Meet our summer intern, Xavier! Equipped with a natural curiosity about how things work, Xavier is seeking to deepen his understanding of the relationship between form and function, while growing his industrial design skills before beginning his final year at the University of Houston. Outside of the office, he enjoys sketching, reading and exploring the outdoors, where he finds inspiration for his design work.

Fahrenheit is honored to have worked on three products which won Good Design awards in 2023:

Biamp Apprimo Touch 8i — touch controller for videoconferencing

Tailos Rosie — the first autonomous cleaning robot for hotel rooms

Biamp Rack Design Language — design guidelines for rack-mounted products

“A quite town in winter, an ordinary view

But when you step back further, you’ll find our wish for you.”

All the best from Fahrenheit this season!

The team celebrated the holidays with lunch at Kura, a revolving sushi bar, and tried to see just how many plates we could finish. Afternoon productivity suffered a worthwhile blow.

Probably not, but it will become extremely useful! While it can’t (yet) replace human creativity, plenty of tools are being developed that will benefit us at all stages of the design process.

Former team member and friend of Fahrenheit, Spencer Dodge, is among the most knowledgeable people on how to leverage AI in industrial design. We enlisted him to get him to get us caught up on the tools available, and we’re actively incorporating AI into our process.

Two more designs from our partnership with Biamp have been awarded Red Dots!

First is the Parlé VBC 2500, a conferencing bar boasting excellent audio and video quality. It relates aesthetically to the Parlé microphone, bearing a sophisticated look without drawing attention to itself.

Second is the visual brand language for Biamp’s line of rack-mounted digital audio processors, created to be scalable and adaptable for all future rack products.

It was a pleasure to host Industrial Design students from the University of Houston, who visited Austin during South by Southwest week. We always enjoy an opportunity to pass along a little knowledge and learn what’s on the minds of future designers.

Three products we worked on received Good Design awards in 2022: The Biamp Vidi 250 satellite camera, the Biamp Parlé VBC 2500 conferencing bar, and The Phoenix wine purifier by PureWine.

It's always exciting to see products we're involved with make it into the hands of users, and even more exciting to see them recognized by the oldest ongoing design competition in the world.

One of our greatest takeaways from attending CES this year: smart tech is blurring the boundary between what is and is not “consumer electronics”. From digital companions to cookware to a 100-ton mining vehicle, leaps in machine learning are pushing the potential applications of technology to a new level.

In addition to AI-centered tech, the show floor was dominated by electric power - EVs, battery backups, car chargers. With the world starting to shift away from fossil fuels, countless new players are jostling for unclaimed territory in this space. May the best technology win!

Fahrenheit opened its doors 20 years ago in the summer of 2002. How time flies! It's been an amazing ride, and we couldn't have done it without such great clients, employees, and partners! We are looking forward to seeing what the future holds.

Four products from Biamp were recognized with 2022 Red Dot awards! They are the Desono EX Loudspeakers, NPX Paging Station, Vidi 250 Conferencing Camera and Room DSP Design Language.

The collaboration between Biamp, IDM Tech and ourselves has been very energizing, and it is exciting to have the efforts acknowledged at the international level. We look forward to seeing where it leads next.

We’re honored to announce that two more products stemming from our collaborations have been recognized by The Good Design Awards. The SunVault from Sunpower and NPX Paging Station from Biamp were both named winners in 2021.

Follow these links to learn more:

SunPower SunVault Good Design

Biamp NPX Good Design

Fahrenheit helped PureWine design their new wine purifier, The Phoenix. The Phoenix is the only reusable wine purifier and aerator to remove both histamines and sulfites from wine as you pour.
The new design aims to stand out from other products in the market with its lighter, more feminine color scheme and elegant form that customers will want to purchase, display and reuse.

Late last year, IPD Products approached Fahrenheit with the opportunity to help revolutionize the way we clean our air. The result our collaboration is Areca, an air sterilizer which uses IPD's PlasmaFence™ technology. This military-developed method attacks pathogens in six different ways simultaneously. Areca is designed to be elegant and invoke confidence in its abilities, while blending comfortably into a home or commercial environment.

Designed in partnership with Fahrenheit Design and IDM, the NPX paging station is now available from Biamp. It allows the user to speak over their organization's paging system, or play customizable pre-recorded messages. Available with both handheld and gooseneck microphone configurations, the NPX is designed to be mounted at the optimal angle either on a wall or table, depending on the user's preference.

Fahrenheit worked with Biamp to create the Desono speakers and Parle microphones, which just won good design awards! Check out the links below to learn more:

Desono speakers Good Design award

Parle microphone Good Design award

Fahrenheit’s creative partnership with Biamp on their new Parlé microphones has resulted in a Red Dot award! We are very honored to have this product and the effort that went into creating it recognized.

Check out the links below for more product information:

Biamp Parlé Product Page

Biamp Parlé Red Dot award

The team adjusts to remote work, zoom calls, and staying safe and coronavirus-free!

Starting in March, the Fahrenheit team shifted to completely working from home. Like many others have experienced, it has been an adjustment, but we have now adapted to being remote and are working as usual.

A corn-fed Hoosier with German roots, Jack spent his upbringing in Indianapolis honing his mechanical and artistic sensibilities. He attended nearby Purdue University originally for engineering, but when he discovered the school’s industrial design program, he became enamored by the idea of combining his loves of art and STEM. He made the switch, graduated with his BA in 2019, and joined the Fahrenheit team that following November. Outside of design you can find Jack playing different instruments, tasting teas and whiskeys, and fighting the urge to start new projects before finishing his current ones.

It was great attending ISE 2020 in Amsterdam. We were able to check out the latest Collaboration Tools and AV Tech, and our client Biamp introduced their new TEC-X family of wall control interfaces that Fahrenheit helped create.

Check it out:

Biamp at ISE 2020

Bryan and Sean head to CES in Las Vegas to learn more about the future of tech and innovation!

Fahrenheit worked with SunPower on the design of their first home solar battery: the Equinox Storage system. This battery and software solution, when paired with a SunPower Equinox solar panel system, enables you to keep your lights on during power outages and manage your home’s electricity use.

Our client, Connectrac, launched their new Connectrac Flex at Neocon this week. Connectrac Flex is the 2019 Best of NeoCon Silver Award Winner in the Architectural Products category and The Innovation in Excellence Award Winner in the Technology-Integrated Solutions category. For more information visit the website below.

Connectrac Flex

Danielle Bullock has joined the team as our student intern. “I originally began at BYU studying graphic design. I realized that I wanted a slightly more engineering-based field of study and began investigating areas of study within the school of Engineering and technology. When I found industrial design It kinda just clicked for me because it was the perfect combination of the visual arts and engineering. I love working in 3D and solving real life problems through design.” Originally from Colorado Springs, Co., Danielle is excited about Austin’s art and music scene and is on the hunt for the city’s best taco.

Fahrenheit’s innovative design and continued partnership with Dell has won an iF award for 2019. We are honored to have been chosen for this award by a jury of 67 design experts from all over the world.

See what iF World Design Guide has to say about it here.

Coming to Fahrenheit with a diverse background in leadership, customer service, and sales, Chrissta Hinze joins the team to take on a variety of responsibilities, including but not limited to sales, marketing, and office manager. She works hard to create new relationships, meet the needs of those she works with and provide a unique energy to the firm.

Teaming up with Lifesize to create this premier 4K cloud video conferencing tool has earned Fahrenheit this year’s Red Dot Award. Among over 5,000 entries, Lifesize Icon 700 was honored as a winner for 2019.

Read more details here.

After a successful internship, Myrna decided to become a permanent part of the studio in February 2019. An Austin native, she earned her degree in Industrial Design at Ohio State University. Upon graduation she returned to ATX to pursue her career and her love of frolicking on the lake and soaking up the sun.

We enjoyed attending ISE 2019 in Amsterdam, seeing new products on the show floor that our Fahrenheit team designed for Biamp, Lifesize and AKG.

See more about these products in the links below:

AKG CBL Series Microphones

Biamp Conferencing Speakers

Fahrenheit received a Platinum 2018 Spark Design Award for VIDYA AR yoga experience. This award competition is created to promote great design and it’s talented designers. See more about this product and award here.

Fahrenheit teamed up with Dell and received the Bronze IDSA Award for the new Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 Rack Server.

Read more details here.

DellEMC has announced the PoweEdge MX, the first platform designed with Kinetic Infratructure system. Fahrenheit was excited to be a part of development team for the MX platform. The design effort included all of the modules, front and back, and the UI/UX design for the integrated touchscreen interface.

You can learn more about it here.

We are excited to have Sam Whitworth join the Fahrenheit team as an intern. Sam is looking forward to a long, hot Austin summer and a chance to work on some exciting projects here. Sam just finished his Junior year at BYU and previously interned at Patagonia and Braven.

The 65th annual iF Design Awards was held in Munich on Friday March 9th, with 2,000 guests from 36 countries celebrating the winners at the iF Design Award Night. The iF DESIGN AWARD is among the largest and most prestigious design competitions in the world.

Among the winners were 2 projects that Fahrenheit had the pleasure to be a part of:

DellEMC 14G Design Language

DellEMC PowerEdge R740 Server

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 Server and the Dell EMC PowerEdge Hard Drive Carrier have both received the prestigious Red Dot Award for product design! Fahrenheit Design was heavily involved throughout the development process, and is delighted to see how well these two products have been received.

For more information follow the links below:

PowerEdge Hard Drive Carrier

PowerEdge R740

Last week Dell EMC announced its new line of 14G servers at Dell EMC World. Fahrenheit worked closely with the Dell EMC team on the design of these systems and we are excited to see them in the wild soon. You can see the launch video here.

A Kickstarter campaign was launched last week for Circ-It, a fitness product that Fahrenheit helped develop. The Circ-It Fitness system is a portable complete gym solution to staying fit when there is no time to go to the gym. It is complemented by an app that is able to track your progress and provide customized workouts just for you.

Fahrenheit’s relationship with Lifesize continues with the recent launch of the Lifesize Icon 450 system. The Icon 450 is a Teleconference camera created for use in huddle room collaboration settings. It is equipped with a smart-framing sensor that automatically adjusts the camera to capture all of the participants in the room.

Spencer recently return to his alma mater as a guest reviewer in Arizona State University’s Fall Reviews. He reviewed senior year student’s work as they showcased their research and design solutions to challenging issues. He also participated as a group reviewer for students in the InnovationSpace program.

Spencer participated in InnovationSpace in 2006. You can see a summary of the program and some of his work during his senior year at ASU in this PBS Special.