Product Design Consultancy

From sketch to shelf. Now with an engine room.

DS4 Design has put products in Walmart, Sharper Image, and Bed Bath & Beyond. DS4OS is the operational backbone that makes the next 25 years more efficient than the first.

25+
Years in Industrial Design
9+
Major Retail Partners
2
Crowdfunded Products
1
Operating System

What DS4OS Handles

The back-office infrastructure a design consultancy actually needs.

01

Client Pipeline

Track leads from first contact through signed proposal. Know which prospects need follow-up and which projects are closing.

02

Project Tracking

Every active project in one view. Milestones, deliverables, factory timelines, and client approvals without the spreadsheet chaos.

03

Outreach Engine

Find hardware startups, Kickstarter campaigns, and small businesses that need design help. Automated prospecting, not cold calling.

04

Competitive Intel

Monitor what other Bay Area design firms are winning, how they price, and where the gaps are. Stay positioned, not guessing.

Design talent is the easy part. Running the business around it is the hard part.

Most industrial designers got into this to create beautiful, functional products. Not to chase invoices, manage pipelines, or prospect for new clients at midnight.

The Problem

Boutique design consultancies run on talent and relationships. But talent doesn't scale without systems, and relationships don't grow without outreach.

The Approach

DS4OS runs the business operations autonomously. Client pipeline, competitive intelligence, and outreach happen daily, whether you're at the drafting table or the factory floor.

The Result

More time designing. More clients in the pipeline. Better positioning in a competitive market. The business grows while the work gets done.

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