Founded by Iain Sinclair in 1964, Iain Sinclair Design is a design house that conceives, designs and develops highly innovative consumer products for global markets, using an in-house team of specialist industrial designers, electronic/mechanical engineers and CGI (Computer Generated Image) artists. The team is directed by Iain Sinclair and Grant Sinclair. Led by a belief in, and commitment to superior quality design and innovation, Iain Sinclair’s design team have created many world first products including: Liteblade (the first ultra thin flashlight of 1987), Flashcard (the multi-million selling, ultra thin flashlight of 1993), Smartlite (the first smart flashlight in 1988) and Eon (the first white LED flashlight of 1997 – US patents granted for using white LED technology in a portable lighting device).
The company designs are in the permanent collection of several museums worldwide including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Science Museum of London. The company has also designed hundreds of products for numerous other companies; furniture and lighting, clocks and watches, tableware, hi-fi equipment, intelligent games computers and other leading edge, electronics based hardware including over 100 products for Saitek Ltd (a leading computer peripheral and intelligent games console supplier) between 1980 and 1993 .
Other large companies the team have designed for include Sinclair Radionics Ltd (inventors of the world’s first slim line pocket calculator, world’s first pocket television and the world’s first mass market digital watch). More recently the team have developed a new collection of four credit card sized products including a highly innovative folding utility knife, a high performance flashlight and a range of high definition ‘point and shoot’ cameras (the camera idea was conceived by Grant Sinclair).
POCO PRO
Poco PRO is the World’s first credit card sized, full 1080p High Definition video camera with 14 Mega Pixel digital still and music recording/playing capability. Supertough magnesium construction with built-in, easy to use controls for instant click to capture. Vibrant and super energy efficient AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic LED) display shows millions of colors.
OMNIVISION
OmniVision Technologies (a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions who have sold over a billion camera sensors) projects units sales of 500k units of Poco camera collection within first 12 months of launch.
EON EXTREME
Eon Extreme is the size of a credit card and has the highest power to weight ratio of any flashlight/torch in the world. 230 lumens of pocket flood light from only 45 grams. Built-in rechargeable Lithium Polymer power source requires no battery cells to buy or change. Highest quality Aluminum construction including black gun metal anodizing. In the words of Jason Chen, editor of the no.1 gadget blog: Gizmodo.com: ‘this thing is bright!’.
CARDSHARP
CardSharp a superlight and supersharp utility knife, the same size as a credit card. Just three ingenious folding operations metamorphosise the card into an elegant pocket utility tool. Slimmer and lighter than an ordinary knife. The extra long stainless steel surgical blade ensures longer lasting rust free sharpness. The built-in protective sheath helps prevent injury or blunting. CardSharp® is an ingenious conversation piece. A sharp idea that slips safely inside your wallet or kit bag. Test marketing in various territories has proven CardSharp is a major hit. ‘Iain Sinclair’s CardSharp is doing for pocket knifes what the MacBook Air did for laptops. For more information or to get in touch with the company we invite you to visit the link below.