We take products from a rough sketch
to a working line.
AE Group is a studio for founders and manufacturers who need a product engineered, not just imagined — industrial design, engineering, prototyping, and manufacturing support under one roof.
One studio, the whole build.
Most products stall between a good idea and a sellable object. We run the parts that usually get outsourced separately — design, engineering, and manufacturing readiness — as one continuous team.
Industrial design
Form, ergonomics, and material choices that hold up under real use and real cost targets.
Mechanical engineering
CAD, tolerancing, and structural validation that survives contact with a factory floor.
Rapid prototyping
3D-printed and CNC models you can hold, test, and hand to investors within days, not months.
Manufacturing support
DFM reviews, tooling guidance, and factory liaison so the design survives the transition to volume.
Packaging & unboxing
Structural packaging and the first sixty seconds of ownership, engineered together.
Brand & identity
Naming, mark, and product language that carries across the whole line, not just one SKU.
Define, design, develop.
Three stages, run in order, each ending in something you can hold or test — not a deck.
Define
We pin down who the product is for, what it has to survive, and what it has to cost — before a single sketch, so design decisions later aren't guesses.
Design
Industrial design and mechanical engineering run side by side, so the shape you approve is already close to something that can be built and priced.
Develop
Prototypes, DFM passes, and factory handoff — we stay engaged through first production run, not just first render.
A few things we've shipped.
Bring us the sketch. We'll bring the bill of materials.
Tell us what you're building — we'll tell you honestly whether it's ready for engineering yet.