Join Whipsaw and Vizcom during SF Tech Week to discuss how a physical product launch comes together. On October 8, we'll take one project end to end using the real assets behind it: brand and industrial design from Whipsaw, and visuals built in Vizcom. Doors at 5:30, demo at 6:15, happy hour after. RSVP link in comments. Spots are limited. Featuring Walker Harden and Jared Teiger #ProductLaunch #IndustrialDesign #HardwareStartups #SFTechWeek #GoToMarket
WHIPSAW
Design
San Francisco, California 19,918 followers
Award-winning product design firm. Industrial design, UX/UI, brand strategy, engineering, and innovation. San Francisco.
About us
Whipsaw is an award-winning product design and innovation firm based in San Francisco, creating at the intersection of physical, digital, and brand. Founded in 1999 by Dan Harden, we offer industrial design, product development and design engineering, UX/UI and human-machine interaction design, brand strategy and visual identity, packaging design, innovation strategy and consumer research, 3D product visualization, website development, and digital marketing. Our team has shipped over 1,000 products and earned 325+ design awards — including Red Dot, IDEA, iF, D&AD, Good Design, and Medical Design Excellence Awards — for clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies like Google, Nike, Samsung, Brita, Dell, Tonal, Cisco, Hydrafacial, and PacBio. We work across consumer electronics, medical devices, robotics and automation, fitness and wellness, wearables, scientific instruments, biotech, home goods, networking, and transportation. From first insight through concept, engineering, manufacturing, brand launch, and digital marketing, Whipsaw partners with companies to bring bold ideas to life. Our work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, the Henry Ford Museum, the Chicago Athenaeum, and the V&A Museum. Fast Company ranks Whipsaw among the top five design firms in the world.
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https://www.whipsaw.com
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- Industry
- Design
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1999
- Specialties
- Design, User Experience, Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, Product Development, Prototyping, User Testing, Digital Design, Apps, Digital Transformation, Product Design, Digital Strategy, Product Strategy, Packaging Design, User Interface Design, Robotics Design, Medical Device Design, Consumer Electronics, Design Systems, Startup Consulting, Product Interface Design, Mobile App Development, Website Design, Website Development, Webflow, Branding, Brand Strategy, Brand Identity, Experience Design, Design Engineering, Participatory Design & Co-Creation, Design Research, Innovation Strategy, Front-End Innovation, Concept Ideation, Product Roadmapping, Vibe coding, Website Design , Website Development, Webflow, Framer, and Validation Testing
Employees at WHIPSAW
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San Francisco, California 94107, US
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We worked with Reef Track to develop RT1, a wrist-worn navigation display, giving divers real-time orientation, distance, and route guidance underwater. Every design detail serves readability at depth: high-contrast screen, glove-friendly buttons, custom iconography that reads at a glance, and a silicone band built for saltwater, with the IMU on the diver's vest to keep the wrist unit lightweight. #IndustrialDesign #ProductDesign #ScubaDiving #DiveGear #WearableTech
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On September 30th, we're hosting the next Defense & Design Coffee Club at our studio in Potrero Hill. A small morning gathering for founders, operators, investors, and ecosystem builders working across defense and dual-use. If you're navigating early government pilots, scaling into federal customers, or figuring out how a requirements document becomes hardware someone can actually operate, those are good conversations to have over coffee. Co-hosted with Defense Entrepreneurs Forum and Greta R. Spivey. Registration is capped at 50 and subject to approval: https://luma.com/nyig98hg #DefenseTech #HardwareStartups #IndustrialDesign
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We're proud to share that Reef Track has been awarded bronze and Gridstack has been awarded silver in the IDSA International Design Excellence Awards 2026. The Melior Faucet, designed with DG TAKANO, was named a finalist. All three projects came out of close collaboration with teams who care about the details as much as we do. Congratulations to everyone involved. #IndustrialDesign #ProductDesign #ConsumerTechnology #DesignAwards
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Thanks to Elijah Woolery and the Design Better team for having Dan Harden on Portfolio Club. The full conversation is at the link in the comments. #IndustrialDesign #ProductDesign #DesignPortfolio
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When failure is not an option, how do we design trust? This is the question at the root of many industries — think cars, airplanes, rockets, safety equipment, heavy machinery, food, baby & kid products ... and, of course, medicine. Last month, iF Design & award-winning industrial design studio, WHIPSAW, co-hosted an event during San Francisco Design Week. In the conversation between WHIPSAW's Principal & Founder Dan Harden, & surgical market leader Intuitive's Sr. UX Director, Ryan W. — they discussed the design imperative for building trust in medical systems, medical hardware, and medical interfaces/UI across the growing MedTech landscape, especially involving robotics & AI. "Intelligent systems must become responsive participants in shared space, not just tools to operate." This points to a new frontier for design — one where trust is built through ongoing relationships between humans & machines. Read more HERE: The article is here: https://lnkd.in/eY9ZpX3c ! Special thanks to iF's Head of West Coast, Bianca Fleischer & WHIPSAW's Saoirse Lewis for organizing. #leadership #design #medtech #trust #medicaldesign #systemsthinking
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We partnered with OREA to design the first portable crib built for the outdoor enthusiast. It weighs less than 8 pounds, sets up in about a minute, and folds into a 22-inch carry-on, light enough to strap to a hiking pack next to a tent and a sleeping bag. Full project linked in comments below.
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Staying home as you age should be simple. Building the platform that makes it possible isn't. The Helper Bees has spent years building a platform that connects older adults, family caregivers, and payers, quietly becoming one of the most comprehensive aging-in-place networks in the country. When they came to us, the goal was a brand that could hold all of that without losing the warmth at the center of it. We worked across brand strategy, visual identity, photography, motion graphics, and a full website build. Each piece was designed to work together, giving the platform a coherent voice across every audience it serves, from families in need to health plan executives. Check out the work, linked below.
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After months of in-home testing, the results are in. And Ohm made the list! Thanks Esquire magazine for the review.
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