As soon as you open the doors of Tekna, the vibrant energy immediately captures your attention. The space is full of activity with people from various disciplines – engineers, designers, researchers, and manufacturers – gathered around whiteboards, immersed in computers, and having lively meetings outside. The air is filled with curiosity and excitement.
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Failing fast inevitably advances the creative side where the development of products and solutions isn’t pigeon held to what we may think we are capable of.
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The Design Prize is an annual competition celebrating the development of Michigan’s young design talent throughout the state. Tekna has supported this growing challenge since 2017!
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Digital Rendering is a powerful tool in the world of industrial design. Rendering allows us to create life-like imagery and animations of physical products before they are made.
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Tekna has built its reputation around human-centered design (HCD), a term that came into practice during the 1980s-1990s and has now become a foundational product design and development principle across many industries.
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To build innovative products that serve it’s target audience, it takes getting great minds in a room with a human-centered focus.
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For 5 years, Tekna has partnered with Michigan Design Council’s Design Prize in collaboration with K-12 students.
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From a young age, engineer Mike Gruizinga has been fascinated with speed and racing.
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We are excited to celebrate the accomplishments of our very own Eve Berndt at the Global Innovation Awards!
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We can’t express enough gratitude to all of the healthcare professionals working so hard to care for us in a great time of need!
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