I'm Shane Rienks, an industrial designer who turns ambitious ideas into beautiful, functional prototypes.

I work across the full spectrum of a physical product — industrial design, CAD, prototyping, fabrication, composites, and hands-on execution — and I do my best work on problems that are too early, too unconventional, or too multidisciplinary for a specialist.

My approach is built around speed, adaptability, and pragmatic problem solving. I move between the big picture and the small details: systems-thinking, fast prototypes, and practical design decisions. I'm comfortable working alongside engineers, founders, and other designers, and I like owning the details that make a product real.

Since 2020 I've sharpened my skillset through my own practice, Rienks Labs — a workshop full of fabrication equipment, 3D printers, sketchboards, and prototypes, where I take projects from rough concept to working hardware. It's how I've stayed hands-on across every part of the process instead of specializing into one narrow lane.

That work spans client jobs and my own projects, including VTOLs (flying cars) and advanced composites, startup products, experimental vehicles, energy hardware, and patent-pending projects. Across all of it, I've come to believe that modern design takes more than narrow specialization. The best products come from people who can think across disciplines and build what they imagine.