PROFILE AND FACT SHEET
BROOKS STEVENS DESIGN - Creating Brand Loyalty and Market Leadership through Experience Centered Product Development
Good design transcends visual appeal. It drives business, differentiates companies from their competitors, creates new markets, builds brand awareness and helps ensure sustainable success and market leadership.
At Brooks Stevens Design, our integrated teams of researchers, designers, engineers, prototyping technicians and project managers focus on helping companies to compete and succeed in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Working in close partnership with our clients, we develop products that invoke compelling user experiences and return value to the stakeholders. We accomplish this by connecting our understanding of user experience drivers to our clients' business goals.
We carefully research our clients' markets and customers, looking for opportunities to innovate, improve and differentiate. We combine quality, actionable research findings with business acumen, design savvy and experienced teams to develop products that provide our clients with a strategic advantage. Only the most promising solutions emerge from our process of research, exploration and discovery to be then carried through to product exploration, validation, refinement and, ultimately, production.
Brooks Stevens Design Drives Business
- We have a strong, 70 year track record of design leadership for some of the most prestigious and recognized companies in the world.
- We understand consumers, users, technology, business and market strategy.
- We develop products that resonate well in the marketplace, invoke compelling user experiences and return expected stakeholder value.
- We conduct ethnographic consumer and design opportunity research.
- We apply extensive cross-industry knowledge to opportunity research and product development challenges.
- We develop unique and innovative solutions that result in patentable intellectual property.
Industry Expertise
- Consumer electronics, computers and computer peripherals
- Appliances, housewares and household products.
- Medical and diagnostics devices.
- Industrial and automation equipment
- Construction equipment and machinery
- Sporting goods and power sport equipment.
- Juvenile products
- Recreational and commercial vehicles
Capabilities
Design Opportunity Research
- Ethnographic Opportunity Research
- Market & Design Trend Assessment
- Competitive Benchmarking
- Product Road Mapping
- Product & Brand Strategy Support
- Design Validation Research
Ergonomics and Human Factors Design
- Task Analysis
- Usability Testing
- Ergonomic Prototyping and Evaluation
- User Interface Design
- Information Architecture Development
- Graphic & Iconic Development
- Instruction/User Manual Design and Validation
Industrial Design
- Ideation Workshops
- Concept Exploration
- Product Semantics Exploration
- Product Styling
- Appearance Guideline & Design Language Development
- Form Studies
- Mock-ups
- Color & Material Studies
- Product Graphics
Graphic Design & Visual Communications
- Corporate Identity Systems
- Brochures & Literature Design
- Merchandising POP Development
- Packaging Design & Prototyping
- Product Coloration and Graphics Design
- Web & Multi Media Design
- Exhibit Design
Engineering
- Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
- Engineering of Molded and Structural Components
- Materials and Process Reviews and Recommendations
- Cost Reduction/Value Analysis
- Preliminary Part Cost & Tooling Estimates
- Solid and Surface Modeling
- Reverse Engineering
- Test Management
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Mold Flow Analysis
Prototyping
- CNC Machining
- SLA, SLS and LOM Rapid Prototyping
- Metal Fabrication and Welding
- RTV Molding
- Rotational Molding
- Investment and Sand Casting
- Epoxy, Urethane and Polyester Casting
- Spray Metal & Epoxy Prototype Tooling
- Engraving and Embossing
- Vacuum Forming
- Fiber Glass Fabrication
- Woodworking and Finishing
- Spray Painting and Finishing
Project Management
- Project Planning
- Multi-Disciplinary Team Building
- Turn-Key Project Management
- Budget Planning and Tracking
- Domestic and Overseas Tooling and Production Vendor Sourcing & Qualification
- Part and Tooling Cost Solicitation
- In-Progress Quality Inspection
- Pilot Production Supervision
- Ongoing Production Support
Tools
- Alias
- IronCAD
- Pro/Engineer
- Ansys FEA
- SolidWorks
- Rhinoceros
- LightScape
- SurfCam
- Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop
- Macromedia Director
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Microsoft Project
FACTS-AT-A-GLANCE
Brooks Stevens Design Associates was founded in 1934 by Brooks Stevens, one of the pioneers of industrial design.
Brooks Stevens Design has 35 multi-disciplinary professionals in research, design, engineering prototyping and project management.
Location and Facilities
- Located in Grafton, Wisconsin
- 13,000 square foot facility purpose-built in 1997
- Secure data storage system with daily backups
- On-site digital photo studio with video capability
- On-site prototyping facility including three CNC Machining Centers, Thermo Forming, RTV molding, rotational molding and Custom Paint Facility
- Available client workspace
- Secure high-speed Internet access
Awards
Numerous awards for Outstanding Innovation, including:
- Industrial Design Excellence (IDEA) Awards
- Appliance Manufacturer Excellence in Design Awards
- Medical Design Excellence Award
- Multiple Editors Choice and Best of Show Awards
- Numerous national and international publications/accolades
- Frequent speakers at national and international events
Patents
200+ Utility and Design Patents
Notable Clients
- Allen-Bradley
- Analogic
- Bradley Corporation
- Briggs & Stratton
- Chris Craft
- Compaq
- Evenflo
- Evinrude
- GE Medical
- Harley Davidson
- Herman Miller
- Hewlett-Packard
- Hitachi
- Honda
- Huffy Sports
- InFocus
- Iomega
- John Deere
- Johnson Controls
- Kohler Company
- Komatsu
- Mercury Marine
- Milwaukee Electric Tool
- Motorola
- Murray
- Panduit
- Remington
- Rockwell Automation
- Rollerblade
- Rubbermaid
- S.C. Johnson & Son
- Siemens
- Snap-On Tools
- Thermo King
- Trek Bicycle
- Yahoo!
Leadership
- Kipp Stevens, President
- David Bauer, Engineering & Prototyping Manager
- Scott Micoley, Research & Design Manager
Contact Information
Brooks Stevens Design Associates, Inc.
860 Badger Circle
Grafton, WI 53024
P: 262.376.9180
F: 262.376.9670
www.brooksstevens.com
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