Props · Models · Design · Fabrication

SIX DESIGN
STUDIO

Physical objects, practical builds and
strange things made in Victoria, BC.

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01DESIGN & MAKING
Inside Six Design Studio in Victoria, with workbenches, tools and original builds
IDEAS.
MATERIALS.
SKILLS.
REAL WORLD
RESULTS.

DESIGN HAS
ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT
MAKING THINGS.

From concept to camera-ready. Six Design brings ideas into the physical world through design, fabrication and a healthy obsession with the details.

Props, models, miniatures, sets, custom builds and original creations for film, industry and imagination.

Our approach
Mecha lamp concept drawings in a styled bench composition

THE
PROCESS

Ideas.
Iteration.
Real results.

  1. 01

    Concept

    Outpost Clock concept sketch in a styled bench composition

    An idea on graph paper.

  2. 02

    Prototype

    Clock mechanism test-fitted in the rough housingShaped clock housing on the workbench

    Shape the housing. Check the fit.

  3. 03

    Fabrication

    Outpost sign lettering being cut in the laser machineCut lettering and clock components laid out for assembly

    Cut the details. Bring the parts together.

  4. 04

    Finish

    Outpost Clock housing and sign during painting and masking

    Paint. Mask. Add character.

  5. 05

    Final

    Completed teal and cream Outpost Six shop clock

    The finished Outpost Clock.

OUTPOST CLOCK · From the first sketch to the finished piece. Select a photograph to see it larger.

CAPABILITIES

  • Prop fabrication
  • Modelmaking + miniatures
  • 3D printing
  • Laser fabrication
  • UV printing + graphics
  • Electronics integration
  • Painting + finishing
  • Weathering
  • Prototyping
  • Materials expertise
Fabricated mechanical prop on the studio workbench

Victoria, BC

THE STUDIO

A working studio.
Where ideas take shape.

How we work

ABOUT MICK

Designer. Maker. Problem solver.
A lifetime of turning ideas into objects.

Mick at the bench in his Six Design workshop

A different kind of project.

OUTPOST SIX

Explore Outpost Six

A separate world of speculative objects and stories. The portal destination will be connected in a later phase.

A distant Outpost Six station and illuminated geodesic dome on the icy surface of Enceladus beneath a star field

ARTIFACTS FROM
AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE.