ATLAS SkillTech University Visits LKK Design in Shenzhen

LKK DESIGN

Global Exchange  ·  Shenzhen, China  ·  13 October 2026

On 13 October 2026, 22 students and 4 faculty from ATLAS SkillTech University in Mumbai visited LKK Design’s Shenzhen office as part of the university’s Global Immersion Program. The visit focused on one question that matters to every hardware team: how a product actually gets from a design concept into mass production.

Amy, Overseas Business Director at LKK Design, hosted the session and led the company presentation, with Nina and Sans supporting the visit. James Deng, General Manager of Shenzhen LKKER SCM Co., Ltd., joined the students for discussion and a group photo.

Design practice  ·  Live Q&A  ·  Product showroom  ·  Academic collaboration

ATLAS SkillTech University faculty and students with the LKK Design team in Shenzhen.

How a product development company connects design to manufacturing

ATLAS SkillTech University is a Mumbai university built around design, technology and business, with an emphasis on industry-facing teaching. Before the visit, Hetansh Visaria, Prototype Lab Manager and Head of Additive Manufacturing at ATLAS, asked specifically about the path from design to manufacturing, materials and process choices, production capability, and possible collaboration formats such as workshops, joint coursework and project acceleration.

Amy presents LKK Design’s development history, project process and case review.

Amy presented LKK Design’s development history, project process and integrated capabilities. LKK Design supports clients across product strategy, industrial design, mechanical design, electronics and embedded engineering, prototyping, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), mould development, certification and contract manufacturing.

The Shenzhen office is where LKK Design’s engineering and supply chain work comes together for international clients. Across the wider LKK group, more than 150 engineers with factory experience support project delivery. They join projects from the concept sketch review stage, not after the design is frozen, and run DFM analysis at every design gate.

That early involvement is the point. Mould, assembly and material problems that surface during tooling typically force rework of parts already designed and tooled. Reviewing manufacturability before each gate moves those failures into a stage where they are still cheap to fix. If adjustments are still needed at tooling or production, the same team follows the issue through to resolution.

What the students asked

Students raised questions on manufacturing constraints, design adjustments and cross-discipline coordination.

How do you stop a design from failing at mass production?

Engineers with factory experience join from the concept sketch review, and DFM analysis runs at every design stage. LKK Design treats manufacturability as a design constraint throughout the project, not as a final check.

How does a customer brief become a product?

First a technical feasibility assessment. Then user habits and usage scenarios are analysed to identify the real pain point, and the solution is designed against that pain point rather than against a spec sheet.

How do industrial design, mechanical design and electronics engineering work together?

For integrated projects, all disciplines are on the team from kick-off. Weekly reviews, gated design reviews and daily coordination prevent the classic failure where electronics and structure have to undo an appearance design that has already been approved.

In the showroom: two products built around a pain point

Pinshile hands-free vertical hair dryer. Developed for client Pinshile after user research showed that long hold times tire the arm and occupy both hands. The vertical form adjusts in height and angle, and dual outlets dry both sides of the hair, freeing the user’s hands — and, as families with pets found, making pet drying easier too.

LKK’s own 55-Degree Cup. Addressed a familiar problem: boiled water left to cool is forgotten and ends up cold. Physical cooling brings hot water to around 55 °C in about one minute of shaking. The product received the Red Dot Award.

Looking at academic collaboration

ATLAS expressed interest in deeper exchange, combining the university’s design teaching with LKK Design’s product development practice. Areas discussed:

Forms of collaboration and implementation remain subject to further discussion. The visit established a working contact between both sides on design education, hardware product development and project commercialisation.

Visit fact sheet

Frequently asked questions

What does LKK Design do?

LKK Design is a product development company in Shenzhen, China, providing an integrated path from product concept to mass production: product strategy, industrial design, DFM, mechanical design, electronics and embedded engineering, prototyping, manufacturing engineering, mould development, certification and compliance, contract manufacturing and logistics.

What is DFM in hardware development?

Design for Manufacturing reviews a design against how it will actually be produced — mould flow, wall thickness, part count, tolerances, assembly sequence — before tooling is committed. LKK Design runs it from the concept sketch stage rather than at handover.

Does LKK Design work with overseas clients?

Yes. The Shenzhen team supports international clients through English-language project communication, certification and compliance planning, contract manufacturing and delivery. Selected case studies are published on the company website.

How do you start a project with LKK Design?

Send a product brief or an existing BOM and drawings. LKK returns a feasibility assessment, a scope split by discipline, and a stage plan before quotation.

About LKK Design

Founded in 2004, LKK Design is a product innovation group headquartered in Beijing with its international development and supply chain operations in Shenzhen (Shenzhen LKKER SCM Co., Ltd.). The company’s positioning is your reliable partner from product concept to mass production, delivered through nine integrated services spanning design, engineering, prototyping, tooling, certification and contract manufacturing.

Media & business contact: hello@lkkerscm.com  ·  F10 CEEC Building of Upperhills, Huanggang Road 5001, Huafu Street, Futian District, Shenzhen, China  ·  WhatsApp +86 136 0014 4229

Online: https://www.lkkerscm.com  ·  atlasuniversity.edu.in