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MAKO Design + Invent is a full-service consumer product development firm servicing small product businesses and early-stage invention startups. With a 25-person team across 4 offices (Austin, Miami, Toronto, and soon Shanghai), MAKO has
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For Small Businesses & Manufacturers
Click below to find out more about our full suite of in-house industrial, mechanical, and electrical design, engineering, and development services tailored to established physical product development companies.
For Inventors & Startups
Have an invention idea? We have developed hundreds of products for startups in addition to providing end-to-end solutions to get our inventor clients from Idea to Stores Shelves! We are here to help.
FEATURED MAKO POSTS
Industry Wired Features Mako Design as one of the Most Valuable Brands of 2019!
As a leading product development firm, Mako Design places great important in constantly being able to thrive, innovate and bring a positive change to the field of innovation, invention and technology. Not only do we pride ourselves in delivering a great service to...
Mako Designs Biggest Wins Over the Year 2019!
We’re sure that everyone could agree that 2019 was a huge year! From the amazing inventions, innovations, trends, and powerful design movements that shook the core of what we understood design to be, 2019 was a great year for accomplishing big goals and...
Get to Work with Mako Design on Make48 Season 4!
About Make48 Make48 is an invention show competition that encourages young inventors to take part in a real-life challenge of taking a product from a simple napkin design to a store shelf. The show's structure is filmed in a documentary style. The show's premise...
Understanding Customer Feedback and How to Use it Effectively for Your Business
What is Customer Feedback Within every professional establish, whether it be a company, business or start-up, one thing is always left in common, and that is client or customer feedback. Most companies or businesses either cater to other businesses or to consumer...
Mako’s Top Highlights from SEMA 2019!
Just a couple weeks ago, our senior industrial designer, Magnus Skold, went all the from Austin to Las Vegas to attend the famous automotive innovation show SEMA 2019! Passionate about cars, manufacturing and the automotive industry, Magnus went to represent Mako...
MAKO Named Top 100 of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies!
Over the past couple of months, we’ve been delighted to hear that Mako Design + Invent has been awarded for numerous exceptional awards and recognitions. In recent company news, one of the most infamous company ranking lists – Growth 500 – has listed Mako Design +...
Catch MAKO on Season 3 of Make48 Airing Nationally!
Mako Design + Invent on the Third Season of Make48 Back in 2018, we were excited to hear that Mako Design + Invent received the opportunity to appear on National TV! As one of the leading and top product development firms in North America, it is extremely important...
Celebrity Cobie Smulders Partners with MAKO for Dreamvention 2019
Everyone at one point in their life was a child, with a dream to create. That is why MAKO was so thrilled to be invited on by Frito-Lay to work with these young inventors on the Dreamvention competition. Families are given the chance to work together using their...
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SOME OF OUR CLIENTS
It’s extremely exciting to be revolutionizing the incredible industry of industrial design and development. For each project we earn, we are given the responsibility of developing something amazing to disrupt and improve an entire product market segment for the client. Our goal, simply put, is to make our clients’ product businesses hugely successful.
Recent News Articles about MAKO Design + Invent
⋅ Entrepreneur Magazine: MAKO earns Top 100 Entrepreneurial Firms!
⋅ Venture Beat: Robert Herjavec, Google, & MAKO
⋅ Ryerson University: MAKO boosts
⋅ Google Official Blog: How MAKO discovered lean growth
⋅ BII2: Kevin Mako appointed as Fellow at Brookfield Institute for Entrepreneurship
⋅ Globe and Mail: each office abroad means a new set of rules
⋅ SAGE: Kevin Mako keynotes at SAGE Nationals
⋅ Ryerson University: Kevin Mako keynotes Ryerson DFZ Launch
MEET THE MAKO TEAM!
Kevin Mako
President
Ryan Davidson
Senior Product Strategist
Tim Uys
Director of Design
Justin Bui
Electrical Engineering Manager
Joe Brod
Senior Product Strategy
Rick Stockton
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Leona Lyons
Project Management Director
Bruce Lee
Senior Industrial Designer
Robert Colgan
Senior Industrial Designer
Luther Yap
Senior Mechanical Designer
Magnus Skold
Senior Industrial Designer
Demsey Kirkwood
Mechanical Engineer
Hossein Kazemi
Mechanical Designer
Joe Shim
Director of Finance
Jesse Waldin
Technical Research Analysist
Paul Davis
Industrial Designer
Amy Rogers
Project Manager
Cameron Navarre
Mechanical Designer
Justin Tyra
Mechanical Engineer
Sergio Martinez
Industrial Designer
Leighann Roden
Hiring Manager
Helen Dworaczek
Office Coordinator
Navdeep Singh
Electronics Designer
Ready for MAKO to make YOUR product the next success story?