High-end
visualization &
cabinetry systems.
Designlayer creates photorealistic architectural renderings, custom interior and cabinetry designs, Cabinet Vision systems, production drawings, CNC-ready workflows and manufacturing automation — for residential and commercial projects.
One company connecting design, visualization and production.
A successful project must be understood before it is built and controlled before it enters production. Designlayer connects these requirements through design expertise, photorealistic visualization, technical cabinetry knowledge and manufacturing systems.
For design clients, we create accurate and persuasive images that communicate space, material, lighting and atmosphere. For cabinetry and millwork businesses, we develop systems that reduce repetitive drafting, standardize construction and move reliable information from approval through CNC production and installation.
Why build or enter the same information more than once?
A well-developed system can allow the same project information to support customer approvals, estimating, production drawings, bills of materials, hardware requirements, door ordering, CNC machining, assembly information, shipping documentation and installation drawings.
Designlayer is not focused only on drawing faster. The objective is to create more reliable information, clearer communication and a more controlled path from design intent to finished installation.
Ten things we engineer into every Designlayer system.
The gap between an attractive concept and a buildable cabinet — closed.
Visualization & client communication
- —Clients cannot understand the finished design from 2D drawings
- —Materials and lighting are difficult to evaluate before installation
- —Portfolio imagery does not reflect the quality of the design
- —Cabinetry geometry changes during rendering
- —Concept visuals are attractive but not technically connected
- —Design alternatives are difficult to compare
- —Presentations do not communicate luxury or atmosphere
Cabinetry & manufacturing
- —Approval drawings are created outside Cabinet Vision and rebuilt for production
- —Cabinet construction varies between users
- —Hardware is selected manually and inconsistently
- —Finished ends, toe kicks, fillers, scribes or mouldings are missed
- —Drawer, hinge and door information must be entered repeatedly
- —Reports require extensive spreadsheet correction
- —Customer drawings do not match production information
- —CNC output requires repeated operator intervention
Melvin Geever
Interior design • Cabinet Vision specialist • Production systems
A practice built on connecting customer presentations, designer intent, estimating, engineering, purchasing, CNC operation, assembly and installation. Rather than treating design and production engineering as unrelated tasks, Designlayer develops systems in which information created during design remains useful throughout the project lifecycle.
Read the studio storyBuild a better connection between design and production.
Every company has different products, standards, hardware, machinery and reporting requirements. Designlayer develops systems and visuals around the way the project actually needs to be presented and built.