Hardware product design is a high risk business - unless you have a design partner who has done it successfully many times before. Design 1st is one of the largest, most experienced product design firms in Canada, with over 1,000 projects around the world, 26 years, and 130 patents under our belt.

Our industrial design, engineering, electronics, software, and manufacturing setup experts work as a cohesive team to transform your idea into a winning product. Our broad range of skills and experience allows us to tackle any project, anticipate challenges, find novel solutions to tricky problems, and guide you all the way to manufacturing setup. We provide turnkey new product design, or a act as a flexible extension of your in-house team.

Contact us to learn how we can help you take risk and cost out of your new product design project.

Typical Project Budget
$25,000 - $50,000

Details:
One of Canada's largest, most experienced full-service design partners, we have perfected the process of helping US and global companies create great products at lower cost.
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Location

Design 1st Inc. Ottawa Office
314 Athlone Ave
Ottawa
Canada

Clients

  • Hundreds of Start-ups and Enterprises
  • Acer
  • Allen-Vanguard
  • Armstrong
  • Caframo
  • Christie
  • EMS Aviation
  • Ericsson
  • GestureTek
  • GoldenEar Technology
  • J2 Light
  • Lumenera
  • Mitel
  • Motorola
  • Nanometrics
  • Neptec
  • ProDrive Systems
  • QNX
  • SMART Technologies
  • Stanley
  • We-Vibe
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Awards & Press

Platinum Grand Prix Design Award
Grand Prix Design
2022
A'Design Gold Award
A'Design
2021
A'Design Gold Award
A'Design
2020
Industrial Design
ADesign
2019
Product Design for Society
IDA
2019
Best of Show QNX Car
CES
2012
Fastest Growing Company
OCRI
2012
Appliance Design Awards
Appliance Design
2011
Appliance Design Awards
ADesign
2010
Innovative Product Design
Intel
2009
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Team

30

Founded

1996

Affiliations

  • ACIDO
  • PEO
  • ASME
  • Explorium

Inquiries

Ian Kayser
phone: 877-235-1004 x228
fax: 613 235-2004

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