Talon Condor 19" Cast Deck Lawn Mower.

Back in 2006 one of our clients commissioned us to develop their new flagship diecast lawn mower: the Condor. The project brief was to use the existing 4 stroke engine platform, catcher base and 12v starter battery, the rest of the mower was a blank canvas. The cut chamber and deck design went through numerous working prototypes to achieve that perfect cut and optimal discharge into the catcher. It sold through specialised Talon dealers throughout Australia.

Client: Talon Tools

Discovery and research.

During our discovery phase we undertook trend analysis, defined the market segment to aim for and gave the end user a persona. Along with detailed competitor research we used these activities to inform the concept generation stage.  During this stage we identified several consumer and return rate benefits, including a standard hose fitting deck wash port and toolless oil drain plug.

Concept generation.

Like most projects, it all starts on the sketch pad. Hand drawn concepts are used to quickly flush out ideas and design directions. These are then either refined in Photoshop or taken directly into CAD to present to the client before the main CAD stage.

CAD Modelling.

Several design directions were then surface CAD modelled; from there we began to get solid direction to proceed with. Renderings were then generated, and the design signed off. Detailed CAD modelled and the working prototype stage then followed. Once the performance was approved, we then started the tooling phase.