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Canary Designs

Based on the beautiful North Wales coastline in St Asaph, Canary designs was established in 2011 by managing director John Lovegrove. John has had over 20 years of experience in the ergonomics industry thriving in all sectors from nuclear decommissioning to aerospace manufacturing. This has led Canary to be one of the country’s fastest growing and most respected ergonomic consultancies.

Our Philosophy

Here at Canary we do not believe in one size fits all.We believe that humans should be provided with design solutions that support their capabilities, enabling personal development and satisfaction in all that they do.

Our Approach Includes:

Holistic approach
Independent Challenge
Research

Modelling and verification
Real-world validation
Stakeholder Support

Holistic Design

We set out to understand the entire system design and dynamic nature of the human interactions within a system of work

Independent

We provide independent advice to enable a fair challenge whether as expert witnesses or as design consultants

Human Sciences Knowledge

we pride ourselves on being up to date with the latest products and human sciences research to provide our clients with up to date advice and solutions.

Modelling & verification

We model how your concept design will be interacted with by your target stakeholders by using physical and cognitive workspace modelling. The outcome will be a concept design verified by your target stakeholders, giving you confidence to proceed with a design concept.

Real world Validation

You have finalised your design and built a prototype, we will help you to plan, design, measure and analyse stakeholder interactions with the prototype. The outcome is the validation of the prototype and confidence that your design will be used as intended.

Support

We continue to support our clients through the most important stage of a design project, the implementation and use of the new design by the target stakeholders. We evaluate the quality of the experience, the instructions and overall design performance for applying to future designs.

“We design products, systems and services that are good for your mind and body”

Accreditations

Our Services

Design for Independent Living

At Canary Designs we work with charities who support independent living for people outside of the normative population. We help to identify assistive technology, create accurate digital avatars of the person in need, and then create digital versions of assistive…

Workplace Health Check

For some people they will spend more time at their workplace than they would do at home, the average British worker works 42 hours a week not including any overtime. Canary can help you to evaluate the ergonomics of your…

Expert Witness

At Canary we are experienced at preparing expert witness evidence for court, working on joint expert witness statements, and cross examination under oath. We have provided evidence to support the court when understanding complex cases such as a fall from…

Human Centred Design

Here at Canary we have an extensive amount of experience with designing on human terms, identifying the design stakeholders, and designing to satisfy their needs. We are living in a society where products are driven by technology and what the…

HWB Ergonomeg

Canary designs is reaching out to the local and national design communities by providing a hub for sharing video tutorials, human centred design workshops and any upcoming events.