Motiv is an award-winning product design firm that develops brands and delivers creative solutions for companies of all sizes, across various industries. We’re explorers, tinkerers, problem-slayers, big-idea thinkers, and stay-up-all-nighters. From concept to creation, we pride ourselves as responsive partners who collaborate with companies to grow market share and connect with consumers.
At Motiv, the work we provide results from close collaboration with our clients to help them design products, develop brands, and deliver creative solutions.
From napkin sketch to prototype, our product designers and engineers collaborate with clients to turn ideas into reality.
Motiv designs consumer packaging that builds trust, connects emotionally, and reflects beauty, function, honesty, and sustainability in every product.
Our product design firm blends mechanical and electrical expertise with a human-centered approach to engineer intuitive, precise, and dependable devices.
Much more than a logo or tagline, the most unforgettable product brands connect with audiences in a visceral way through experiences.
We shape our ideas based on the wants and needs of both consumers and stakeholder to produce informed, forward-thinking strategies.
At Motiv, the work we provide results from close collaboration with our clients to help them design products, develop brands, and deliver creative solutions.
At Motiv, the work we provide results from close collaboration with our clients to help them design products, develop brands, and deliver creative solutions.
Revolution
Naming, Product Design, Branding, Identity, Packaging, Communications
Exergen is the leader in non-invasive temperature tech, with trusted devices used by NASA, hospitals, and consumers nationwide.
Coravin
Product innovation and package design for a revolutionary wine access system.
IDEA WINNER – SILVER Coravin Sparkling ™
Imagine Chocolate
Product Packaging, Identity & Communications
Vitamix
Branding, Product Design, User Interface and Merchandising, for the Front Runner in High-Performance Blending
Culligan
Product Positioning, Branding, and Innovation for “Your Local Water Experts”
Thermacell
Product Design, Engineering, Branding & Communications
IDEA WINNER – BRONZE
Time Magazine – The Best Inventions of 2022
Zarbee's
Packaging, Communications
Motiv helped Zarbee’s make the leap from children’s brand to an everyday, trusted name in safe and natural product.
Keurig
Our 10 year partnership helped create and then expand the single-serve coffee revolution.
560+
Patents
14+
Years of design experience
20+
Product design awards
Motiv’s product design team helped Arrow bring to market significant innovation in the history of ceiling tile cutting: Arrow RevealCut™ Ceiling Tile Workstation.
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Product design is the process of ideating, developing and refining products that meet specific market needs and solve user problems. A product design firm helps create products that delight customers by defining product and business goals and anticipating market opportunities and user needs.
Industrial design often focuses on mass-producing specialized products, such as cars or computers. Product design, however, includes everything about a product and often focuses more on developing everyday products. As product design evolves, it often involves designing software as well.
Having a product vision and strategy is the most important phase of product design. Before you start building a product, you need to realize its context for existence. With the help of an experienced product design agency, it’s the time when a company must define the product vision and product strategy.
At the highest level, our process is highly collaborative. We begin by reviewing a brief document from the client and discussing it with them to understand the consumer/user needs, product requirements, marketing plan, brand guidelines, schedule, budget, and other relevant factors. We then develop a detailed, phase-by-phase proposal tailored to their specific needs and objectives.
When working on customer product design projects, our team follows a structured and collaborative process that ensures each design is innovative, functional, and aligned with the client’s vision. The typical workflow includes the following stages:
While our product design firm is based in Boston, we serve companies and brands of all sizes nationwide and globally. While we work with many brands across several industries, we specialize in a few specific categories, including consumer products, industrial, outdoor, food and beverage product design, and more. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
At the end of each day, our designers log in their time on a specific phase of a project. Each week or as needed, this is reviewed with the client and checked against budget.
If you have an idea for a product, we can help. However, before you reach out to our product design firm, make sure you take a look at our product design checklist. This resource helps prospective clients start thinking about the things needed to get started with the product design process. This includes items like:
These details and information are needed to attain success when working with new customers.