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Smart Design
Company typePrivate
IndustryDesign firm, industrial design, interaction design, branding
Founded1980 (1980)
FounderDavin Stowell
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Davin Stowell, Richard Whitehall, Tucker Fort
Websitehttps://smartdesignworldwide.com

Smart Design (often referred to as "Smart"), is a design consultancy based in New York City.[1] Smart was founded in 1980, by industrial designers Davin Stowell, Tom Dair, Tucker Viemeister, and Tamara Thomsen, with Stowell serving as CEO.[2][3][4] The company has had offices in San Francisco, Barcelona, and London in addition to its NYC headquarters, and has worked with clients including HP, Johnson & Johnson, Gillette, BBVA, and PepsiCo's Gatorade.[5] The firm is best known for its design of the original Oxo Good Grips line in 1989, and longstanding relationship with Oxo.[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Smart Design - About". Smart Design. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  2. ^ "Davin Stowell". Industrial Designers Society of America - IDSA. 2011-03-28. Archived from the original on 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  3. ^ "Interview with Davin Stowell, founder of Smart Design". designboom. 2014-08-29. Archived from the original on 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  4. ^ "Tucker Viemeister American Product Designer". Encyclopedia of Design. 2021-01-18. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  5. ^ "Smart Design - Clients". Smart Design. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  6. ^ "OXO International - Case - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  7. ^ Wilson, Mark (2018-09-24). "The untold story of the vegetable peeler that changed the world". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  8. ^ "Good Grips Prototype For A Peeler Handle". Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  9. ^ "Smart Design, New York. Good Grips Peeler. 1989 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-10-17.