It’s been almost 12 years since I registered meld.com as my domain and while I didn’t know the details at the time, my vision today is nearly the same as it was back then; The marriage of multiple disciplines to create an unexpected result. It’s not that the idea is particularly new, it’s the idea that drives me and my life as a designer.

And now I’m here, MELD has been incorporated for some years and the results that will be displayed in London this September represents three years hard work. I’m very happy with the results so far, happy enough to now, finally share them with others. Coming up to the Launch of MELD this autumn bits and pieces will be shaved off and posted up here. Along with some of MELD’s other efforts.

MELD is a product development company, we’re in the business of mass customization by way of platform design. Platform design is the design method developed by myself to achieve mass customization in todays business environment. All of the products MELD creates will be via platform design, and I can say that we have several lined up for the near future.

The world is not ready for mass customization on a grand scale. Presented with the choice of ‘anything’, most people will be overwhelmed and simple draw a blank. To both educate and react to this reality, platform design give a basic starting point, a first step in moving to a mass customized world.

Nice to meet you,
Ken Olling

Founder/Designer
MELD