FROLIC studio

We're a strategic product design & development studio and certified B Corp that works with purpose-led organisations to create products with a positive impact.

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Why replace your things just because they’re not state-of-the-art? Smartians are cloud-connected motors that breathe new life into the things around you. Smarten up the things you love.

#smartians #smarthome #design

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@FrolicStudio was founded by Ruben van der Vleuten and Andrew Spitz after many collaborations at CIID. Now their studio is delivering even more #impact with the #COVID19 #Decontamination Toolkit. Congratulations to these innovative #alumni & #faculty! https://t.co/fqGMQ0NjBx

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Refuelling as a service: onsite delivery for fleets of vehicles. For our latest project, we worked with @ShellTapUp to rethink the classic fuel distribution model. https://t.co/SmBqKLGDjx

#productdesign #smartcar #interactiondesign #UX #IoT #InternetOfThings #electronics

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Some things are better done by hand. Exploring ergonomics for a grip.

#clay #claymodel #industrialdesign #ergonomics #productdesign @ FROLIC studio https://t.co/Sl24jMbRib

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The insides of a product we developed (small series production). In a few days, these will be tested with a select few users.
#pcb #prototype #productdesign #pilot #design #engineering #electronic @ FROLIC studio https://t.co/IEvkprTius

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Testing various button forces for an upcoming product 👇👆

#productdesign #haptic #buttons #silicone @ FROLIC studio https://t.co/IUcan6dkvL

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Join us in July at the UN City with @CIIDnews Summer School in Copenhagen for our 1 week workshop on building smart physical products (incl. ideation, electronics, programming, industrial design, 3D printing, UX design, and more)! https://t.co/RslWT4DHHA Early tickets until 31/03

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Thanks @Framepublishers for this lovely piece on Smartians. Featured in the March/April issue.

#productdesign #amsterdamdesign #ecodesign #smarthome #iot @ FROLIC studio https://t.co/rJVtFCPgKK

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The soothing 3d printing process... #3dprinting #formlabs #productdesign @ FROLIC studio https://t.co/NWmI2qaFAi

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Today, we welcomed an eager group of visiting product design students from the University for the Creative Arts in the UK. It was pretty cosy in the workshop, but a treat to meet them :)… https://t.co/7yiMHhWRx3

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Spring is slowly making its way to Amsterdam. We'll soak up the sun whilst our studio is on the sunny side of the street ☀️😎 @ FROLIC studio https://t.co/vgBKO0gNPb

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Miticuously adding each component to the circuit board... New product in the making :) @ FROLIC studio https://t.co/Q2qm0R0Tly

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More young people are suffering from irreversible hearing damage. We worked with @XXSAMSTERDAM and health insurer @Anderzorg to develop a product that simulates hearing loss and tinnitus for people with good hearing. The campaign was launched during #ADE
https://t.co/sh34NTS0Gp

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@msurguy No, there's a lot of design and engineering that has gone into optimizing it for its flexibility already but would be good to look into that as next steps! Thanks :)

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@oytywhy Thanks for your enthusiasm! We're hoping to get this to market in the upcoming year. You can get updates by signing up to our newsletter (on our website).

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KLM Connecting Seats won a Cannes Bronze Lion for Design! Always a treat to work w. KLM, DDB & Tribal Amsterdam, In Case Of Fire, and of course our developer, Marcel van Heist. You can check out the project here https://t.co/jmh0gqkIW0

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We were in Costa Rica to run a workshop for @CiiD which introduced participants to processes of designing connected products & how to bring them to life. The students were fantasti, was a great week for us all! Check out https://t.co/3LtK6lnV6p to join us in July in Copenhagen.

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We're thrilled to announce that we won the @ADCN Silver Innovation Award for the KLM Care Tag! We're also nominated for a Webby Award for our KLM Connected Seats project. Thanks to DDB & Tribal Amsterdam for the collaboration on both projects!🥈

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We’re excited to see our work with @DDBTribal_AMS being nominated by @ADCN for 2 of our recent projects - KLM Connecting Seats and the KLM Care Tag! https://t.co/rhoHrXuPtr

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We're excited to show you our latest project - a smart ice skating chair with audio coaching from Sven Kramer, the Dutch skating champion, for KPN. Why a chair? Read more about the project on our portfolio: https://t.co/SJw43vVcww