Research & development
Five years of R&D.
Sketch to steel.
Innovation costs time, money and nerve. We invest all three. Every product goes through the same loop until it’s right.
- Of product development
- 5 years
- Products developed from scratch
- 5
- Registered designs
- EU · UK · US
How we develop.
01
Listen
Reviews, customers and our own frustrations show us what’s missing.
02
Design
Sketches become CAD, designed for manufacturing from day one.
03
Simulate
Mould-flow and cost checks before a single tool is made.
04
Prototype
3D prints and material samples, made in our Antwerp lab.
05
Test
With real users, and with load and magnet tests.
06
Tool up
Moulds and first production runs with our manufacturing partners.
Puzzle board
V1 proved it.
V2 makes it work.
V2 · In development
V1 looked great, but was too expensive to make at scale. V2 has fewer parts, takes up less space, uses better materials and costs four times less to produce.
Materials
Light as foam.
Strong as a magnet.
We tested colours, textures and densities of EPP foam until the blocks felt right in small hands. The magnets are overmoulded inside each block.
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Protected from
the first sketch.
Registered designs for the mat, the trays and the board in the EU. The trays are also registered in the UK and the US. Our brands are registered trademarks.