please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message sparkfactor design type private industry mechanical engineering industrial design founded 2001 headquarters palo alto california usa key people claudia truesdell robert garett mike smith number of employees 20 2006 website www.sparkfactordesign.com sparkfactor design is a design and consulting firm founded in palo alto california in 2001 . they provide engineering design services for consumer products consumer electronics medical equipment and other industries . contents 1 history and work 1.1 notable products 2 references 3 external links history and work edit sparkfactor design was started in 2001 by claudia truesdell robert garrett and mike smith . claudia truesdell and robert garrett were both graduates of the stanford graduate school of product design 1 while mike smith was an industrial designer from gvo . the firm employs approximately 20 people in mechanical engineering and industrial design . inc magazine included sparkfactor in their 2007 list of top 100 consulting companies in the usa 2 and in the 2008 list in the top 20 engineering companies in the usa . 3 sparkfactor was also included in the san francisco business times list of top 50 private companies in the san francisco bay area for 2007 . 4 and in the 2008 top 50 list . sparkfactor has partnered with many product oriented companies to help design more than 100 consumer electronic products . in total these products have had sales of over 150 million units . notable products edit mechanical engineering for the first apple wireless mouse 5 and other mice the first apple ipod and follow on ipods and other mp3 players the first apple mac mini and follow on mac minis . these products have won many design awards including d & ad gold for product design and silver for product for work plastics industry consumer product design of the year award and red dot product design of the year awards . complete me and id design for the dash navigation dash express product which was named by cnet and laptop best of ces 2007 for car tech and gps . complete me and id design for the meraki networks outdoor product . design and manufacturing of the apple design awards 6 7 and the apple change tray citation needed used in all apple stores in japan . references edit stanford product design alumni inc magazine top 100 consulting companies inc magazine top 20 engineering companies top 50 cult of mac interview with sparkfactor design menkentos does cat scan of apple award menkentosj retrieved on 2007 05 30 cnet article about 2012 apple design award winners 1 retrieved on 2007 05 30 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sparkfactor design & oldid 708309567 categories industrial design firmscompanies based in palo alto californiaengineering companies of the united stateselectronics companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in californiacompanies established in 2001design companies of the united stateshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2007all articles needing additional referencesarticles with a promotional tone from april 2011all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 march 2016 at 21 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view