SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire – July 1, 2010) - Artefact, a Seattle-based design consultancy, today announced that it has added Fernd van Engelen to its team. Van Engelen joins Artefact to build an Industrial Design presence and expand the company’s offering.
With over 20 years industry experience, van Engelen is an accomplished design leader and strategist whose work spans consumer, medical, and technology segments. He has been honored with more than 30 design awards. His past clients include Microsoft, Intel, Braun, and Panasonic.
Van Engelen joins Artefact from Carbon Design Group where he was principal and head of design. His work helped establish Carbon’s industrial design practice and the company’s recognition as a premier design firm. Prior to working for Carbon, he worked for NovAtel, Technology Design, and Teague. While at Teague, he helped establish Teague’s presence in commercial product development.
"Fernd brings a track record of building strong client relationships and successful programs for both emerging and current market leaders," said Gavin Kelly, Artefact principal and co-founder. "He brings a strong Industrial Design presence in-house to support our mission of offering seamlessly integrated user experiences across a broad range of devices and platforms."
Fernd was born in Nigeria, grew up in the Netherlands and moved to Canada where he earned a BSC in Environmental Biology and a Masters in Industrial Design from the University of Calgary.
About Artefact
Artefact (www.artefactgroup.com) is a design consultancy that works with a variety of high tech consumer electronics, communications, and computer software clients to research user needs and design breakthrough software and technology products.
Since 2006, Artefact has partnered with major industry players like Microsoft, Intel, Panasonic, Apple, SONOS and John L. Scott Real Estate to deliver innovation to mobile systems, gaming and entertainment systems (Xbox 360, SONOS Multi-Room Music Player), in-flight entertainment systems, natural user interfaces (Microsoft Surface), client applications (Microsoft WorldWide Telescope), and productivity solutions (Office Live), just to name a few. Artefact has also earned industry recognition winning awards from AIGA and I.D. Magazine in their annual design competitions in 2008 and 2009. Artefact is a young company, but with rapid growth, it is becoming a prominent player in digital product design.
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