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COOP is an Austin-based start-up dedicated to bringing chicken coops to backyards everywhere. Working closely with COOP founders AJ Forsythe and Jordan Barnes, Bould Design applied their design magic to develop a coop that will satisfy the aesthetic and functional requirements of even the most discerning hens.
Read moreDesign has been successfully applied to a vast array of problem areas; healthcare, education, entertainment and vacations as well as tonight's dinner, to name a few. Think of all the ways that our lives have been positively changed by some design fueled insights.
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Bould designer, Sangyu Xi, received the 2022 James Dyson Award for ‘Airy’, her innovative scoliosis brace developed as her capstone project at University of Cincinnati with Professor Peter Chamberlain advising.
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Bould Design’s motif for the Mezli automated restaurant was inspired by the chill vibes of Mediterranean beach culture. The blue and white design evokes a relaxed cafe lunch on the Greek Island of Mykonos. The eye-catching structure is turning heads at the SPARK Social SF food truck park in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood.
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Bould Design is happy to share that the R-Zero Vive has won a Red Dot Product Design Award! Red Dot annually assembles an internationally respected panel of design experts to appraise the quality of a vast array of products. Evaluating form, function, and level of innovation, they award only the best among them. The Red Dot symbol is widely recognized as a mark of good design. Bould Design has been R-Zero’s design partner since their first groundbreaking UV-C disinfection product, Arc, which launched during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Last week, Arable, the leader in field intelligence for agriculture, announced a $40 million series C round of financing. The new funding will be used to accelerate development in sustainable agriculture and climate resilience. New investors include Galvanize Climate Solutions and Qualcomm Ventures funding alongside existing investors Prelude Investors, S2G Ventures, Ajax Strategies, Grupo Jacto, Middleland Capital, M2O and iSelect.
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Bould Design has promoted Jamie Perin from lead designer to the studio’s partnership team. She has been with the award-winning studio since 2016, joining after a five year turn with a major consumer appliance brand.
Read moreBould Design is pleased to announce the R-Zero Beam has won a Red Dot Product Design Award! Each year, Red Dot convenes an international panel of design experts to judge thousands of products on their form, function and level of innovation, awarding only the best among them. The Red Dot symbol is widely recognized as a mark of good design.
Read moreVestaboard, the digitally controlled yet wonderfully mechanical split-flap display, is now available in white. The new colorway affirms Vestaboard as a medium to bring positive thoughts, ideas and information to work, home and play. Like the original, Vestaboard White makes a statement, both literally and stylistically. It celebrates the power of the written word and makes everyone smile at the same time.
Read moreVestaboard, the digitally controlled yet wonderfully mechanical split-flap display, has been recognized as an outstanding new product by winning a Best of NeoCon Gold Award. Vestaboard partnered with Bould Design to bring their iconic product to market. NeoCon is the world’s leading platform and most important event of the year for the commercial design industry. Thousands of new products are exhibited each year at NeoCon across categories as diverse as furniture, fabrics, flooring, interior building products, and technology. This year, over three hundred product entrants across fifty product categories for Best of NeoCon were evaluated by a diverse jury of leading architects, designers, and other professionals. Only a select few were awarded the top prize.
Read moreResponding to the need for a more accessible, convenient wearable breast pump, Willow Innovations launched their next generation device, the Willow Go. With a reusable container and a $329 price point, the Willow Go is easier to use and more within reach of Moms on a budget.
Read moreSPAN, the company that reinvented the home electrical panel, has closed a $90M series B funding round. Founded by ex-Tesla executive, Arch Rao, Span is simplifying the adoption of solar power, electric vehicle charging and battery storage with sophisticated, easy to use hardware and software solutions.
Read moreR-Zero has recently launched two innovative new products that add to their continuous, autonomous disinfection ecosystem: Beam and Vive. The company’s revolutionary system of IoT-connected biosafety technologies marks the first to provide real-time air and surface disinfection in occupied spaces, addressing critical human health and safety challenges within the built environment. Bould Design has been R-Zero’s design partner since their first groundbreaking UV-C disinfection product, Arc, which launched during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ten years ago, when Bould Design was beginning to grow and deeply engaged with startups like Nest, GoPro, and Roku, Founder and Design Director Fred Bould started thinking about how to define and share the design values of the studio as the team grew.
Looking back at our body of work, he realized there was one early project that captured the essence of what I was trying to do - the SqueezeBox 3 from Slim Devices (later acquired by Logitech).
In analyzing the process, four principles emerged that funneled our design process towards success. These principles were function, simplicity, quality, and character. This became our studio’s mantra.
Read moreSpan, the company that reinvented the home electrical panel, has announced an EV charger and meter panel to simplify the transition to sustainable transport and clean energy. Span collaborated with Bould Design as their strategic design partner in developing future-forward smart home electrification products.
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In the latest episode of Whipsaw’s Prism podcast, Dan Harden moderates a discussion with founders Caroline Flagiello (Akin) and Fred Bould (Bould Design) on how post-pandemic realities and value shifts will fundamentally change the way we design.
Read moreBould Design is pleased to share that we have been honored with two Bronze International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for the R-Zero Arc UVC Disinfection System and the Fi Smart Collar. IDEA is one of the longest-running and most prestigious awards programs in the field of Design. The awards are judged annually by a distinguished jury of esteemed design professionals and educators in a rigorous blind judging process.
Read moreFor the second year in a row, Bould Design is proud to announce that we have been named a Design Company of the Year in Fast Company’s 2021 Innovation by Design Awards. Bould Design was given an honorable mention alongside other design innovators such as Adobe, Nike, and Herman Miller. Our work on the Roku Streambar has also been recognized as a finalist in the Products category.
Spin, a micro-mobility subsidiary of Ford, has launched a scooter custom-designed for the sharing market. Spin partnered with Bould Design to develop the S-100T electric scooter from the ground up. Every element was considered to optimize the rider experience, operational efficiency, and longevity of the vehicle.
Read moreSpan, the company reinventing home electrical panels, has launched their second-generation Smart Panel, integrating smart home functionality in a more compact, affordable design. Span collaborated with Bould Design, their strategic design partner in their new product development.
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