Essential Design

Check out February's "Essential Design Update" for business and innovation highlights from us and our partners.

In this issue:
• Giving HVAC a second wind
• Lab-cultivated fish
• The trading desk of the future
• Innovating for the Norwegian Ski Federation
• We're hiring!

Read it online here: https://bit.ly/3IlScmf

Terminally ill patients can experience pain or discomfort when a build-up of fluid occurs in their chest. Yet the technology used to remove this fluid hasn't changed in decades.

We helped Bearpac Medical design a handheld, single patient use device that offers significant advantages over the current market solution. Learn More. >> https://bit.ly/3GJ674b

What does the financial trading desk of the future look like?

Our strategy, industrial design, and UX design teams at Essential worked with Cloud9 Technologies to define the next-gen experience of their hybrid platform. >> https://bit.ly/3gvi16R

Cloud9: Designing a Hybrid Platform for Financial Traders Our innovation strategy experts, industrial designers and user experience specialists helped Cloud9 to define the next-generation trading experience for this platform. Together we designed a hybrid console that seamlessly integrates a new hardware and software experience for the trading desk of the....

Design will play a major role in achieving net zero.

Our PA Consulting design team partnered with UK's Office for Zero Emission Vehicles and the Royal College of Art to create a human-centered charging station that will impact the environment and generations to come. >>

Using the power of design to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission road transport Ending the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030 is key to the UK government’s plans to address the climate emergency. Yet motorists’ concerns about being able to charge electric vehicles (EVs) easily is a barrier to this policy. To answer those concerns and encourage more people to switch to E...

We were stoked to see Guide Beauty featured in BuzzFeed. They highlight how the innovative makeup brand has enabled one woman to do her own makeup for the first time in 20+ years! >> https://bit.ly/3b2owLP

We are thrilled to announced that our design work with food data startup TeakOrigin has been honored by Fast Company as a finalist in General Excellence.

TeakOrigin's nutritional intelligence technology is changing what we know about food. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3mbHjJJ

It's a great time to be at Essential Design - John Edson just joined the PA Consulting family! The renowned expert will lead PA's US and teams, including those who joined from Astro Studios, Cooper Perkins, and us at Essential. https://bit.ly/3zT5T89

Olympic inspiration doesn't end with the games. Explore these stories of olympic ingenuity that illustrate the best in global and . >> https://blog.essentialdesign.com/a-different-look-at-the-tokyo-2020-olympics

Olympic Ingenuity Olympic inspiration doesn't end with the Games. Beyond feats of athleticism and stories of triumph, the Olympic Games provide a platform for remarkable innovations happening across the globe. Get insight into the latest developments in global design and innovation at the Olympic Games.

How would you redesign the rowing machine? The CEO and founder of Hydrow, Bruce Smith, talks with Scott Kirsner about his vision and the team he put together to make it happen. Take a look: https://bit.ly/3z3CQy3

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Redesigning the Rowing Machine at Hydrow CEO Bruce Smith discusses how his team designed Hydrow, an at-home alternative to traditional rowing machines with live content and leaderboards...

Pretty neat. Guide Beauty is featured with other innovative grooming tools in designboom. See the best of what beauty design has to offer. https://bit.ly/3fQ6M9n

From couch potatoes to olympic medalists, digital technology is making fitness more accessible to all. https://bit.ly/3j2MxpJ

6 Key Factors Behind the Explosive Growth of Connected Fitness On a recent episode of the Design Museum Everywhere podcast, David Knies joined the hosts to interview Hydrow CEO and Founder Bruce Smith about the Connected Fitness boom. Here are a few key learnings from the conversation.