No matter how good a concept may seem the proof is in the testing. Prototypes enable concepts to be validated and provide invaluable input into the development process. Throughout the product design process multiple prototypes are utilised from rough mockups, form study models and functional prototypes through to pre-production prototypes.

Today advances in technology has brought rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing to the forefront. Some of the prototyping technologies used include:

* SLS Selective Laser Sintering
* SLA Stereolithography
* SLM Selective Laser Melting
* FDM Fused deposition modelling
* CNC
* Vacuum Casting