Design1st – 2011 OCRI Awards: Solution of the Year

March 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Ottawa, Ontario, March, 2011 --. The Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) has announced Design 1st Inc. as one of three finalists in the category ‘Solution of the Year’ for 2011.  The OCRI Awards are synonymous with business excellence in the Ottawa Canada region, shining a spotlight on the people and innovation that set the standard and serve as role models in our region. For more information on the OCRI’s 2011 Solution of the Year Award, visit OCRI 2011 Award Finalists

Design 1st is a leader in physical product design and engineering, assisting start-ups bringing new products to market. Design 1st takes ideas and sketches and develops products for local Ottawa companies.  The design firm has recently expanded to provide their knowledge and process expertise locally to companies in Montreal and Vancouver.  The physical product design and engineering is a small but critical role to ensure expectations are met for the people that buy, open, install and use a new product.

“Design 1st has been our trusted industrial design and mechanical engineering partner for over six years and they have proven themselves to be valuable, competent and committed to our success, “said Stephen Rayment, Chief Technology Officer, BelAir Networks “They (Design 1st add value because they understand the tradeoffs between user value and cost, the need to balance both the business and product objectives, along with excellent knowledge of materials and manufacturing  and tooling options.”

Recent Ottawa clients for Design 1st: BelAir Networks, Nortel, Mitel, Lumenara, Fidus Systems, March Networks, Nanometrics, Control Micro, Xmark, Stanley Healthcare, Ccom, ProDrive Systems, Authentipath, Brytech, We-Vibe, Gesturetek, Canadian Blood Services, International Datacasting, Guardian Mobility, Ceyba, Nimcat Networks, Sustainable Energy, and GoldenEar Technologies.

Design 1st has a senior team that manages and is accountable for the physical product design and engineering product development from initial sketches to the first engineering prototypes and on to production.  The team works closely with the electronics, marketing and supply strategy teams turning ideas into real parts and assemblies that align with the marketing, communication brand and business objectives.

“By managing the physical product design and development it allows our clients to concentrate their limited resources on their strategic business and technology challenges. We get to market faster and more predictably,” said Kevin Bailey, Founder and President, Design 1st.

About Design 1st
Design 1st is a product development company with a team of highly talented Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineers who help inventors, start-ups and growing corporations bring new innovative products to market.  Specialists in physical product design and mechanical engineering development, Design 1st takes clients from a napkin sketch concept to a production-ready product. Working closely with strategic marketing and development teams Design 1st manages the detailed design, prototyping, verification testing and documentation. Design 1st is based in Ottawa, Canada with satellite offices in Montreal and Vancouver. For more information, visitwww.design1st.com.

Contact: Ian Kayser, Toll Free: 1.877.235.1004 ext.228, ikayser@design1st.com

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Design 1st, a senior product design and engineering team with 25 years experience, serving clients in Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. We balance a products technical objectives with a user's expectation to produce professional designed products