We're a team of strategists, designers, and engineers on a mission to solve critical product challenges.

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Industrial Design

Digital Design

Engineering

We specialize in the industrial design, digital design, and engineering of products and experiences. We strive to create smart, unique, and intuitive solutions that profoundly connect with users on both rational and emotional levels. It’s what we’ve been doing since our founding in 1999, and have shipped over 800 Whipsaw-designed products to market for our startup and international corporation partners. Let’s work together.

 

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Our capabilities help our clients not only define strategies – but also bring to market physical and digital products at scale.

Strategy

Strategy

Consumer & Market ResearchUsability Testing & ValidationResearch SynthesisOmnichannel StrategyDesign Strategy & Vision
Industrial Design

Industrial Design

Product AestheticsHuman Factors & Experience DesignProduct Function, Invention & FeatureMaterial & Detail SpecificationPackaging Design
Digital Design

Digital Design

Product Interface DesigniOS & Android AppsVision & RoadmappingService DesignCustomer ExperienceDesign Systems
Engineering

Engineering

Enclosure & Mechanism EngineeringStructural & Thermal AnalysisDesign for ManufacturabilityValidation TestingTooling Management

Global recognition

Winning over 290 design awards speaks volumes about our commitment to excellence. We’re honored to have work featured in the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

 

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Meet our team

Dan Harden
CEO, Principal Designer
Cole Derby
Director, Industrial Design
Mike Elam
Director, Engineering
Jane Moynihan
Director, Operations
Walker Harden
Director, User Experience Design
Dyana Chargin
Finance
Akifusa Nakazawa
Creative Lead
Natalie Rowan
Senior Industrial Designer
Yale Shaw
Senior Industrial Designer
Mark Hearn
Senior Industrial Designer
Carlos Terminel
Industrial Designer
Paul Gifford
Senior User Experience Designer
Benjamin Martin
Industrial Designer
Celine Wong
Industrial Designer
Lauren Hishinuma
Mechanical Engineer
Alice Chen
User Experience Designer
Sam Vaughan
Operations
Grace Budgett
Industrial Designer
Harry Liao
Industrial Designer
Mike Dong
User Experience Designer
Alex Gao
Industrial Designer
Rachel Arredondo
User Experience Designer

Interested in working with us?

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