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Cobalt Design Cobalt is an Australian based, globally focused creative product development group.

Operating locally and in Asia, Europe and North America, our industrial designers and mechanical engineers strategically develop products from 'idea' to production parts for organisations aspiring to the world’s best in product innovation.

Usually, PixLite controls the spotlight.This time, it’s in it.🏆Now recognised with a Good Design Award, Advatek’s PixLit...
13/10/2026

Usually, PixLite controls the spotlight.
This time, it’s in it.
🏆

Now recognised with a Good Design Award, Advatek’s PixLite Mk3 Range is a professional lighting control platform designed for real installer needs: simplifying setup, increasing flexibility and delivering high-fidelity performance.

Congratulations to the project teams at Advatek Lighting and Cobalt – including Jack Magree, Kynan Taylor, Andrew Fanning and Ben Goodwin – whose collaboration and attention to detail shaped a product we’re all proud of, with this recognition as a cherry on top.

Good Design Australia

30 years of Cobalt.And a friendship that goes back even further.Steve Martinuzzo, Jack Magree and Warwick Brown first cr...
07/10/2026

30 years of Cobalt.
And a friendship that goes back even further.
Steve Martinuzzo, Jack Magree and Warwick Brown first crossed paths studying Industrial Design at RMIT, brought together by a shared curiosity for how things work – and how they could work better.

Decades later, they’re still solving problems and leading Cobalt together.

RMIT’s new alumni story looks back at their journey from meeting at uni to becoming long-term business partners, and the different perspectives, challenges and ideas that have shaped Cobalt along the way.

A big thank you to RMIT University for telling the story…
https://www.rmit.edu.au/alumni/stories/2026/innovators-award-winners

“If you can get people’s hands off the artwork, you’re halfway there.”- Mary Gridley, ConservatorArtist Engineering has ...
05/10/2026

“If you can get people’s hands off the artwork, you’re halfway there.”
- Mary Gridley, Conservator

Artist Engineering has landed on the front page of the September edition of The Art Newspaper , teasing a feature on their unique contact-free approach to artwork transport, handling and mounting.

In a world where handling damage can lead to significant claims, an art-logistics system that reduces risk is game-changing – with the National Gallery London among those using the hardware.

It’s great to see such a highly specialised design challenge getting this kind of international attention. 🌏

17/09/2026

Syringes… Scalpels… Razors…
Invasive skin biopsies can be scary; they risk scarring, take days to assess...
And after all that, 60% come back benign.

DermR Health are changing the way skin cancer is diagnosed.

They’re building a non-surgical pathway for skin cancer diagnosis, freeing up surgical capacity for high-risk cases and working towards a future where investigation can be more approachable and accessible to all.

This 60s video shares CEO Stefan Mazy’s personal story behind that mission.

We’ve been working with Stefan and the DermR team to turn clinical insights into a refined, manufacturable design. For us, it’s especially rewarding to finally see that work take shape as a real-world prototype.

An exciting step forward, with plenty more still to come.

Great design engineering is often hidden in plain sight.But it’s visible in the low production costs, proven in the reli...
30/07/2026

Great design engineering is often hidden in plain sight.
But it’s visible in the low production costs, proven in the reliable performance and felt in every intuitive interaction.

YieldX's hydroponic growing channels might look simple, but every detail was carefully engineered to ensure the system expands smoothly as the crop grows, while operating consistently day after day in a demanding greenhouse environment. All of this comes together to make high-density farming more accessible to smaller growers.

Our latest case study explores how Cobalt worked alongside YieldX to transform this innovative growing system from concept to a commercial reality.

Take a look 👉 https://cobaltdesign.co/work/yieldx/

“Imagine this in its working environment.”“Try picture the real size in your head.”“Pretend it’s front of you, how would...
09/07/2026

“Imagine this in its working environment.”
“Try picture the real size in your head.”
“Pretend it’s front of you, how would you use it?”

Imagination is brilliant for creative problem-solving, but it shouldn’t have to do the heavy lifting when critical product development decisions are being made.

Augmented reality has become a valuable part of how we share, assess and refine product concepts with clients – making it possible to move around designs in real space, and interact with them at full scale long before physical prototypes exist.

Try our JigSpace AR demo via the link below, or scan the QR code📱
https://cobaltdesign.co/design-in-another-dimension-jigspace-for-npd/

Looks simple.It took three disciplines working together to keep it that way.This lock and communication module for Gurru...
11/06/2026

Looks simple.
It took three disciplines working together to keep it that way.

This lock and communication module for Gurru's Calibre Smart Weighing Bin is a great example of the importance of having close collaboration between electronics and hardware/mechanical design teams throughout development.

The PCB wasn't designed after the housing. The housing and mechanism weren’t designed around a finished PCB. All three areas evolved together, continually influencing each other and allowing challenges to resolve early, rather than creating compromises later.

The outcome is a highly integrated, electro-mechanical system that through careful and considered development results in a compact, refined product that works in the real world.

"Prototypes don't ship.”It’s a massive leap to develop a new medical device.It’s another challenge entirely to manufactu...
04/06/2026

"Prototypes don't ship.”
It’s a massive leap to develop a new medical device.
It’s another challenge entirely to manufacture it at scale and deliver it to market…

That gap is exactly what Steve Martinuzzo unpacked in his presentation at the recent Innovate Medtech Masterclass in Perth.

Presenting to a room full of medtech innovators, startups and researchers, Steve discussed the realities of taking medtech products from early concepts to market-ready products destined to reach and improve outcomes for patients and healthcare professionals.

The session covered critical considerations throughout the development process to ensure the end product will be compliant, efficient to manufacture, and intuitive to use.

It’s clear that WA has a wealth of innovative and entrepreneurial people in this space. So thank you Innovate Medtech for inviting us to be a part of the program. It was inspiring to hear the insights, challenges and triumphs from the other presenters and participants across the medtech industry.

Turning early-stage MedTech ideas into real, manufacturable products is rarely straightforward.That’s exactly what we’ll...
21/04/2026

Turning early-stage MedTech ideas into real, manufacturable products is rarely straightforward.
That’s exactly what we’ll be unpacking at the Innovate Medtech Masterclasses in Perth next month.

Our Managing Partner, Steve Martinuzzo, will be speaking at the conference, sharing practical insights from years on the front lines of MedTech product development.

The session will focus on the practical elements of translating early-stage MedTech ideas into viable products – including user-centred design, turning clinical needs into product requirements, prototyping, design for manufacture (DfM) and managing technical risk.

📍 One Two Five by Hub, 125 St Georges Terrace, Perth
📅 Friday 22nd May 2026
🎟️ Limited tickets available: Link in our bio.

We’ve been sitting on this for a while… It’s finally time to rip-off the wraps.The brief: a new addition to the Australi...
31/03/2026

We’ve been sitting on this for a while…
It’s finally time to rip-off the wraps.

The brief: a new addition to the Australian Rules awards trophy shelf - something to sit alongside the Brownlow, but from a completely different angle.

Instead of umpires awarding votes to players, this flips the model, recognising the umpire, as voted by our most elite players, for being the ‘Fairest & Best’ across the season.
Naturally, we said yes before asking too many questions.

Given yesterday’s news about Kylie, the AFL are holding off officially announcing this award's name. But as a hint, our in-house project name was “The Dermott”. We'll let you join the dots.

Design-wise, we landed on a moment everyone in footy knows - the split second of a holding-the-ball call. Equal parts confidence, chaos, and inevitable debate! Just the way we love our designs to land.

An unnamed Umpire’s Association spokesperson told us: “Mate, we’re stoked. After copping a season of 90-decibel calls for ‘BALL!’, to receive this awesome trophy on footy’s night of nights, one of our members will finally feel like they’ve got one right.”

Whether this concept makes it to the Brownlow stage… we’ll let you be the umpire of that. In the meantime, happy 1st of April.

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