Why the name "Kicker?"
Not only does "a kicker" mean an unexpected twist, but in poker, a kicker is a high-value card used as a tie-breaker. Oh, and in American football, a kicker is the player who drills it though the uprights when the game is on the line. A kicker is also a ramp used to launch off of in extreme sports, and in typography, a kicker is brief phrase or sentence lead-in to a story or chapter. And besides: we liked it.
Hi there.
We’re Kicker Studio.
Kicker Studio started with a simple premise: there's a better way to create products. We would design products from the inside-out, with the functionality and interactivity determining the form and interface. So we gathered a team of world-class tinkerers, visual designers, prototypers, artists, researchers, developers, writers, project managers, product strategists, interaction and industrial designers to do just that.
We've found that our approach works great for companies with emerging technology, or companies who want to use new technologies to innovate on existing products. We've designed products for organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups and everything in between.
People are talking.Here’s some of our recent press.HOW Magazine: My Best Work Kicker’s Jennifer Bove in HOW magazine’s My Best Work column on the Kicker Conference Phone. Download the article (281k PDF). Dan Saffer: The Want Interview "We traveled to SF’s South Park neighborhood to interview him in Kicker Studio’s echo-rich, dog-friendly loft offices. It was late on a Friday, he’d had a crazy week and casually nursed a glass of Bourbon as we talked about UX, robotics, magazines on tablets, and how good usability should help us forget that computers are everywhere." Kicker, our principals, and the products we've designed have been featured in BusinessWeek, Fast Company, Wired, HOW, Cnet, The Guardian, Creativity, Slashgear, BoingBoing, CrunchGear, Core77, Interactions, and Globe and Mail. More press » |
We wrote the book on design.Literally.
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We talk a lot.Come see us at our upcoming speaking engagements.
August 20, 2010
October 11-12, 2010 Contact us about Speaking Engagements » |
Designing for Interaction: Creating Innovative Applications and Devices
Designing Gestural Interfaces
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Our ClientsArtificial Muscle, Bonnier AB, Canesta, Genentech, Intuit, OpenPeak, School of Visual Arts, SpringCM, Tiger Logic. And others Who Cannot Be Named. |
Who are you people?Find out more about the people behind Kicker Studio. Learn about our team » |
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