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We work on a LOT of projects, over 150 a year! Some are quick, others are quite complex. Take a look at a few project highlights below. By default all projects are shown; however, click the tabs to narrow your search.

We work on a LOT of projects, over 150 a year! Some are quick, others are quite complex. Take a look at a few project highlights below. By default all projects are shown; however, click the tabs to narrow your search.

Custom Premium Cooler That Became a Celebrated Automotive Accessory for Tesla Cars

Custom Premium Cooler That Became a Celebrated Automotive Accessory for Tesla Cars

CNCT COOLER for GRAEME WHITEHEAD – MAKO Design + Invent’s team researched, designed, engineered, prototyped, and set up manufacturing for first-time inventor Graeme Whitehead for... read more

Product Re-Design of the UberLight for a 60-Year-Old Consumer Product Manufacturer

Product Re-Design of the UberLight for a 60-Year-Old Consumer Product Manufacturer

UBERLIGHT for RELIABLE CORP – MAKO completely re-designed, re-engineered, and updated the electronics for a complete revitalization of the Reliable Corporation’s widely famous UberLight. Since... read more

This Oakville Schoolteacher’s Custom Fashion Accessory Invention is Now Mass-Produced and Sold Globally

This Oakville Schoolteacher’s Custom Fashion Accessory Invention is Now Mass-Produced and Sold Globally

RINGKEEPER for DAWN RONFELD – The RingKeeper is a simple and elegant fashion design solution that solves a big problem: losing your rings! Designed, prototyped,... read more

Advanced Mechanical Engineering for a New MedTech Mobility Headrest Design

Advanced Mechanical Engineering for a New MedTech Mobility Headrest Design

Adaptive Switch Labs & Invacare hired MAKO Design + Invent to completely re-design their MedTech mobility headrest to ensure it was easy to use, included... read more

Sports Invention Earned World’s Top Design Award and Red Dot Design Museum Entry

Sports Invention Earned World’s Top Design Award and Red Dot Design Museum Entry

ROVER PACKHOPPER for ERIC COFFMAN – Winner of the number one design award on the planet, the Red Dot Award, and selected to be featured... read more

Household Product Inventor Walks Into a Big Box Retailer and Sells His First Batch

Household Product Inventor Walks Into a Big Box Retailer and Sells His First Batch

TRI-PLUNGER for BOB GINTHER – After MAKO designed, prototyped, and manufactured Bob Ginther’s invention, he employed a unique selling method as a first-time household product... read more

Newly Designed and Engineered UV Sterilization Product for Cell Phones

Newly Designed and Engineered UV Sterilization Product for Cell Phones

CLEANINTUV for CLEANINT CORP – Revolutionizing microbial hygienics products long before COVID, MAKO Design inventively designed, engineered, and prototyped this incredible device that would quickly... read more

Industrial Design of a Simple Physical Consumer Product Invention: The Comfycup

Industrial Design of a Simple Physical Consumer Product Invention: The Comfycup

COMFYCUP for REEY YADIN – The World’s First Portable Public Transportation Cupholder for trains and buses! MAKO did the concept sketches, refined sketching, and industrial... read more

Home Safety Invention Idea that Earned $100,000 Investment on CBC’s Dragon’s Den

Home Safety Invention Idea that Earned $100,000 Investment on CBC’s Dragon’s Den

CARGENERATOR for JONATHAN SCHLOO – Check out how MAKO’s product design client Jon Schloo secured two investors on CBC’s Dragon’s Den. You can watch the... read more

New Curved Battery Technology for Extending Smart Watch Battery Life

New Curved Battery Technology for Extending Smart Watch Battery Life

KHARABAND for HARP GAHUNIA – Harp Gahunia came to MAKO with a complex challenge: to create a curved, flexible watch band, full of lithium-ion batteries,... read more

2 Brothers That Went From Camera Invention Idea to Global Sales to Acquisition

2 Brothers That Went From Camera Invention Idea to Global Sales to Acquisition

GOFISH CAM for RYAN & BRANDON AUSTIN – The GoFish Cam is a complex consumer electronic project idea invented by Ryan and Brandon Austin that... read more

From an Idea to Booming Success for a First-Time Inventor and Mother’s Jewelry Device Concept

From an Idea to Booming Success for a First-Time Inventor and Mother’s Jewelry Device Concept

CLASP MAGIC for ALISON BRETT – MAKO spearheaded the product design, engineering, prototyping, and production of this game-changing device that makes it simple to put... read more

New Gym Lock Design for Product Distribution Company Performa

New Gym Lock Design for Product Distribution Company Performa

COMBINATION LOCK for PERFORMA – Rapid industrial design and mechanical engineering were required to get this consumer product into production in an incredibly short period... read more

3D Product CAD Design Rendering Video for Eyewear Manufacturing Company

3D Product CAD Design Rendering Video for Eyewear Manufacturing Company

AUTOLOC™ for VOCA EYEWEAR – Patented AutoLoc lens retention system allows fast and secure lens changes, easier than you ever thought possible. The innovative AutoLoc... read more

Festken

Festken

Festken, a new water bottle for the festival goer. Now being sold out at festivals all over the world, MAKO Design + Invent is proud... read more

Blume Cigar Humidifier

Blume Cigar Humidifier

A new and completely custom-designed connected device that keeps your cigars at optimum humidity, all through an app. Engaget Article: 

Broom Comb

Broom Comb

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best!  The Broom Comb is an inexpensive and convenient way to clear the debris off your broom. A quick... read more

Product Design & Mechanical Engineering of Waterproof Children’s Cellphone

Product Design & Mechanical Engineering of Waterproof Children’s Cellphone

What an idea – a cellphone for children! What would you need to consider to design this beauty? Well, it has to be kid-proof, of course! The... read more

Petbot

Petbot

PetBot is an amazing robotic toy that allows you to have a full on remote conversation with your pet!  It even lets you watch from... read more

MakerArm

MakerArm

After 5 years of MakerArm working with multiple different sources to bring this brilliant product concept to life, Mako Design + Invent was hired. Within... read more

Z-Clip

Z-Clip

A high-end, light-weigh, carbon-fiber money clip that uses proprietary technology to block RFID readers to protect your credit card information.  Was also the first carbon-fiber... read more