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No More Playing Around

No More Playing Around

Toy designer moves to med-tech The founders of Kablooe Design got a bit of bad news the day they opened. Tom KraMer, who quit his day job and launched the company with co-founder Dave Powell, overheard on the radio that toy maker Tonka Corp., their only customer, “shut the doors.” “I looked at Dave and ...read more

Designing Fellows

College of Science & Engineering Article written by: Kermit Pattison Photos by: Josh Kohanek http://cse.umn.edu/admin/comm/features/2009_09_16_designing-fellows.php

Kablooe Case Study – Surgical device

This is a short description of industrial design and product development activities by Kablooe Design during the development of a surgical device, particularly spotlighting research, prototyping and testing activities.

Is there a Dr. in the house?

Why would a product development company have a medical doctor on staff? Introduction of Dr. Christopher J. Scorzelli, M.D. as the director of medical innovation at Kablooe Design, and the rationale for having an M.D. on staff at a product development company.

Introducing Kablooe design℠

30 second introduction to Kablooe Design, showing product design, development, prototyping and engineering activities.  

Design Driven Development℠

Kablooe Design video describing the D3 product development process. This video describes the product design, industrial design and product development efforts at Kablooe Design in a short introductory format, as well as describing the engineering, inventing and prototyping abilities of the design firm. This introduces Kablooe Design as a development company that works with product ...read more

St. Paul Winter Carnival

St. Paul Winter Carnival

For the third straight year members of the Kablooe team have gone out in the freezing cold weather and spent three days carving a sculpture. The theme of this years sculpture was “A fun take on the idea that you are not always aware of the challenges you are about to face”.