Raúl Castillo Studio

Product Design

Designing products where details, user experience and stories behind the product make the difference.

About

Hi! I am Raúl Castillo

After years of madness nomad life from one country to another following my dream of growing as a designer, I decided to start my own studio. I offer to companies my passion for design and my experience to design and develop new products.

My madness background

I jumped from Polytechnico de Valencia to Polytechnico di Milano, from Marcel Wanders (Amsterdam) to Teemo and Deepgreen (UK) to design, develop and collaborate in projects for brands as John Lewis, Zuiver, Louis Vuitton or Magis.

Clients

Some of the clients I have worked for as a freelance or during my stage in Marcel Wanders and Teemo-Deepgreen:

Ignittion
Bucolica
John-Lewis
Zuiver
ECI
LV
Magis
MW
Vista-Alege
Alessi
teemo
deepgreen
adairs
Hinlim
edesign

I remember when I saw my first phone: I paid attention to the buttons, the textures, the details.... and I realised that what I wanted to do in my life is to give shape to the surrounding objects, to be a Product Designer.

Work

Ignittion

Ignittion Collaboration
florentina

Florentina furniture range
bucolica

Manuel-ceramics
bucolica

Don bedside table
Harvard

Yale furniture range
Sunset

Sunset watch
Form

Form furniture range
Dino

Dino laptop stand
No.04

Chair No.04
Nordic

Nordic dressing table concept
asymmetrics

Asymmetrics bathroom range
Galua

Galua speakers
No.03

Chair No.03
Campello

Campello lamp

Process

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”

-Sun Tzu, The art of the war

Design requires the use of methodology. Every project is a different world and the technicality of the product can impact how long or short the project will be. Below is a starting approach that I apply each time:

  • 0. Brief


    Initial contact with the Client. We create a collaborative brief where we define the general project approach, defining needs and requirements of the project.
  • 1.Research and
    benchmarking

    Explore and look for competitors, trends, colors, design details, and products that can help to understand the market and the surrounding environment, discovering opportunities that help to define the new product.
  • 2.Concept Design


    Explore directions taking as a reference the brief and the opportunities discovered during previous steps. I explore the possibilities through sketching, modeling, mock ups and rendering.
  • 3. Design Development

    Refine of the concept design and development of the technical solutions
  • 4. Product Refinement

    Checking and testing of the prototypes, evaluating the solutions adopted and refining any aspects if necessary.
  • 5. Final Documentation

    Elaboration of final technical documents like technical drawings or assembly guides.
  • 6. Production and commercialization

    Final renderings and graphic design work related to the product.

Services

Testimonials

Trust, Honest and clear communication to create long lasting relationships.

ignittion

Daniel Belchi
Ignittion co-founder

We had an excellent experience and we continue collaborating in new products. I have to highlight the honestly and the communication through the design process, The fluid conversations and the clear picture we are having in each stage of the projects.

Bucolica

Sara Lopez
Bucolica Studio

Motivation is a constant in Raul´s work. He is a perseverant professional with an eye in every detail. He is really thoughtful and close knit partner. I had no doubts about collaborate with him. I love the designs of our project in development from the first time I saw them.

Contact

Start a project together?

Call me or send me an e-mail to book a meeting where we can know each other better.

  • raul.castillo.cabrera.id@gmail.com
  • +34627153981
  • 26 Ubeda street
  • La Aljorra, Cartagena
  • Spain