Pd-m International was founded in 2005, as a fully integrated design consultancy capable of taking products from early research through to manufacture and commercial launch.
In over two decades, we’ve helped hundreds of organisations unlock new opportunities, accelerate growth and achieve strong returns on investment. We enable clients to reduce risk, stay ahead of competition and build products designed for long-term commercial success.
We work with start-ups, scale-ups, SMEs, manufacturers, universities, public sector bodies and global brands. We are trusted to deliver complex, demanding products with clarity, pace and precision.
Revenue Generating Products
We look beyond immediate requirements to anticipate future needs, applying proven strategic processes to turn early-stage ideas into revenue-generating products.
Informed & Grounded Research
Our in-depth research reveals clear direction to support confident decision-making. Insight-led thinking ensures each product is grounded in real user needs, market realities and commercial opportunity.
User Focused
We focus on the end user to create compelling, competitive products. Our workshops uncover behaviours, needs and opportunities that shape thoughtful, differentiated products.
Sustainable By Design
By embedding circular design principles and product carbon mapping into development, we enable smarter decisions that deliver commercial advantage while meeting environmental and performance expectations.
Development for Quality & Scale
Our engineering and manufacturing expertise enables us to develop, test and refine cost-effective products through technical rigour, ensuring performance, quality and readiness for scale.
ISO Compliant
We are certified to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015, ensuring the highest standards of quality and environmental management across regulated and complex markets.
Our Team
We are a team of highly experienced innovators, strategists, product designers and engineers. We guide clients through the complexities of research, product development, engineering and manufacture, turning ideas into commercially successful products. Sustainability expertise sits at the core of everything we do, creating solutions that deliver value for people, planet and profit.
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Richard
Founder & CEO
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Rich
Commercial & Sustainability Lead
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Andrew
Company Chairman (Non-Exec)
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Tim
Senior Designer & Technical Lead
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Matt
Carbon Reduction & Net Zero Strategy
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Helen
Company Secretary
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Neha
Marketing Lead
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Julia
Finance
Design Expert & Leader
Pd-m founder Richard Hall is a Design Council Expert, an Expert Assessor for Innovate UK, a Funding Committee Member for the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and a board member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Our Design Studio, Come Visit Us
Pd-m Riverside studio is in a 100-year-old printworks building, which we transformed into a bespoke creative studio. Based just north of York, the space houses a collection of design classics that inspire our work and reflect our design heritage. Clients who visit the space comment on how inspiring they find the environment.
