Nobel Panacea
Bringing Clinical Precision to At-Home Microneedling
A consumer microneedling device designed for the Nobel Panacea brand, bringing med-spa efficacy safely into the home.
Health
Nobel Panacea is a luxury skincare brand known for its clinical, science-led approach to beauty. Their product ecosystem, built around precisely dosed serums called Doses, creates a natural entry point for a first-party at-home microneedling device.
Microneedling, a treatment that creates micro-perforations in the skin to stimulate collagen production and strengthen the skin barrier, is one of the most sought-after services in med spas worldwide. This project brings that treatment safely and equitably into the home, designed for users who want the results of professional care on their own terms.
The at-home microneedling category is crowded with low-quality devices that sacrifice safety for accessibility. Users navigating a treatment that involves needles on their face deserve better: better ergonomics, better brand coherence, and a stronger trust signal. The power tool studio at the University of Cincinnati challenged students to design a motorized product from start to finish. The opportunity here was to take one of the most technically demanding categories in consumer health and design it properly, under a brand that already had the clinical language and consumer trust to carry it.
Precision design for a precision treatment. As the sole designer on the project, the work spanned the full design process: market research, competitive analysis, ergonomic studies, sketching, CAD development, physical prototyping, and high-fidelity rendering. The device was designed to communicate clinical precision through its form, with grip geometry informed by how users hold the device against their face, internal component layout developed from real microneedling mechanics, and a CMF direction that aligns with Nobel Panacea's existing brand language. The result is a product that feels like it belongs in their ecosystem.
A complete solo design process from brief to finished prototype. The project delivered a fully realized concept including CAD, high-fidelity renders, a physical prototype, and brand integration, demonstrating the ability to operate as a complete design team of one: researcher, strategist, form developer, and fabricator simultaneously.
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