New site
April 2011
Our new website features many new projects especially in the medical / healthcare area. As we approach nine years of seven02 we have many new stories to tell. Of course the best stories are always the next project!

1000 Product Designs
January 2011
The book 1000 Product Designs, edited by Eric Chan, selected two seven02 projects for inclusion; drobo and one or a bunch.

Out with 2010 and into 2011 / Our 4 x 6 cards
December 2010
In this information overload time of too many emails we still love the tactile quality of a printed card. As many of our long term clients know we send cards out to tell the story of what's new at seven02. More cards are displayed below.

Presentation: Chiba Design Network Japan
September 2010
Presentation about seven02 and discussion with a group of designers, furniture, glass, product and graphic, from the Chiba Design Network in Ohara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

 

Sunny Memories: Solar Design Exhibition & Lecture
April 2010
Rick's CCA (California College of the Arts) students participated in an international collaborative project based on a dye solar cell invented at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Read more about the exciting project at: www.wattis.org/exhibitions/sunnymemories/.

Postcard: Design Language for Western Digital:
January 2010
Simple, minimal, and clean industrial design theme for WD Elements product line and packaging design.

I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review 2009
September 2009
Honorable Mention for Livescribe Pulse Smart Pen

Publication: Edge / The University of the Arts
Summer 2009
Rick and Linda were featured in the Alumni News section discussing their journey from the Philadelphia College of Art now The University of the Arts. See the Who link for more about us.

Jot: Metropolis Magazine & OFS Hotseat3 Finalist
May 2009
Our concept for a lounge seating system was one of three finalists in the Metropolis Magazine / OFS brands Hotseat3 Competition. Rick presented the design in Santa Monica, CA at the awards ceremony.

You wait. You text. You talk. You make notes. Jot is a system of lounge seating with an integral tablet surface. "Jot" is seeking a production partner.

Postcard: one or a bunch
May 2009

Good Design Award: one or a bunch vases
December 2008
The one or a bunch vases were awarded a 2008 Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
www.chi-athenaeum.org/gdesign/2008/tabletop/index.html.

 

Juror: 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
November 2008
Rick was a juror for the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovations Awards.

Postcard: Livesribe Pulse Smart Pen
September 2008

Spark Awards 2008
September 2008
Silver for the one or a bunch vases and bronze for the Livescribe Smart Pen. They are on display at the Autodesk gallery in San Francisco until January. 

IDEA Finalist: Automatic Teapot
July 2008
The Automatic Teapot is an IDEA Finalist in the 2008 IDSA IDEA Competition sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America and Business Week magazine.

Keynote Speaker: Innovation Conference – Taipei, Taiwan
November 2007
"Design Makes it Different When All Else is the Same" was the topic of Rick Lewis' keynote talk at the 2007 SME Innovation & Transition Conference in Taipei, Taiwan. The symposium, hosted by the Small & Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economics and the China Productivity Center, focused on challenges facing companies as they look to grow in the global marketplace.

Postcard: Drobo
October 2007
drobo, is short for data robot, industrial design for start-up Data Robotics.

SFO Airport Museum: Prototype to Product Exhibition
October 2007
The Tea Spot Automatic Teapot, was featured at the SFO Airport Museum Exhibition – Prototype to Product Exhibition. July 2007-January 2008. The exhibition featured thirty-three projects from the San Francisco Bay Area design community.

IDSA / IDEA Award
July 2006
The Luna: Light + Air Door, designed for COCIF Cooperativa, won a 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Award [IDEA] sponsored by Business Week Magazine.

Postcard: How We Do It
October 2007
A concise piece describing the basic steps of Our Process to highlight the importance of how we deliver results for our clients.

Postcard: Luna: Light + Air Door
May 2005
The Luna: Light + Air Door, designed for COCIF Cooperativa, won a Honorable Mention in the La Porta del Paradiso / a door to paradise competition by designboom.

Luna was also exhibited at the Milan Furniture Fair in the Milan Triennale.

Speaker: International Housewares Show / Chicago
March 2004
Magic: designs that engage, inspire and satisfy was Rick's topic for his speech at the 2004 International Housewares Show in Chicago.

For a summary of the essential elements in the speech go to the "How" > "Viewpoints" Tab at the top of the page.

Juror: 2004 IDSA Industrial Design Excellence Awards
April 2004
Rick was a juror for the 2004 Industrial Designers Society of America IDEA Awards. An exciting experience over the course of two days with all 17 jurors reviewing, voting and debating the merits of the entries.
www.idsa.org/content/2004-idea-jury

Postcard: Create Clarity 4u
January 2004
We believe "Create Clarity" is one of the essential elements in a successful design. We think this means two things. One, is about making sense out of complex systems and technologies. The other is about how design makes it different when all else is the same.

Workshop: Designing the Experience / Taipei, Taiwan
July 2002
Rick led a two day workshop on what designing experiences is all about at the China Productivity Center Innovation Design Conference. The workshop included hands-on lessons.

Attendees included design managers and designers from companies including Acer, Tsann Kuen, Mustek and Tatung University.

Postcard: seven02 design
2002
Our first postcard mailer.