Centroid Design

Centroid Design is a strategic design consultancy in Guindy, Chennai, founded and led by Ramesh Manickam. The studio describes itself as a small, niche firm built around design thinking and industrial design consulting, taking products end to end: product strategy and configuration, styling, engineering, prototyping and support through batch production.

Its categories run from automotive, consumer durables, electronics, FMCG, medical and light engineering to retail and graphic design. Clients range from OEMs that need extra design capacity to medium-sized manufacturers without an in-house industrial design team, and first-time entrepreneurs; the studio says it has delivered more than 400 products for over 100 clients in twelve years.