Nick Allen

Nick Allen

Senior Industrial Designer

Nick Allen's Bio

Nick Allen is a Senior Industrial designer, leading TriMech’s Oakland product development office. He received his B.Des. from the University of Washington and worked for 10 years at design consultancies and consumer hardware companies in the Bay Area. He specializes in early concept development, modern aesthetic styling, prototyping/DFM and coaching inventors/startups through the product development process.

  Projects

Nick has worked on over 50 concept designs, 30 full scale prototypes, including the award winning Tameshigiri trainer.

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