Design 1st

Design 1st and ARC Redefine MDM with Customer-Centric Kiosks

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

OTTAWA, Nov. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChargeItSpot has tapped Design 1st , one of the most prolific full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, to help design ARC , a mobile device management solution built to charge, secure, and manage enterprise devices.

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  • OTTAWA, Nov. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChargeItSpot has tapped Design 1st , one of the most prolific full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, to help design ARC , a mobile device management solution built to charge, secure, and manage enterprise devices.
  • Its kiosks are now available to employees in major retail locations across North America such as Sam’s Club.
  • They also supported us with engineering changes, production, and procuring components for our prototype.”
    In early 2021, ARC approached Design 1st with the concept of an enterprise mobile device management kiosk.
  • In just five months, Design 1st's innovative design and engineering expertise played a pivotal role in bringing ARC, a groundbreaking mobile device management solution, to life.

Füm, Developed by Design 1st, Wins iF Design Award

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Monday, May 8, 2023

OTTAWA, ON, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Design 1st, the Canadian design firm that transforms ideas into new products, today announced that its client, Füm Natural Products, Ltd., was named a winner of this year's iF Design Award in the beauty/care category. Füm won the award for its innovative plant flavored air device designed by Design 1st. The annual iF Design Awards are organized by the iF International Forum GmbH, and award winners are selected by a global team of jurors.

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  • "It's always rewarding when one of the products we developed is singled out, especially when recognition is as prestigious as an iF Design Award," said Kevin Bailey, Founder and President of Design 1st.
  • Receipt of this iF Design Award is a tribute to our collaboration, and the creativity of the Design 1st team."
  • For 60 years, iF Design has been an arbiter of design excellence, and the iF Design Award has become one of the most prestigious design prizes in the world.
  • The iF Design Award honors design achievements in all disciplines, including product design, packaging, communications, architecture, user experience, and more.

Design 1st Completes Successful 2022 Providing Product Design and Development Expertise to Achieve Record Numbers Despite Challenging Economy

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Design 1st, one of the most prolific full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, achieved record numbers across the board in 2022, closing the year with 93 unique products developed, 44 new customers, 38 new customer projects, 31 staff members, and 6 industry awards. Additionally, the company helped 15 unique clients complete their first volume production runs in 2022, compared to the 6 client projects launched in the previous fiscal year.

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  • For over 25 years, Design 1st has helped guide customers, from entrepreneur to enterprise, through all stages of the product design and development process.
  • Design 1st balances deep expertise in new tech, usability, materials, component supply and risk assessment with global manufacturing expertise and network to provide an end-to-end service.
  • Design 1st has designed and developed over 1,000 products for a wide range of clients that influence millions of people globally.
  • To learn more about Design 1st client projects, visit: https://portfolio.design1st.com/
    Read the Design 1st blog at: https://www.design1st.com/blog

Design 1st Creates Revolutionary Air Flow Fitness Tracker: The World's First Wearable to Unlock the Power of Breath

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Design 1st, one of the most prolific full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, has codesigned Calibre, a precise breath tracking wearable and app that collects data from multiple gas sensors to measure the composition and flow of inhaled and exhaled air, allowing it to measure dozens of biometrics with remarkable accuracy, including real-time calorie burn rates, oxygen intake and nutrient usage by your body. Calibre was launched to a selection of "beta" users in May of 2022.

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  • Design 1st Innovates with Calibre: A Next-Generation Fitness Wearable That Measures Breath Flow and Composition For Advanced Calorie Burn, Respiratory Performance, and Metabolic Tracking in Real-Time.
  • At a very early stage, Calibre Biometrics chose Design 1st as a design partner, after surveying major national design firms.
  • A key challenge for the Design 1st team was to determine human acceptance of this wearable fitness tracker.
  • Design 1st has helped clients transform their physical ideas into commercialized hard goods products across a variety of industries.

Design 1st at Forefront as Companies Seek Technology and Design Expertise to Address Consumer Interest in Products that Meet Heightened Standards of Clean

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

With cleanliness standards integrating seamlessly into peoples lives, they are turning to products that help mitigate pathogens and support cleaner daily habits.

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  • With cleanliness standards integrating seamlessly into peoples lives, they are turning to products that help mitigate pathogens and support cleaner daily habits.
  • For over 30 years, Design 1st has helped guide customers, from entrepreneur to enterprise, through all stages of the product design and development process.
  • Three dimensional imagineering of air, water and light flow behaviors requires experience and advanced tools to design new products in the sterilization markets.
  • With extensive UV technology experience, Design 1st has a competitive edge in sterilization technology that doesnt allow bacteria to build up resistance to the cleaning process.

Design 1st on Trajectory for Impressive Growth as Customers Seek Expert Hardware Product Development Partner

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

For over 30 years, Design 1st has helped guide customers, from entrepreneur to enterprise, through all stages of the product design and development process.

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  • For over 30 years, Design 1st has helped guide customers, from entrepreneur to enterprise, through all stages of the product design and development process.
  • Design 1st successfully navigated these hurdles and supported the hardware product design lifecycle for clients.
  • The Design 1st product development team developed a number of unique features to improve overall user experience and comply to JessEMs high quality product standards.
  • Zumio i, a womens health and wellness product, won a 2021 A Design Award in the Adult toys product design category.

Design 1st Named to Clutch 2020 Top Global Creative & Design Agency Listing

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

OTTAWA, Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Design 1st , one of the most trusted full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, today announced it was recognized by ratings and review platform Clutch as one of the top B2B Creative & Design Agencies for 2020.

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  • OTTAWA, Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Design 1st , one of the most trusted full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, today announced it was recognized by ratings and review platform Clutch as one of the top B2B Creative & Design Agencies for 2020.
  • Design 1st was named a Leader in the Product Designers category.
  • For the listing, Clutch released rankings for the top 210 creative and design companies on their platform.
  • For over 25 years, Design 1st has been helping organizations, from startup to enterprise, identify risks and transform ideas into successful, commercialized products.