Smart Design
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Design firm, industrial design, interaction design, branding |
Founded | 1980 |
Founder | Davin Stowell |
Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Davin Stowell, Richard Whitehall, Tucker Fort |
Website | https://smartdesignworldwide.com |
Smart Design (or 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 at various points in its history 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]
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- ^ "Davin Stowell". Industrial Designers Society of America - IDSA. 2011-03-28. Archived from the original on 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "Interview with Davin Stowell, founder of Smart Design". designboom. 2014-08-29. Archived from the original on 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "Tucker Viemeister American Product Designer". Encyclopedia of Design. 2021-01-18. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "Smart Design - Clients". Smart Design. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "OXO International - Case - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Good Grips Prototype For A Peeler Handle". Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "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.