triplefive is a product design + strategy company. We bring 20 years of creative leadership to the creation of compelling product experiences for global brands like Herman Miller, PG, Staples, Steelcase, Geiger and Abercrombie & Fitch. Our personal hands-on workstyle and seasoned insights have been critical to the success of all our client collaborations. We believe that intersections are the fertile ground of innovation. Intersections of ideas + people, of technology + culture or of traditions + modern values. triplefive’s strength is transforming the insights of these intersections into remarkable everyday objects and experiences. We reframe the ordinary through design.
triplefive was founded by award-winning industrial designer Colin Nourie in 2002. Highly respected as a thoughtful and strategic designer, our clients regularly cite his natural ability to zoom from macro-strategy to micro-details as one of his most valued assets. Colin's creative leadership has been critical to achieving business success for our clients as well as international recognition for our work.
what other creative leaders are saying
"For the past several years, Colin Nourie and his firm triplefive, have been an integral part of developing and expressing the new Steelcase brand through products and environments. His significant contributions - from insight to expression - and collaborative workstyle have helped shape a design culture where the boundaries between our in-house group and the consultants blur to generate consistently powerful work."
- James Ludwig, Global VP of Design, Steelcase
"Colin is an extremely creative and passionate designer. He has the rare abililty to think both abstractly in the strategic or brainstorming stages as well as concretely in the product development or engineering phases. He is an excellent team player and a great asset to any project."
- Michael Fazio, Co-Founder & Principal, Archideas
"I have worked with triplefive a number of times over the past few years and Colin has always provided me with creative product design solutions, on time and at a competitive rate. He is a pleasure to work with and I look forward to working with triplefive again in the future."
- Michael Kent, VP of Design & Innovation, Staples
"Colin is one of those few designers that can study crowded marketplace and see opportunity based on sophisticated design. His deliberate approach to understanding the consumer's behavior and environment are ingrained into all his design solutions. His focused energy, research and valuable insights lead to a thoughtful decision process that produce results which will definitely have a positive effect on your project team and bottom line."
- Brian Hock, Founder of DesignerID, Simple Hydration & Owner of Brian Hock Design
"Colin was a terrific resource and instrumental in helping us push Post & Beam to the limit with new applications and special product features that meshed beautifully with Zaha Hadid's vision for the Center for Contemporary Art."
- Michael Kelley, VP & Director of Interiors, KZF Design, Inc.
