Davin Stowell

Davin Stowell is the founder and CEO of Smart Design, a multi-disciplinary design consultancy. An expert in strategic consumer product design and planning, Stowell steered the design directions for a number of clients including: OXO International, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Gillette and World Kitchen.

The OXO Good Grips line he created in 1989 introduced the concept of Universal Design in everyday products. He has received more than two dozen awards, including the IDSA/BusinessWeek "Design of the Decade Gold Award," the American Society on Aging American Gold, the first Arthritis Foundation Award. The OXO story is currently^[when?] used as a design management case study in the MBA program at Harvard University.

Stowell studied industrial design from Syracuse University. He opened his own design office in 1978, which became Smart Design in 1980. Stowell is a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America, the recipient of numerous patents, and his work is featured in museum collections worldwide.

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