0.90 £450 £0 £450 COMPLETE TO CLOSE 3.00 3 03-Apr -0.9
119709 SGS Feasibility Review LIVE 3.00 3.90 -0.90 £380 £11 £369 15th April TO chase for next step 3.00 3 23-Apr -0.9
119702 Design for Prototyping SENT 20.00 0.00 20.00 £1,600 £1,600
119801 Basic Specification and Production QuotaLIVE
12.00 8.80 3.20 £0 £307 -£307 COMPLETE
Status? Can I close?
I think all the work
has been done. We
have not delivered a
final document but
she has had all the
information she
needs from Richard
12
12 23-Apr 3.2
Deliver wrap-up PDF
120801 Product Concept Development LIVE 10.00 12.05 -2.05 £0 £0 £0 COMEPLETE Prioroty to be moved forward 10 10 23-Apr -2.05
Sourcing Should be paid this week
120804 Design For Prototyping 1-Carry CaseSENT 30.00 0.00 30.00 26th April £2,400 £2,400
120806 Design for Prototyping 2 - HeadphonesSENT 52.00 0.00 51.00 26th April £4,080 £4,080 52 52 30-Apr -10
PROTO - 1 of them £5,800
105201 Creative Workshop LIVE 5.00 9.95 -4.95 5 5 30-Apr -4.95
D2M Internal NO INTERNAL ACTIVITIES
15 working days0 day off booked6.5 hours Total hours for the month no work % work -£ 17,320.00£ 10,320.00£ 13,360.00£ 10,320.00£
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Job No. Main Job Sub Job Status CodeBudgetted
Hours
Actual Hours Var Hours
Budget
M&E
Actual M&E Var M&E
Estimated
deadline
Actual Hrs + M&E £ Estimated £ Actual Estimated Actual
066005
Confirm
progression. To be
confirmed during
the call 5/4/19
091704 Confirm progression
112302 Manufacturing Specification LIVE 26.00 24.70 1.30 £660 £0 £660 ####### 26
115303 Mark 1 Prototyping LIVE 30.00 9.67 20.33 £500 £94 £406 #######
115304 Manufacturing Specification SENT 5.00 0.00 5.00 May be raised, but likely not paid
115505 Manufacturing Specification LIVE 11.00 13.50 -2.50 £0 £0 £0 ####### 11 11 29-Apr -2.5
120101 Mark 1 Prototype LIVE 14.00 17.80 -3.80 £342 £0 £342 ####### £400 £400 14 14 29-Apr -3.8
10 working days0 day off booked6.5 hours Total hours for the month no work % work -£ 400.00£ 400.00£ 4,080.00£ 2,000.00£
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Job No. Main Job Sub Job Status CodeBudgetted
Hours
Actual Hours Var Hours
Budget
M&E
Actual M&E Var M&E
Estimated
deadline
Actual Hrs + M&E £ Estimated £ Actual Estimated Actual
040913 Other - Workshop SENT 3.00 0.00 3.00 To chase - I emailed him and he will be in touch the end of the month £240
070329 Manufacturing spec – Entry level versionLIVE 10.00 7.00 3.00 To chase - Didn’t realise there was still hours on this - it is finished but I could use them for production support 10
070331 Sample 3-Entry Level LIVE 8.00 0.00 8.00 £2,300 £2,267 £33
070332 Sample 4-High end LIVE 3.50 0.00 3.50 £1,900 £0 £1,900
Retainer? Speaking to her this afternoon - hoping to confirm £800 £800
115404 Confirm progression - not hear from him
117202 Innovation Workshop LIVE 20.00 7.85 12.15 £0 £0 £0
118703 Detailed Manufacturing SpecificationLIVE 16.00 15.90 0.10 £0 £0 £0 Close 16 16 03-Apr 0.1
118708 Production Quotation LIVE 4.00 2.10 1.90 £800 £0 £800 05.04.19 To get this and plan project review with client 4
118709 Prodduction Support £800 £800
120208 Basic Physical Model and MaterialLIVE 18.00 18.00 0.00 £75 £0 £75 We will work on the tool design 18 18 23-Apr 0
120209 Further BPM INV 20.00 0.00 20.00 12.04.19Confirm progression - this has not been sent yet £400 £400
120401 Design for Prototyping LIVE 9.00 8.60 0.40 £0 £0 £0 Close 9 9 23-Apr 0.4
120402 Mark 1 prototype LIVE 10.00 1.00 9.00 £92 £0 £92 12.04.19 Waiting for prototype 10
NEXT STAGE Potential new stages of work
HP
15 working days1 day off booked6.5 hours Total hours for the month no work % work -£ 2,240.00£ 2,000.00£ 5,360.00£ 3,440.00£
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Job No. Main Job Sub Job Status CodeBudgetted
Hours
Actual Hours Var Hours
Budget
M&E
Actual M&E Var M&E
Estimated
deadline
Actual Hrs + M&E £ Estimated £ Actual Estimated Actual
078411 Follow up call with AprilMarc to nudge - Confirm progression
089303 Manufacturing Specification SENT 16.20 0.00 16.20 Email sent/next stage MS +styling £1,296
089305 Product Concept Development SENT 16.00 0.00 16.00 Waiting for for confirmation - waiting for client to reply to HR £1,280
094506 Other-Print Sample INV 2.00 0.00 2.00 will chase Stef
099010 Sample Production LIVE 8.50 0.25 8.25 £2,350 £81 £2,269 chase Russ Get up-date to client 8.5
Further Prototyping Mark 1 Chase client ON HOLD 6 months £960
Sourcing Chase Client £960
SPEC £1,080
101911 Mark 1 Prototyping LIVE 33.00 45.75 -14.75 £500 £186 £314complete - photograph Confirm If I can close 33 33 24-Apr -14.75
101912 SPEC + PQ SENT 11.00 0.00 11.00 MINI SPEC + PQ £1,840
114810 Production Quotation LIVE 2.00 1.60 0.40 £900 £7 £893 ####### Russ to complete 05/04/19 2 2 30-Apr 0.4
116204 Further Prototyping LIVE 42.60 51.60 -9.00 £350 £344 £6complete 05/04/19 42.6 42.6 24-Apr -9
116202 Spec + Factory Visit LIVE complete 10/04/19
120601 Design for Prototyping / Basic Physical ModelSENT 22.00 0.00 22.00 ? Check with Meryl
115518 Further Prototyping LIVE 38.00 66.91 -28.91 19 19 24-Apr -14.46
10 working days1 day off - SICK Day booked6.5 hours Total hours for the month no work % work -£ 7,416.00£ -£ 8,408.00£ 7,728.00£
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Job No. Main Job Sub Job Status CodeBudgetted
Hours
Actual Hours Var Hours
Budget
M&E
Actual M&E Var M&E
Estimated
deadline
Actual Hrs + M&E £ Estimated £ Actual Estimated Actual
041315 MakeUp Brush CleanerF2-Manufacturing Specification LIVE 18.00 19.75 -1.85 £0 £0 £0 #######Some final changes she wants before completion 18 18 23-Apr -1.85
41328 TOP-up Confirm progression £480 £480 6 6 23-Apr 0
Support Stage £800 £800
Production Support
103911 Promotion Pack LIVE 14.00 9.50 -1.25 £0 £0 £0 ####### TO CLOSE 14 14 23-Apr -1.25
103914 Packaging Dev £1,000 £1,000
103915 Further Images 12.00 12.00 0.00 £960 £960 12 12 29-Apr 0
103916 Further Images £320 £320
112902 Design for Prototyping LIVE 25.00 27.25 -2.25 £0 £0 £0 Complete CLOSE 25 25 03-Apr -2.25
112903 Mark 1 Prototyping LIVE 25.00 4.75 20.25 £800 £0 £800 ####### Hellen Rayner to make bag, check her schedule 25
Total hours sent
Total hours live
Total hours sent
Total hours live
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Total hours live
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Total hours live
COMPLETIONS
LABOUR INVOICING COMPLETIONSFinal Review
NOTES
####### Final Review
NOTES
Total hours sent
Final Review
NOTES
LABOUR INVOICING COMPLETIONS
Over Budgte
LABOUR INVOICING
Date Checked
On Concept
Total hours sent
Final Review
NOTES
####### Final Review
NOTES
LABOUR INVOICING COMPLETIONS
LABOUR INVOICING COMPLETIONS
Managing
Projects

10. > From marketing research to prototyping
Bathroom suite for Chinese brand.
ROCK
Bathroom Suite

11. BRANDING I | DESIGN DIRECTION BRANDING II | DESIGN DEVELOPMENT BRANDING III | BRAND BOOK
D2M
Research
Draft
Creative
Brief
Finalize
Creative
Brief
Initial
Client
call
Follow
up email:
meeting
details +
PROPOSAL
Sharing
and validating
the Creative Brief
Meeting
BRANDINGIMINUTE
D2M
Research
D2M
Research
D2M
Research
BRANDINGIIMINUTE
Minutes
PDF suggesting
Brand + Design
Direction
Sharing
Draft Logo
Share
PDF with
client
B-I
Draft
Logo
MinutesFinalized logo
+ Draft Colour
+ Font proposal
Finalized logo
+ Draft Colour
+ Font proposal
MinutesFinalized logo
+ Draft Colour
+ Font proposal
MeetingFinalized logo
+ Draft Colour
+ Font proposal
Finalized logo
+ Draft Colour
+ Font proposal
Meeting
B-II B-II
Process
Communication
Exemple: BRADING

12. (Quality)
solution (service or product) to maximise added value of the solution.
Usage: Develop user scenarios and identify design challenges
manufacturing production process aligned with project requirement
Identity: Propose style direction aligned with project requirements
Communicate clearly working process and ideas to team member, clients,
suppliers.
Identify
design challenges. Propose solution and assess ideas with other team members (Designers,
manager, Managing Director, Suppliers...).
collaborate with other designers on projects, knowledge and internal process/ Be pro-active in
sharing ideas during designer and team meetings/ Flag any issues/ Work as part of the team
Manage client expectations/ Help clients understand D2M’s process/ Schedule calls and
meetings as required to review the project and keep it on track
(Suppliers):
(When requested)
Answer the phone using the agreed protocol/ Take messages/ Explain the process for new
enquiries/ Take delivery of parcels/ Take payments over the phone.
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All new up-coming stages of work needs to be described as following:
Goal / Scope of work / Deliverable / Estimated deadline.
Request to DM an up-date and draft a plan and up-date stage description if requested.
description.
Prepare Concept, up-date stage description and request DM support if necessary.
Beginner & Inter mediate) with DM.
DM.
For Junior Designer freshly graduated, it is likely you will be supported by a mentor. For
or/and new comers.
Pro-actively work towards personal development goals set out in your development plan.
Help the design manager to help you keep projects progressing
Recognise new opportunities for the company and feel free to share your ideas with the design
team.
From job profile
to coaching program
Empowering
Team