Everything we use in day to day life has been crafted, agonized over and produced by design engineers; from aerobatic aircraft to zips, supersonic jets and even the chair you’re sitting on.

Learn more about our Design Heroes, discover what it is like to develop a product in the Design Process and find out about exciting career paths of different Design Engineers.

Design Heroes

ZIP 1914. Gideon Sundbäck
In 1914 the US Patent Office received an application for "Hookless Fastener No. 2" from Gideon Sundbäck, a Swedish-American inventor.Tooltip Zip

The Design Process

Dyson cylinder

The DC22 vacuum cleaner is a machine that’s small enough to sit within an A3 piece of paper.

Design Engineers

Engineer

Meet some inspiring design engineers, hear their stories, and how they got to where they are now.