Highly Infectious Design
Germ Design is the independent industrial design practice of Jeremy McDaniel. For the past decade, I’ve partnered with ambitious brands and inventors to translate complex design concepts into pristine, market-ready physical products.
Design Capabilities
IDEATION
The Blueprint: Dig deep into competitive benchmarking, user journey mapping, and visual research to establish a bulletproof design foundation. Through rapid, relentless sketch concepting and strategic AI-driven form exploration, the product’s core visual DNA is established long before committing to complex engineering files.
Core Delivery: Competitive Analysis & Benchmarking • Visual Research & Mood Boards • Rapid 2D Sketch Visualization • AI-Assisted Concept Generation • Initial 3D Spatial & Volume Blocking.
DESIGN CAD
The Blueprint: This is where design meets mathematical discipline. Concepts transition into highly organized parametric CAD models and pristine, curvature-continuous class-A surfaces. Every detail, from parting lines and draft clearances to ergonomics and high-end CMF rendering, is meticulously dialed in to ensure the design looks as stunning in 3D space as it does on paper.
Core Delivery: Advanced Parametric 3D Modeling • Curvature-Continuous Surfaceing • Human-Centered Ergonomics & Detail Design • Photorealistic CMF Visualization & Digital Rendering.
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING (DFM)
The Blueprint: The place where many design concepts break down is where this process thrives. Delivering highly resolved, finalized CAD geometry built to withstand the realities of mass production. Working directly alongside your engineering and manufacturing partners, technical parameters like wall thicknesses, mold draft, and tool optimization are embedded straight into the final data, saving time and protecting design intent on the factory floor.
Core Delivery: Tooling-Ready Master CAD Geometry • Advanced Injection-Molding & DFM Optimization • Cross-Functional Engineering Alignment • Production-Grade Technical Documentation.
PROTOTYPING
The Blueprint: The place where many design concepts break down is where this process thrives. Delivering highly resolved, finalized CAD geometry built to withstand the realities of mass production. Working directly alongside your engineering and manufacturing partners, technical parameters like wall thicknesses, mold draft, and tool optimization are embedded straight into the final data, saving time and protecting design intent on the factory floor.
Core Delivery: Prototype-Optimized 3D Data • High-Fidelity Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) • Functional Mechanism Validation • Model Shop Specifications & Technical Assembly Documentation.
