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We're a curious bunch always looking for new ways to solve complex challenges. When we're not breaking down problems for clients, we're thinking about how things like new technology, design frameworks, or cultural paradigms impact the work we do.

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Technology Trends in 2026: CES Recap
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Loft wins 6 Good Design 2025 Awards
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Healthtech Mixer & Panel Discussion

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Holiday Gift Guide 2025

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2025 End of Year Recap

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Designing What's Next in Mobility: Onroad/Offroad and Recreational

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Building Better Brands: How to Create a VBL System for Success

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A Designer's AI Workflow

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Hans Eckholm

Innovation in Mobility 2025

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Loft awarded first place at 2025 DMI's Design Value Award

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Visual Brand Language for Health & Science
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Deck by Deck: 12 Years of Loft Skateboards

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Toy Design Innovation in the Age of Screens & Grown-Up Fandom

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Future of Play: Innovating Toys for a New Generation
Loft Design's Restaurat Association Show Recap

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National Restaurant Association Show 2025 Recap
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Design & Business
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Carly Price

Impact through Design & Business
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Loft wins two Core 77 2025 awards

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José Manuel Dos Santos

Curators of Meaning: Design in the Age of AI

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Designing Intuitive Lab Ecosystems

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Madison Maxey

Scaling E-Textiles: Automotive Interiors, Medical Applications and More

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HealthTech Panel Discussion & Mixer

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Loft wins a 2025 Green Good Design Award

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Design & Entrepreneurship

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AI and the Future: Insights from SXSW 2025

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Audrey Barnes

Design Resilience and Lifelong Learning

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AI & Design

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Despina Papadopoulos

Humanizing Technology with Design

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State of Design 2025

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Technology Trends in 2025: CES Recap

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Scott Gant

Engaging with potential OEMs & factories to bring your product to life

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Loft wins 4 Good Design 2024 Awards

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Transition Your Product Supply Chain

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Gregor Mittersinker

Stay Ahead of Tariffs: How to Rapidly Redesign Your Supply Chain

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End of Year Design Recap
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2024 Holiday Gift Guide
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HealthTech Panel Discussion & Mixer

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Loft’s AI Design Process featured in MIT Sloan Article
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How to launch AI solutions for Life Sciences
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Technology Trends in 2024 - Fast Company Recap

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Loft Design wins a Design Value Award
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The Future of Design Education and Academia

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Loft Design recognized by two IDEA awards
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The Transformative Power of Human-Centered Ecosystems
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Designing Brands that Succeed

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Robert Quintero

Creating Value with Physical and Digital Ecosystems
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Future Trends in Laboratory Medicine
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Loft Design wins a Green Good Design Award
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Tina Manoharan

Leveraging the right AI for Healthtech
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Creating Award-Winning UX for Lab Science
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Loft Design is Recognized by two Core 77 awards
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Forging the Future of Mobility
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Transforming the Creative Process with AI
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Forging the Future of Mobility
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Maggie Snoke & Saloni Bedi: Designing with GenAI
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Event Recap

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Loft Design @ Design Wisconsin
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Loft Design @ The University of Cincinnati
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Transforming Human-Centered Ecosystems
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The Future of HealthTech and Life Science with AI
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The Future of Business with AI @ MIT
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Shaping HealthTech Futures with Design
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SXSW AI & Technology Trends 2024
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HealthTech & Human Factors @ Loft Boston
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Alisan Atvur

Redefining Treatment Experiences with Design
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HealthTech & HF Mixer @ Loft Raleigh
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Mio Suzuki

Leveraging AI for the Future of Mobility at Trek
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Build User-Centered Design Systems to Maximize Impact
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How to Leverage AI Creative Tools
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AI for Creative Leaders
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Technology Trends in 2024: CES Recap
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UX & ID Portfolio Review @ Loft Boston
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Six Strategies to Accelerate HealthTech Design
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Susan Burnley

Next-Generation Intravascular Imaging
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Navigating the Future of Design
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Loft Design is recognized with 9 Good Design Awards
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Helen Armstrong

Next Level Design, AI and Data
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HealthTech & HF Mixer @ Loft Boston
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Gregor Mittersinker: The Impact of Generative AI on UX and Design
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Loft Design is recognized in IDSA Yearbook of Excellence
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In Conversation with

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Pip Tompkin

Insights from a Global Design Leader and Entrepreneur
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Loft Design Recognized in Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards
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Thought Leadership

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The Right Product Brand Language for Growth
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Harnesses VR to Foster Community and Inclusion
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In Conversation with

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Sherry Eckholm

User-Centered Design for Growth
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Thought Leadership

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Leveraging Your Data Flywheel to Find Product-Market Fit
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In Conversation with

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Matt Smith

Cracking The Code To Product-Market Fit
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In Conversation with

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Teilo Berquier

Building Impactful Ecosystems
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NEIA and Design Museum Everywhere Redefine the Museum Experience
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Introducing VR into your Digital Ecosystem
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Visual Brand Language Strategy for Growth
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Bob Wopperer

The Right Branding for Life Science
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Event Recap

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Pawsitively Creative UX Meetup
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Thought Leadership

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Designing the Right Generative AI for Humans
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Craig Vachon

The Power of Natural Language Generation
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Event Recap

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Serving Our Community One Potato at a Time
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Vanja Hommes

Navigating Product Innovation in Regulated Industries
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Designing for Regulated Industries
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Event Recap

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Investing in Future Innovation Leaders with NEIA
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How Ecosystem Design help Projects Thrive
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