Discover how innovations like the Q Collar, RFID trackers, and 3D-printed structures are transforming Super Bowl LVIII and the future of sports with VR fan experiences.

Discover the transformative trends shaping product design in 2024, from AI-driven personalization to sustainability's rise across sectors.

Speck Design partners with GM on a revolutionary energy journey. Discover the drive behind GM's "zero, zero, zero" vision and our role in shaping the future.

Dive deep into the world of Individualism and Collectivism, exploring how these contrasting cultural dimensions shape product designs that either champion individuality or celebrate communal bonds.

In part two of our cultural influences on product design series, we explore the impact of power distance on product preferences within cultures.

Unlock the language of design with our comprehensive glossary, featuring 75 key terms you need to know for successful collaboration and innovation.

In part one of this series we explore the intricate dance of cultural nuances in physical product design and discover how Hofstede's dimensions can guide, but not dictate, our understanding of global design sensibilities.

One of the most exciting parts of designing for virtual reality innovations is the blue sky thinking it allows industrial designers to engage in, untethered from our typical real-world constraints.

As an inquisitive and forward-thinking product design agency, we often find ourselves perusing the online platform to discover creative works to admire and fall in love with.

Speck Design President Michael Sprauve outlines his thoughts on the potential implications of the recent speed charging breakthroughs within the electric vehicle industry.

Speck makes an untraditional but strong business case for product developers and brands to adopt circular design practices for profitability across numerous metrics.

The user experience has changed because users have changed due to the pandemic, and as product designers, it is our job to design for this new reality.

Artificial intelligence is a transformative technology reshaping our daily interactions with machines, each other, and ourselves. It will soon be as pervasive as the internet, with a profound and unshakeable impact on society.

In our new series, ID Her: Women of Industrial Design, we profile past and present women in industrial design to inspire and guide future women in the industry, starting with Speck's own Dani Nguyen.

Although men and women start pursuing industrial design degrees evenly, only 19% of industrial designers are women. What causes nearly half of the female students to disappear within four years?

COVID-19 rapidly accelerated telehealth adoption, and a full return to in-person care is unlikely. This shift creates opportunities for innovators and HCD designers to revolutionize empathy-based patient care.

Change is difficult, especially when unsolicited, but the pandemic has fostered resilience and innovation in the design industry.

Human-centered product design focuses on solving real problems for real people, driving sales and aiding marketing efforts.

Speck Design examines the use of color in industrial design and engineering through the lens of HCD, color theory, color psychology, and science.

In Part II of our Sustainable Technology series, we explore how systems interconnectivity drives negative consequences from innovations and how designers can shift their thinking to avoid them.

The industrial design community is both passionate and precise, with many specific terms frequently used in the field. This glossary outlines over 50 of the most commonly used terms and their definitions.

Southpaw-Friendly Product Design Tips from a Lefty Engineer

As the power that designers, programmers, and engineers weld becomes more apparent in a lightning-paced world of AI, app, and algorithm development, it is hard not to notice design ethics lag woefully behind.

During this phase we establish the technical and design requirements. We will use the information you discovered about your user to help guide us to create a great user experience.

Research shows that 3 out of 4 Millennials prefer to buy an experience over something desirable.

Often entrepreneurs and start-ups will come to us with a potentially great idea. But a great idea is table stakes - it has as much to do with the success of a product as a seed has to the success of a plant.

This is the first in a series of articles designed to help entrepreneurs and early stage start-ups understand what it takes to take a product idea from initial concept to manufacturing.

We refer to "brand" as an organization's personality and "product" as its physical manifestation, encompassing devices, services, and environments. Creating an emotional bond with the brand relies on connected touch points.