Ten years ago, when Bould Design was beginning to grow and deeply engaged with startups like Nest, GoPro, and Roku, Founder and Design Director Fred Bould started thinking about how to define and share the design values of the studio as the team grew.

Looking back at our body of work, he realized there was one early project that captured the essence of what I was trying to do - the SqueezeBox 3 from Slim Devices (later acquired by Logitech).

In analyzing the process, four principles emerged that funneled our design process towards success. These principles were function, simplicity, quality, and character. This became our studio’s mantra.

Span, the company that reinvented the home electrical panel, has announced an EV charger and meter panel to simplify the transition to sustainable transport and clean energy. Span collaborated with Bould Design as their strategic design partner in developing future-forward smart home electrification products.

In the latest episode of Whipsaw’s Prism podcast, Dan Harden moderates a discussion with founders Caroline Flagiello (Akin) and Fred Bould (Bould Design) on how post-pandemic realities and value shifts will fundamentally change the way we design.

Bould Design is pleased to share that we have been honored with two Bronze International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for the R-Zero Arc UVC Disinfection System and the Fi Smart Collar. IDEA is one of the longest-running and most prestigious awards programs in the field of Design. The awards are judged annually by a distinguished jury of esteemed design professionals and educators in a rigorous blind judging process.

For the second year in a row, Bould Design is proud to announce that we have been named a Design Company of the Year in Fast Company’s 2021 Innovation by Design Awards. Bould Design was given an honorable mention alongside other design innovators such as Adobe, Nike, and Herman Miller. Our work on the Roku Streambar has also been recognized as a finalist in the Products category.

Spin, a micro-mobility subsidiary of Ford, has launched a scooter custom-designed for the sharing market. Spin partnered with Bould Design to develop the S-100T electric scooter from the ground up. Every element was considered to optimize the rider experience, operational efficiency, and longevity of the vehicle.

Span, the company reinventing home electrical panels, has launched their second-generation Smart Panel, integrating smart home functionality in a more compact, affordable design. Span collaborated with Bould Design, their strategic design partner in their new product development.

The pandemic is nearly behind us and we’re all ready to move forward. But how do we take the lessons we’ve learned from this experience and turn them into a new era of design?

Join a virtual discussion between Caroline Flagiello, Founder and CEO of Akin, and Fred Bould, Founder and Design Director at Bould Design, moderated by Whipsaw CEO and Principal Designer Dan Harden.

The panel will dissect how we can make the most of our newly realigned values, the work-life blur, and virtual creative collaborations. They will also analyze ways to implement the new design thinking that’s emerged which values experiences, quality of life, and purpose.

This is an event that visualizes the ideal future of design and determines the roadmap needed to get there.

Bould Design is pleased to share that R-Zero, a biosafety company with a vision to create a world without sick days, has raised a $41.5 million Series B. R-Zero partnered with Bould Design to design their hospital-grade UV-C disinfection system and continues to do so as they look to develop hardware for continuous, automated disinfection.

Bould Design is pleased to announce the Roku Streambar and the Vestaboard have won Red Dot Product Design Awards! Thank you to Red Dot for the awards and congratulations to Roku and Vestaboard for their collaboration and pursuit of design excellence.

Span, the company that reinvented the home electrical panel, has raised $20M and announced Amazon Alexa integration. Founded by ex-Tesla executive, Arch Rao, Span partnered with Bould Design to develop a modern, intuitive design that simplifies the adoption of clean energy and delivers a powerful virtual interface to your home’s energy usage.

Poynt, the payments provider founded by ex-Google VP of Payments Osama Bedier, has been acquired by web hosting company GoDaddy for $320 million. Poynt has partnered with Bould Design since day one to develop their point-of-sale terminal products.

Arable, the company dedicated to creating affordable tools for collecting and synthesizing agricultural data that help farmers optimize their crops, has recently raised a $20 Million Series B round of funding. Arable partnered with Bould Design to develop their first product, the Arable Mark.

Bould Design is pleased to share that Ellodee easily exceeded Kickstarter fundraising goals for their Sound Companion, a music system designed especially for children. Ellodee makes digital music accessible to children while eliminating technology overload and privacy risks.

R-Zero has announced $15 million series A funding. As a start-up dedicated to affordable, hospital-grade disinfection for work, education, and hospitality, R-Zero partnered with Bould Design and BC Mechanical Design, to develop the Arc, a groundbreaking UV-C disinfection device.

Bould Design has been supporting eero as a strategic design partner since their founding. As such, we are pleased to share the launch of the latest evolution of their category defining home WiFi networking hardware, the eero 6 and eero Pro 6.