We are INDUSTRIAL BLEND, an Industrial Design studio based in Santa Barbara, California. We help clients transform great ideas into meaningful products that embody beautiful experiences and create an emotional connection between customer and brand.

DESIGN STRATEGY

Whether you need a critical look at a specific product or your entire product portfolio, or even your brand identity, we can help you with providing user centric insight. Based on our research we will develop ideas and suggestions with an independent and unbiased opinion and transform your thought processes along the way.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

We take your ideas, and together we will transform them into meaningful experiences. We excel in solving problems with a keen eye on aesthetics. By applying our technological expertise and real-world experience, we generate feasible solutions that give you the best return and your target user the best possible experience.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

We are with you all along the way. Our team of talented mechanical, fluid, and electrical engineers work together with our design team to create your protype- ready design. Throughout the development process we will work with the manufacturer, ensuring the original design intent is preserved.

* The work shown here is only a small sample of the work we have done. We take the privacy and confidentiality of our clients very seriously. We are happy to walk you through more of our work in a one on one meeting.

OUR LATEST WORK

ALIENWARE

We worked with Alienware in designing a fully customizable gaming pc as well as several notebooks, headphones, mice, and other peripherals for upcoming releases.


We have been working with Echo Labs since their inception, designing award winning microscopes. In 2022, we followed up with the design of a confocal adaptor for the Revolution model.

ECHO LABS


We developed a pair of gaming eyewear for Gunnar. With its lightweight construction and revolutionary lens technology, the glasses provide less strain on the eyes and give the gamer an edge over the competition.

GUNNAR


The force behind Industrial Blend is Industrial Designer, Frank Strauss. Frank moved from Germany to California in 2008. He has over 20 years of experience in the industry and has worked on countless projects for startups to large companies. He worked in a variety of industries ranging from audio, outdoor products, medical equipment to augmented reality and performance eyewear. Frank has a deep understanding of connecting his client’s expectations with the needs and desires of the end customers.

Companies, Frank has worked with: