The first day of design studio visits began with breakfast before heading to Gold Peak Group, a company that designs for brands such as Celestion, KEF and Clipsal.
Ishmael Adams waits for his noodles to arrive.
Ryan Wetjen-Barry gets a head start on breakfast.
Julie Biron and Matt Blew pose before heading in to meet with Gold Peak director of product planning and design Simon Davies.
Simon shows the students around Gold Peak’s 3-D library of products.
Austin Brown listens intently to Simon talk about Gold Peak’s work with KEF speakers.
A parting shot taken in one of Gold Peak’s in-house environment labs. The studio installed various environments within their design offices in order to be able to test their products with consumers in a more realistic setting. We were in the living room; there is also a very realistic hotel room across the hall
Following Gold Peak, we headed to TTI, a company that designs power tools for brands such as Ryobi, Craftsman and Rigid. Note: TTI was Patrick’s favorite visit.
Julie Biron is no match for the drill designed by TTI.
TTi industrial design manager Leon Yoong (left) and vice president of industrial design and concept development Alex Chunn (right) introduce us to the world of power tool design. TTi has aquired some of the strongest brands in the power tool industry
