Community Archives

Innovate. Collaborate. Create.
Our Story of Transforming Ideas into Reality

October 12, 2023

As soon as you open the doors of Tekna, the vibrant energy immediately captures your attention. The space is full of activity with people from various disciplines – engineers, designers, researchers, and manufacturers – gathered around whiteboards, immersed in computers, and having lively meetings outside. The air is filled with curiosity and excitement.

Imitation Crab Meat

July 26, 2023

Failing fast inevitably advances the creative side where the development of products and solutions isn’t pigeon held to what we may think we are capable of.

Michigan Design Prize 2023

June 28, 2023

The Design Prize is an annual competition celebrating the development of Michigan’s young design talent throughout the state. Tekna has supported this growing challenge since 2017!

Transforming Your Vision With Digital Rendering

June 6, 2023

Digital Rendering is a powerful tool in the world of industrial design. Rendering allows us to create life-like imagery and animations of physical products before they are made.

Seeking the
“So What”

May 5, 2023

Tekna has built its reputation around human-centered design (HCD), a term that came into practice during the 1980s-1990s and has now become a foundational product design and development principle across many industries.