Co-designed by Design 1st, next-generation wireless Borehole Deviation Measurement tool ensures 100% drilling accuracy  April 7, 2021 -  Design 1st, one of the most trusted full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, today announced its client, GeoSight, a leading global provider of Cavity Monitoring Systems (CMS) to the underground mining industry, has launched its new GeoSight SCOUT, a wireless borehole deviation tool that can be lowered down a 1-inch drillhole. The GeoSight SCOUT is an easy-to-use and cost-effective tool that features the most advanced technology to survey drillholes of unlimited depth. "We’re […]

Recognized for Leadership in Creative & Design Services  February 10, 2021 - Design 1st, one of the most trusted full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, today announced it was recognized by ratings and review platform Clutch as one of the top B2B Providers in Canada. Design 1st was featured as a leader in the Creative & Design Category.    The Clutch Leader Awards recognize companies' commitment to building their expertise, providing stellar customer service, and producing high-quality results for clients. For the listing, the Clutch research team evaluated a variety of criteria including the […]

Momentum IoT in Partnership with Design 1st Wins 2020 IoT Excellence Award   OTTAWA – January 27, 2021 - Design 1st, one of the most trusted full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, today announced that Momentum IoT: Eagle 1, a product designed in partnership with Design 1st, has received a 2020 IoT Excellence Award presented by TMC and Crossfire Media.    The 2020 IoT Evolution IoT Excellence Award honors innovative products that support the availability of information being deduced, inferred, and directly gathered from sensors, systems, and anything else that is supporting better business and personal decisions.  “We’re honored to receive the 2020 […]

Ability to Turn Touchable Ideas into Commercialized Products Fuels Growth Across North America  January 19, 2021 - Design 1st, one of the most trusted full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, today announced the company experienced strong growth in 2020 across North America with an increase of 16% in project bookings and over 10% in profitability compared to the previous fiscal year. This growth reinforces the organizational need for senior hands-on new product design experts that provide the risk assessment early, and are skilled in the end to end technical and service capabilities […]

CBC Go Public 's Investigative Team Asked Design 1st For Expert Opinion   Design 1st President Kevin Bailey gave expert analysis on CBC Go Public's investigation of an inventor’s complaint that Tim Horton’s took their idea. CBC Go Public's Investigative Report Featuring Design 1st President Kevin Bailey (2:18min) Ahead of the interview with CBC Dragons' Den host Diane Buckner, Kevin ran an in-house experiment looking at how likely it would be for separate individuals to come up with similar product designs. The experiment gave three Design 1st product designers the challenge of […]

The Design 1st team met the challenges of 2020 head-on. The result was six new staff members, over 68 unique projects and hundreds of Zoom calls. Take a look at our infographic below to see what our hard-working team accomplished last year.