Today we are thrilled to announce that Achilles Design and Studio Dott. are merging to become Dott Achilles. A new cross-disciplinary design & engineering studio. 🍾
We have known Studio Dott. for a long time, as industry peers who speak the same language, cherish the same culture and pursue the same aspirations. Our complementary skills enable us to serve our customers even better in terms of design and innovation.
We are looking forward to dive into this new chapter, together! 💪
Last weekend, around 40,000 cycling enthusiasts and professionals visited Velofollies at Kortrijk Xpo. 🚴♂️ The Achilles Design bicycle design team saw a lot of interesting designs and noticed 2 important things:
• Many bicycles are identical underneath the paint
At first glance there was a wide range of brands and models, but it soon became clear who turned to which Asian OEM partner. Fortunately, there are a few Belgian and European brands that still firmly choose a brand identity that stands out from the crowd. ✨
• The public wants innovation
According to many 2024 will undoubtedly be another difficult year with a lot of overstock and little innovation. Yet, we noticed a broad and enthusiastic audience looking for new and exciting things in the cycling world. So, anyone who dares to start innovating now, will be recognised (and rewarded) as a relevant player in 2025 and 2026. 💡
#velofollies #velofollies2024 #bicycledesign #productdesign #cycling #trendsinbicycledesign #achillesdesign
Fostering a sense of wonder...
We hope 2023 gave you a touch of wonder, but most importantly, that it served as an inspiration for a new year of bright ideas transforming into true innovations. Best wished and happy holidays! ✨🎄💡
The inspiration behind this video:
The past year we had the opportunity to work on many amazing projects. All required specific expertise but some involved a little child’s play as well, or should we say a sense of wonder.
One project that stuck with us is Little Nirvana, a project from KU Leuven and UZ Leuven to manage procedural anxiety and pain for children undergoing medical treatment.
Watching the magical look in children’s eyes while they’re using our new game controller during dental procedures served as an inspiration for this video. So for once, instead of using 3D software for product visualizations, one of our industrial designers captured that magic in a video.
#bestwishes #happyholidays #achillesdesign
Hi there! 👋 Today we'd like to introduce a new talent at Achilles Design. A man who knows all about marketing strategy, nurturing the right leads and making sure companies big and small find their way to our services. Meet our new marketing lead, Kristof Nizet.
He has several years in digital marketing under his belt and started a few businesses of his own, which he successfully sold later on. 👏 But why are we doing all the talking? Click on the video and he'll tell you more about himself. 👀 We are definitely lucky and thrilled to have him! 🙌
#newtalent #marketingwizard #achillesdesign #marketingstrategy #marketingexpert
Congratulations, Koen Elsen!
📢 Attention, attention 📢
We’re proud to proud to announce that our founder Koen Elsen is selected as 1 of the 4 independent directors of Flanders DC / for Design 's new Board of Directors! 👏
Flanders District of Creativity vzw has supported entrepreneurs from all creative sectors, but since the beginning of this year it focuses on design and fashion. 💡 This new course required a new Board of Directors which consists 4 directors from the Flemish Government (Mieck Vos, Annelies Thoelen, Jasper Olaerts and Manuela Van Werde) and 4 independent directors (Koen Elsen, Dominique Nzeyimana, Tina Debo and Dirk Wijnants). Congratulations to all! 👏
#supportingdesign #design #entrepreneursindesign #achillesdesign #flandersdc #fashionanddesign
Hi there! 👋
We're proud to welcome Carl as Business Developer at Achilles Design!
Those of you that attended D2M two weeks ago have already seen him in action 🔥 and hopefully had the chance to talk to him.
If not, watch this short video and find out more about our newest team member!
#newtalent #businessdevelopment #achillesdesign
Present at D2M 2022 today or tomorrow? Then make sure to pay us a visit at booth 473! We'll be happy to see you and inform you about our projects! 👋
#productdesign #achillesdesign #engineering
Already active behind the scenes (and screens) of Achilles Design since May, meet Katrijn, our Content Creator & Copywriter. 👋
She has a degree in Journalism and has worked as a copywriter in digital marketing. So she knows a thing or two about writing and creating compelling content.
As she is naturally curious, she doesn't have any problem diving into our world of innovation, design and engineering. Inspired by our projects she will continue to provide interesting content on our website and social media. 💡
Outside the Achilles Design office you can find her marvelling over beautiful art at exhibitions and museums, reading, enjoying nature's finest, traveling and experimenting with photography. 📷
We're happy to have you on our team, Katrijn!
#achillesdesign #newtalent #copywriting #contentcreation
It's Friday, so let's toast to the weekend with a glass of wine, shall we?🍷 Lucky for us, we've received a delicious package from the lovely people at Vineway to try-out👌
Curious? Have a look!
Do you want to know more about our brand project with them? Then definitely take a look at the case, link in first comment.
Thank you, VINEWAY for this surprise! 🤗
#branddesign #achillesdesign #exploringwine
Achilles Design was asked to create the product and brand identity for MODJL, a modular backpack solution.
MODJL– located in Antwerp, Belgium – delivers a Modular Backpack and Carrying Collection which allows backers to create their own carrying solution, based on the 6 items of the MODJL Collection:
Every item is cross-compatible, multifunctional, made with recycled fabric and available in 6 colors (excl. The Loop).
Their kickstarter campaign starts today!
Do you want to support MODJL and help them grow? This is what you can do:
👉 Follow their Kickstarter campaign and share it with your professional contacts, friends and family! Link in bio.
👉 Follow Modjl on social media for updates and future promotions. @modjlofficial
For several years we have been developing Kambukka's drink and food ware.
In this video, Stijn (founder of Kambukka) will take you through the new product range for 2022!
#achillesdesign #kambukka #productdesign
A little sneak peek of our prototyping lab that we have renovated and expanded last year!
Our in-house R&D facilities consist of a wide variety of tools & equipment.
This allows us to build prototypes, test setups, assembly tools, etc., which vastly improves the effectiveness of our product design and engineering department.
Check out our new page! Link in bio.
#achillesdesign #prototyping #lab #atelier #R&D #assembly #tools #productdesign #engineering
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