international ltd industry product design founded 1960 1960 founder david carter headquarters warwick united kingdom services product design and development consulting number of employees 130 website www.dca design.com dca design international is one of the world s leading product design and development consultancies and is based in warwick england . the company was founded in 1960 and now employs more than 130 people . dca specialise in many areas of product design and new product development including design for sustainability industrial design engineering design electronics design software design medical design scientific design commercial design and industrial design . dca have been ranked as the uk s number 1 product design consultancy between 2005 2016 according to design week in their top 100 surveys . 1 contents 1 history 2 work and awards 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1960 by david carter rdi cbe 2 david carter associates grew throughout the 1960s and 1970s becoming dca design consultants in 1975 3 and later renamed itself dca design international ltd in 1986 . 3 it is still operating out of its historical home of church street warwick in the uk having now grown to five sites within the town . 3 now employing in excess of 130 industrial designers engineers electronics engineers software engineers interaction designers design researchers strategists amongst other disciplines . dca is considered to be one of the uk s most established product design and development consultancies . 1 work and awards edit dca works across many market sectors including consumer medical scientific industrial commercial and transport . dca worked extensively on rolling stock for both british rail and london underground throughout the 1980s 4 and in 1985 began working on the le shuttle locomotive for the channel tunnel between britain and france . 5 more recently dca with pharmaceutical company sanofi aventis have designed solostar a disposable pen type injector for insulin . this device took gold international export and grand prix at the 2009 dba design effectiveness awards in recognition of its improved performance compared to competitor pens and its significant commercial success as in 2008 it had accounted for 41 % of all growth in the global injectable insulin market . 6 dca have won various other design industry awards with their clients for a variety of products . for example the 3m versaflo s655 premium hood a protective respirator won a 2010 red dot award for product design within the industry and crafts category . 7 this was followed up the following year by the 3m versaflo m series headgear a range of powered and supplied air respiratory protection systems which won a 2011 red dot award in the industry and crafts category . meanwhile the tr 300 turbo pack which powers both the s and m series headsets achieved an honourable mention also in the 2011 red dot awards . 8 the m series also won an idea bronze commercial award from the industrial designers society of america idsa in 2011 . 9 other recent awards have included a 2010 good design award for the gbc quickstart laminator 10 and a 2009 good design award for sanofi avents clikstar reusable insulin injection pen . 11 references edit a b design week top 100 surveys 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 and 2011 ranked as uk s number 1 product design consultancy 2005 2011 . design 1967 title 221 article 4 pages 30 to 34 the council of industrial design awards and the duke of edinburgh s prize for elegant design 1967 . http www.vads.ac.uk diad article.php year 1967 & title 221 & article d. 221.29 a b c companies house details of dca design consultants http wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk british rail design james cousins danish design council 1986 avocet in pursuit of style tolu solanke 2010 http www.blurb.com bookstore detail 2116263 design business association design effectiveness awards 2009 website http www.effectivedesign.org.uk 2009 grand prix solostar.php red dot design yearbook 2010 2011 vol . 2 . doing peter zec 2010 isbn 978 3 89939 116 9 red dot design yearbook 2011 2012 vol . 2 . doing peter zec 2011 isbn 978 3 89939 126 8 idsa website list of idea bronze commercial award winners 2011 http www.idsa.org category tags idea 2011 bronze commercial the chicago athenaeum museum of architecture and design website good design awards 2010 http www.chi athenaeum.org gdesign 2010 officeproducts 538.html the chicago athenaeum museum of architecture and design website good design awards 2009 http www.chi athenaeum.org gdesign 2009 medical gd09 495 index.html external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dca design international ltd & oldid 742062389 categories design companies of the united kingdomconsulting firmsnew product developmentproduct designcompanies based in warwickshiredesign companies established in 19601960 establishments in englandbritish companies established in 1960 navigation menu 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