Colombo Design Studio

Great to see such a positive response to this!



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🙏🏾 we are humbled by the response we have received so far for Sri Lanka's 1st electric bicycle.
Stay tuned for the live launch and your chance to pre-order 1 of 50 Founder Edition bicycles released.
Register through the link in the bio.
Rhoda is Life,

Team Rhoda introduces you to Sri Lanka's first electric bicycle, designed and assembled in our motherland.
We will be launching very soon with more info on the bicycle. Sign up with the below link and be the first to book a test drive after we launch and get ready to experience something very new.
Cycling, reinvented.
http://bit.ly/rhoda-test-ride

Ever tried fitting a square peg in a round hole?
In these extraordinary times there are often problems for which it seems there is no solution. However we believe that there is an enormous global community of creative problem-solving people who can help with just about anything. So we have built this website in order that people can post problems related to humanitarian disasters and we will put them out to the creative community to find solutions.

Link in bio or http://apollo13.colombodesignstudio.com

Look after yourselves, and look after this amazing planet that we share.



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This is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and we hope we can achieve 365 Earth Days per year moving forward.
Plastic pollution is still one of the main challenges we will experience while our climate changes in the years to come. In the immediate future we will need to deal with a respiratory virus that turned into a pandemic and this extreme situation will decrease waste management and collection. We want to urge everyone not to burn plastics at home. If you are in and around Arugam Bay, please collect your recyclables and do not burn it and damage your precious lungs. We are open at the moment so you can drop off your recyclables. Please wash your hands at our foot operated tap, keep distance to our staff and wear a mask. Don't forget to smile under it. 😊😷 Stay safe everyone.

Wax on, wax off. Use this comb when you do.

100% post consumer waste surfboard wax combs, designed by us and produced on the East Coast of Sri Lanka at the Waste Less Arugam Bay centre.



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Our wax combs are made from 100% waste plastic, fair trade verified by the and uuuuuuh so colourful. DM us to stock in your shop. 🚀♻️

Make sure you get down to .cmb this festive season for a coffee and a truly delicious cake. Oh, and while you're there check out the furniture we made from repurposed cable drums and some nice old Kumbuk flooring
@ Colombo, Sri Lanka

Excited to be at CoMotion LA to see what the future of mobility holds

We're repurposing this old cable drum wood into tables for a new cafe in Colombo. Watch this space.

Here at Colombo Design Studio various rapid prototyping methods are utilised to achieve a first look and feel of a concept before moving onto final molding and production of a new product. It helps everybody involved to better understand the product in real life and clear out and correct any snags that we might come across prior to the mass production stage. For this particular prototype shown, we have combined a few methods such as 3 axis CNC machining of wood and other materials, 3D printed finishes and lots and lots of sanding, painting and varnishing to create the final prototype. The investment cost is considerably less and the timelines are short when compared to other traditional methods of prototyping.
Do you have a prototype in mind that needs realisation, get in touch with us! :)

Client Testimonial by
"What an amazing full circle service experience! We engaged Lee and the team to help us revamp our lifestyle website Eat Drink Play. They applied a new wordpress theme, installed all the relevant plugins and additional features. What really impressed me though was the level of service. We always got super speedy responses despite living in different time zones. Lee is also one of the patient people I've ever met. He really took the time to explain everything to me (and answer all my stupid questions). In fact, he's still helping me even though the job is done! He also challenged me to explore other technical ways that help our site (like different plugins for Google Analytics). I have recommended their services to at least 6 of my friends since. Thanks again guys!"
Founder
Ms. Alex Adams

Branding:
Island Hostels is a young startup that is aiming big with the goal of a network of connected hostels dotted around the island. They had a logo done, and were looking to find a refined approach with their brand language. We reworked the logo and set the guidelines for marketing/ communication media, such as brochures and helped with the brand identity presence within their properties.
Logo Approach:
The original Island Hostels logo had tried to bring together all the elements of a holiday in Sri Lanka, from the beaches to the city to the palm trees and the food.
We stripped this back to focus on the island but in an abstracted form that would form the basis for a brand identity that would easily adapt to different locations and also different elements of the hostels, such as the room numbers and brochures.
Outcome:
The outcome is a bold logo that is immediately recognisable and yet flexible enough to support multiple colour options and variations across the various hostels both existing and planned.

Product Design

Product: Next Gen Touch Switch
There was a lot of thought and design work behind this simple touch switch in order to fit in a configuration of 1 -5 gang options within the extremely thin enclosure which was covered by Wall Plate of 8mm Glass Panel

Client: Innovative Smart Solutions/ Smarthome.lk