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Four Approaches to Design Strategy
We often get asked the question, “What is Discommon?” And to that, there is no straightforward answer. From designing and mass manufacturing millions of medical accessories to incredible architectural installments, sneakers,...
The Concorde Sculpture
In 2023, our team of three saw the completion of our largest and most innovative project to date: the designing, manufacturing, transportation, and installation of an 11,420-component and 48-foot-long sculpture...
From the Archives: Neil joins Design Milk for Friday Five
"I realized I could make things real, and that thrill never left." In June of 2025, Neil sat down to chat with Design Milk editor, Anna Zappia, for the publication's...
The Concorde Hits Forbes
As you might have seen, we recently unveiled the largest (and most challenging) project in our portfolio to date, a 48-foot-long sculpture of the Concorde supersonic airliner that is suspended from...
From the Archives: A Chat with Petrolicious
In August 2016, Neil had the opportunity to have a conversation with Ted Gushue for Petrolicious about his love for cars, his time working in advanced product development at Oakley, and how...
Latest Podcast: Neil chats with Cars Yeah
If you've hung around Discommon for long, you're probably aware that we love—no, not love...we eat, breathe, bleed—cars. And no one more so than Neil, founder and Chief Conspirator of...