About Us

We are a product development studio located in Austin, Texas. Since our founding in 2002, we’ve delivered hundreds of designs, amassing over 70 international design awards. We work with a diverse array of clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Our specialty is optimizing the aesthetics and experience of using of a product, while ensuring manufacturability. Through our network of partners, we can facilitate the whole development process, including design research, digital design, engineering and manufacturing.

Making the world a better place is fundamental to our work. For over 20 years we have striven to deliver results that improve the lives of others. We value working alongside companies who share that vision.

We solve hard problems.

The big picture comes first. From aesthetic exercises to corporate branding strategy, every project is full of unique challenges. Solving them starts with digging through the knowns to find the most important problems, dialing in on more finite challenges until the best result is reached.

We value relationships, not transactions.

We’re here to partner with our clients. We take the time to work with them, listen to them, and push them to think differently about their own products, giving us a clear view of their wants and needs for future projects.

Through this ongoing collaboration, we’re able to spend less time in orientation and more time producing real results.

We have great ideas, and so do our clients — it’s why we’re not interested in dominating the conversation. Our desire is to collaborate, working with clients to creatively help them realize their goals.

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Awards

• Biamp Apprimo Touch 8i Red Dot 2024
• Biamp Parlé VBC 2500 Conferencing Bar 2023 Red Dot Award Biamp Rack Design Language Red Dot 2023
• Biamp Rack Design Language Red Dot 2023
• Biamp Apprimo Touch 8i Good Design 2023
• Biamp Rack Design Language Good Design 2023
• Tailos Rosie Good Design 2023
• Biamp Parlé VBC 2500 Conferencing Bar IDA 2022
• Biamp Parlé VBC 2500 Conferencing Bar Good Design 2022
• The Phoenix by Purewine Good Design 2022
• Biamp Vidi 250 Good Design 2022
• Biamp Vidi 250 IDEA Finalist 2022
• Biamp Desono EX Series Loudspeakers Red Dot 2022
• Biamp Vidi 250 Red Dot 2022
• Biamp Room Control Design Language Red Dot 2022
• Biamp NPX Paging Station Red Dot 2022
• SunPower SunVault Good Design 2021
• Biamp NPX Paging Station Good Design 2021
• Biamp Parlé TTM/TCM Microphones Red Dot 2020
• Biamp Desono P6-SM Pendant Speaker Good Design 2020
• Biamp Parlé TTM/TCM Microphones Good Design 2020
• AKG CBL Boundary Microphone Series Good Design 2019
• Lifesize Icon 700 Red Dot 2019
• Lifesize Icon 300 Good Design 2019
• Lifesize Icon 700 Good Design 2019
• Connectrac Flex Best of NeoCon Silver 2019
• Connectrac Flex Best of NeoCon Innovation 2019
• Connectrac Flex Product Innovations Award Grand Prize 2019
• DellEMC PowerEdge MX7000 iF Product Design Award 2019
• Vidya AR Yoga Experience Spark Design Award, Platinum 2018
• DellEMC PowerEdge R740 Server IDEA Bronze 2018
• DellEMC PowerEdge R740 Server Good Design 2018
• DellEMC Server Design Language iF Product Design Award 2018
• DellEMC PowerEdge R740 Server iF Product Design Award 2018
• DellEMC PowerEdge R740 Server Red Dot 2017
• PowerEdge Hard Drive Carrier Red Dot 2017
• Dell X1008/X1008P Network Switches Red Dot 2015
• Wigwag IoT system CES Innovations 2015
• Tandberg Data BizNAS Series Red Dot 2014

Affiliations

• IDSA