design research

Affix Digital is a full-stack engineering and design firm that collaborates with government to craft solutions for complex challenges. Its agile, user-centered approach to research, design, and testing yields digital services that support government goals and improve people's experiences with services and products.

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Credo Product Development is a product development consultancy specializing in industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, design research, and prototyping. They design products for clients ranging from startups to large corporations, aiding in the development of consumer products, medical devices, scientific instruments, and digital interfaces.

3D printingCADdesign for manufacturing (DFM)Electrical EngineeringFEA/CFD simulationsindustrial designMechanical EngineeringPCB layoutprototypingsoftware engineeringTest fixture designUI/UX design

Defensible Research & Design LLC is a research and engineering consultancy that helps clients build products, systems, and services tailored to their needs. Its services include design research, human factors engineering, market research, and business consulting focused on people and organizational performance. Owner Simon Shamoun is a consultant, researcher, engineer, and former NASA engineer.

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Mocu Design is an LA-based industrial design studio that specializes in research, concept generation, prototyping, 3D modeling, and rendering. The team focuses on creating innovative and sustainable product designs, from initial concept development to final production. Projects include a desktop 3D printer, SmartDrone, and interior work for Netflix LA.

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Designing Insights is a human-centered design consultancy founded in 2013 by Dana Mitroff Silvers. It uses human-centered design and facilitation to help museums, nonprofits, cultural institutions, technology companies, and other organizations strengthen collaboration, spark creativity, and design new ways to deliver impact. The firm is based in Berkeley, CA and works with a network of strategists, facilitators, researchers, and designers.

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Ennead Architects is an international architecture practice with offices in New York, Shanghai, and Los Angeles. The firm describes architecture as a civic and cultural act and works across civic and government, commercial and mixed-use, cultural and performing arts, education, and healthcare projects, along with interiors, master planning, and renovations and expansions. Its portfolio includes the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, Princeton University facilities, and the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum.

architectureInteriorsmaster planningrenovations & expansionsSustainable Design

EwingCole is a nationally-recognized, award-winning architecture, engineering, interior design, and planning firm with over 60 years of design experience and more than 400 professionals nation-wide. As an integrated team of planners, architects, interior designers, and engineers, they focus on identifying and realizing innovative solutions for clients across market sectors including civic, cultural, education, health & wellness, science & technology, and sports & entertainment.

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Future Firm is a Chicago-based architecture and design research office whose projects serve civic changemakers through an ideas-driven approach. The firm designs immersive spaces for arts organizations, prototypes new environments for teaching and learning, and works across civic space, housing, retail and hospitality, and urban-scale forecasting through its Future Lab.

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Jackson Hedden is an award-winning industrial design and product design firm that partners with brands and creative/advertising agencies to bring physical product ideas to life. It combines design research, ideation, CAD, and visualization with mechanical and electrical design expertise to deliver manufacturable, production-ready products, emphasizing design for manufacturing, cost control, and market fit.

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