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Our latest news, our biggest projects, and our best resources. Everything you need to know about hiring and working efficiently with a product development partner.
Autoshow 2018: Tricky Times Ahead
Just returned from a trip to attend the Industry Preview Days at the Autoshow in Detroit. It's about a three-hour drive down I-96 from our home in Grand Haven. Typically, drivers are doing an average of 15 over the prescribed limit and traffic is tight in spots. You...
CES2018 Mobility Ideas, Concepts & Future Solutions
image source: google images Back to the future... "The Jetsons" was a hit cartoon when I was growing up (produced by Hanna-Barbera,aired in primetime from September 23, 1962, to March 17, 1963). For a half hour every week, the show engulfed my imagination in a future...
Ben Fredricks Celebrates 8 years with Fredricks Design, Inc.!
We are delighted to announce Ben Fredricks' 8th anniversary with our family company! Our journey began in 2009 when Ben returned to Michigan from Colorado. It was a calculated risk for all of us. We've enjoyed almost every project and learned a lot along the way. We...
We Have a Food Problem in America
Two different viewpoints... Recently, I've attempted to wean myself from daily media sources and the talking heads. It's a hard habit to kick. My primary sources of news lean towards liberal publications and daily news programs. It does not matter which side of the...
Happy Solar Eclipse 2017!
photo credit: Benjamin T. Fredricks using his Android phone
Fredricks Design, Inc. Welcomes Rogerio Miguel Back to Our Team!
We are excited to announce the addition of Rogerio Miguel, Design Engineer + MBA to our team effective June 30, 2017. Rogerio worked with us from 2000-2002 before returning to Brazil. He brings deep and diverse automotive experience and advanced degrees in business,...
Furniture and Work Space Insights
City planning for the work space. We commissioned a research and ideation project to explore the correlation between city planning and the design of work environments. The findings from this study supported our premise that any work environment is a landscape of...
How to Plan, Develop and Deliver a Show Property
Well, it's now only 48 days until the doors open at Neocon 2017...yikes! Many of our friends in the furniture business are drag racing to the deadline for installation of show properties and prototypes. Wash, rinse and repeat...it's the same every year. The furniture...
Fredricks Design Review: Autoshow 2017 Insights
source for images: Adient.com Autoshow 2017 insights | Adient AI17 Demonstrator Our first stop at the NAIAS Detroit Autoshow this year was at the Adient showroom. We were invited to tour the showroom by the Adient Studio Team based in Plymouth, Michigan. We were...
CES and Auto Show 2017 Automotive Insights
I've taken a bit of time to reflect on my experience over the past two weeks at CES and Auto Show. The sequential timing of the shows this year was challenging. I am curious about what is going on behind the scenes with the planning teams for both shows. Will the...
Autoshow 2018: Tricky Times Ahead
Just returned from a trip to attend the Industry Preview Days at the Autoshow in Detroit. It's about a three-hour drive down I-96 from our home in Grand Haven. Typically, drivers are doing an average of 15 over the prescribed limit and traffic is tight in spots. You...
CES2018 Mobility Ideas, Concepts & Future Solutions
image source: google images Back to the future... "The Jetsons" was a hit cartoon when I was growing up (produced by Hanna-Barbera,aired in primetime from September 23, 1962, to March 17, 1963). For a half hour every week, the show engulfed my imagination in a future...
Ben Fredricks Celebrates 8 years with Fredricks Design, Inc.!
We are delighted to announce Ben Fredricks' 8th anniversary with our family company! Our journey began in 2009 when Ben returned to Michigan from Colorado. It was a calculated risk for all of us. We've enjoyed almost every project and learned a lot along the way. We...
We Have a Food Problem in America
Two different viewpoints... Recently, I've attempted to wean myself from daily media sources and the talking heads. It's a hard habit to kick. My primary sources of news lean towards liberal publications and daily news programs. It does not matter which side of the...
Happy Solar Eclipse 2017!
photo credit: Benjamin T. Fredricks using his Android phone
Fredricks Design, Inc. Welcomes Rogerio Miguel Back to Our Team!
We are excited to announce the addition of Rogerio Miguel, Design Engineer + MBA to our team effective June 30, 2017. Rogerio worked with us from 2000-2002 before returning to Brazil. He brings deep and diverse automotive experience and advanced degrees in business,...
Furniture and Work Space Insights
City planning for the work space. We commissioned a research and ideation project to explore the correlation between city planning and the design of work environments. The findings from this study supported our premise that any work environment is a landscape of...
How to Plan, Develop and Deliver a Show Property
Well, it's now only 48 days until the doors open at Neocon 2017...yikes! Many of our friends in the furniture business are drag racing to the deadline for installation of show properties and prototypes. Wash, rinse and repeat...it's the same every year. The furniture...
Fredricks Design Review: Autoshow 2017 Insights
source for images: Adient.com Autoshow 2017 insights | Adient AI17 Demonstrator Our first stop at the NAIAS Detroit Autoshow this year was at the Adient showroom. We were invited to tour the showroom by the Adient Studio Team based in Plymouth, Michigan. We were...
CES and Auto Show 2017 Automotive Insights
I've taken a bit of time to reflect on my experience over the past two weeks at CES and Auto Show. The sequential timing of the shows this year was challenging. I am curious about what is going on behind the scenes with the planning teams for both shows. Will the...
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Industrial Design and Engineering Studio.