# Doug Kilby

Doug Kilby is a product and industrial designer based in London. This site (also known as Fieldwork) documents his background across product, digital, and industrial design, with a focus on practical outcomes, inclusive experiences, and long-term craft.

## Identity

- Name: Doug Kilby (also Douglas Kilby)
- Role: Senior Product Designer at Ford Design
- Practice: Fieldwork — human-centred product design consultancy, London
- Site: https://dougkilby.com
- Portfolio: https://portfolio.dougkilby.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/douglaskilby
- X: https://x.com/dougkilby

## Key pages

- https://dougkilby.com/ — Home — introduction to Doug Kilby and Fieldwork
- https://dougkilby.com/about — About — background, services, awards, and patents
- https://dougkilby.com/tools — Tools — design and development tools used in practice
- https://dougkilby.com/contact — Contact — email for collaborations and project enquiries
- https://dougkilby.com/recruiters — Recruiters — quick links and experience summary for hiring

## Machine-readable references

- Concise: https://dougkilby.com/llms.txt
- Extended: https://dougkilby.com/llms-full.txt

## Services

- Product & Industrial Design
- Interaction & Experience Design
- Software Engineering & Machine Learning
- Brand & Visual Identity
- Creative Strategy & Art Direction

## Experience

- **Senior Designer** at Ford Design (2022–present) — London
- **Founder** at Playday (2018–2025) — London
- **Consultant** at Doug Kilby (2014–present) — London
- **Product Designer** at TTP (2020–2022) — London
- **Product Designer** at Voke (2018–2020) — London
- **Product Designer** at Brighton Product Lab (2016–2018) — Brighton

## Selected awards

- Grant Funding (Innovate UK, 2023) — Funded by Innovate UK, Iris Vision® is an innovative mobile application developed to revolutionise the coffee shop experience for hearing-impaired individuals.
- Most Innovative Product (Institute of Engineering Designers, 2018) — Awarded for final year project, Pod, a discreet and modular insulin injector. Associated with the University of Brighton.
- New Designers (University of Brighton, 2018) — My final year project, Pod, was selected to be exhibited at New Designers in London. Pod was shortlisted to represent the University of Brighton.
- Best Final Prototype (University of Brighton, 2018) — The University of Brighton Product Design Final Prototype Award 2018. Awarded for final year project, Pod, a discreet and modular insulin injector.

## Patents (summary)

- Management of Catheters and Accessories During Procedures (EP4400150A1, 2023) — An intravenous catheter securement device that improves procedural management.
- Management of Catheters and Accessories During Procedures (US20240216649A1, 2023) — An intravenous catheter securement device for enhanced procedural safety.
- Management of Catheters and Accessories During Procedures (CN118286572A, 2023) — An intravenous catheter securement device with enhanced flexibility.
- Emotional Human Machine Interface (HMI) (US20240181876A1, 2022) — Systems and methods for implementing an emotional human machine interface.

## Contact

- Email: hey@dougkilby.com
- Contact page: https://dougkilby.com/contact
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/douglaskilby
- X: https://x.com/dougkilby