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We are thrilled to announce that Tactile has been honored with two prestigious 2024 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)! Cove: A Chemotherapy Infusion Chair received a Gold Award in the Concepts & Speculative Design category. Designed to redefine the infusion experience, Cove provides chemotherapy patients with greater comfort and emotional support. With its innovative design, Cove enhances the healing environment, ensuring that patients feel cared for both physically and mentally throughout their treatment. Proprio Paradigm received a Silver Award in the Medical & Health category. Proprio Paradigm represents a new frontier in surgical navigation technology, empowering surgeons with advanced visualization and precision. Its cutting-edge design improves workflow and outcomes in the operating room, making a lasting impact on healthcare. Receiving both Gold and Silver awards is a testament to Tactile’s commitment to human-centered design and innovation in healthcare. We are incredibly proud of our team and grateful for the collaborative partnerships that helped bring these ideas to life. We remain dedicated to creating meaningful solutions that positively impact lives and advance the future of healthcare.

Exciting news! We are thrilled to share that Fast Company has spotlighted Tactile’s Cove concept project in their latest article! Cove, our innovative chemotherapy chair, is designed with patient comfort at its core. This concept reimagines the treatment experience, focusing on patients undergoing chemotherapy’s physical and emotional needs. At Tactile, we believe that design has the power to make a difference, and Cove is a testament to this philosophy. By incorporating ergonomic features, customizable settings, and a calming aesthetic, Cove aims to transform the clinical environment into a more supportive and comforting space for patients. Fast Company’s feature highlights how thoughtful design can enhance patient well-being and make challenging treatments more bearable. We are honored to be recognized for our efforts to improve healthcare experiences through design innovation. Read the full article on Fast Company to learn more about how Cove is setting a new standard for patient-centric design.

Join us for happy hour at Castle Island Brewing in South Boston for drinks and to connect with designers from Tactile and the Boston design community. RSVP for free tickets HERE. We hope to see you there!

We want to take a moment to wish you a happy and prosperous new year. This year has been filled with remarkable achievements and exciting advancements in design. In 2023 we expanded our teams and capabilities in design, engineering, digital UX, CMF, 3D Visualization, and project management while redefining the benchmarks of innovation and creativity. As we welcome a brand new year, we’re excited for the opportunities it brings! 2024 holds the promise of fresh beginnings, innovative breakthroughs, and creative endeavors at Tactile. Stay tuned for what’s to come — a new chapter filled with groundbreaking ideas and experiences. Here’s to a year filled with creativity, ingenuity, and boundless opportunities! Happy New Year from all of us at Tactile.

We proudly announce that the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium has been honored with a prestigious Good Design Award! The Smart Thermostat Premium stands at the forefront of energy-efficient technology, offering cutting-edge functionality and an elegant, intuitive user experience. The Good Design Award accolade reaffirms our dedication to designing products that not only enhance everyday life but also contribute positively to our planet. Click HERE to learn more about all our design collaborations with ecobee. Thank you to our friends at ecobee for your trust and support in allowing Tactile to be your design partner!

Last week the Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) announced the 2022 MDEA winners. We’re excited to announce that Tactile and Kestra Medical Technologies received a bronze award for ASSURE Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator System (WCD) in the cardiovascular devices category. Since 1998, the MDEA program has honored significant achievements in medical product design and engineering that improve the quality of healthcare delivery and accessibility. It’s an honor to be among the winners that have developed innovative and breakthrough medical products and services. Visit Kestra’s press release for more information about the ASSURE WCD System. Congratulations to the winners and our friends at Kestra!

We’re excited to share we received one more award to add to our 2021 collection. The Chicago Athenaeum awarded ecobee SmartCamera a 2021 Good Design Award in the safety and security category. Visit ecobee on our website to learn more about how we helped develop a design language that ecobee established across their home monitoring products. Kudos to our friends at ecobee!

Last year Tactile partnered with the Michigan Design Council to mentor students participating in the annual Michigan Design Prize competition. Open to all K-12 Michigan students, participants are challenged with coming up with real design solutions to societal issues. Finalists are rewarded by getting paired up with a professional designer to help refine their ideas and bring them to life. Tactile designers teamed up with the following students who each received awards for their designs: Mackenzie Bossory (Homeschool), a gold winner for “Paint-Go-Round”–a timed painting game by switching seats when the timer goes off; Victoria Stokes (Roosevelt Elementary), a silver winner for “Love Birdy Zoom Game”–an interactive game for family and friends; Skylar Hempel, Jada Blue, and Samantha Fenwick (Adlai Stevenson High School), bronze winners for “Isolation Roomz”–a timed obstacle course; and Connor Harrison, Yousif Habsh, and Mario Gjini (Adlai Stevenson High School), silver winners for “Tag Bracelet”–a tag game that uses notifications of who’s “it” on digital bracelets based on six feet proximity between players. It was a great opportunity to offer inspiration and design expertise to the future generation of designers. Congratulations to all the winners!