We are looking for opportunities to prototype innovative solutions with positive impact and bring added value to the production loop.

The concept of acting as a ‚trimtab‘ comes from American inventor Buckminster Fuller, who believed that small actions deliver global impact.

We have replaced the subject ‚I‘ with the number ‚1‘ to emphasise the importance of a single step, if taken in the right direction.

We play by 3 rules

Informed

We ask a lot of questions. Without research and data, there are no solutions: user research, market analysis, facts. A problem well stated is a problem half solved.

Circular

With climate emergency on, "less bad" is not enough any more. Our projects aim to contribute to the switch from linear to closed loop production processes.

Tangible

Models, prototypes, MVPs. Ideas need to be touched, broken and changed. We don't know whether our design works until we try it out. Only tangible tests lead to solutions.

What we do

Research

How to work with a new material? What is the viable application for a your technology? Design research helps you find the most effective design applications and production strategies, aligned with your business model.

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Prototyping

How should a tool work? How will a product be disassembled? Which materials should it be made of? Product design goes beyond „making things nice“ – be it ergonomics, life cycle management or on demand production.

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Testing

Will people understand how the product works? How will they use it? Seamless experience design is more important than ever – and so is the user research and testing.

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Duration

3 months

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6 months

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Long-term

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