Design 1st is celebrating the win of two IDA Awards alongside our client Tafée Technologies for a medical cannabis inhaler called BOWLE. Bowle is a multifunctional handheld aromatherapy device that encapsulates the ethos of simplicity. The device is purpose designed for the inhalation of medicinal herbs and organic compounds like eucalyptus flowers, tea leaves and cannabis, in the form and function of a drinking glass. The International Design Awards (IDA) celebrate design visionaries who take risks to develop ground-breaking products. The IDAs attract global companies like Volvo, Logitech and Fitbit […]

Design 1st is excited to announce that long-standing Seattle based client Joylux was granted two US patents for their revolutionary female health device vSculpt.

A passionate, creative, hard-working team can get a lot done in 365 days.  How much? Take a look at our infographic below to find out:  

Physician-led medtech innovation is on the rise in Canada. Entrepreneurial doctors across Canada are driving medical innovation forward across a variety of niches including cardiology, orthopedy, dentistry, pediatrics and DNA analysis. Explore 9 medical devices startups founded by Canadian doctors:

Did you know Design 1st has helped develop over 700 physical products? We came to this number by looking back at our project history from 1996 - 2018.  After gathering all the past project data and sorting through old project boxes we identified 50 of our favorite products that told great stories about the product development process. The challenge was how to share all these products in our boardrooms. The existing boardroom setup of display shelves was good but wouldn't allow us to fit more than 20 projects. We wanted […]