About GDG

Garnett Design Group (GDG) was founded by Christian Garnett, an award-winning product designer (BS, Stanford) and mechanical engineer (MS, Columbia). His passion for beautiful, functional products is the driving force behind GDG and its portfolio companies.

With 1000+ consumer products brought to market and 50+ trips to southeast Asia to visit manufacturing partners, Christian is a veteran product designer who loves bringing ideas to life. His particular specialty is early-stage product strategy and architecture, with a knack for rapidly evaluating problems, vetting possible solutions, and identifying the best path forward.

GDG has an extensive network of partners in Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain, with the Product Management expertise to guide a project through all stages of the product development process.

Electronics workbench with circuit board, multimeters, screwdriver, and partially assembled device.
reddot award logo, Red and white striped spherical object resembling a decorated Christmas ornament

Awards

Best of 2022 Design Journal logo with gold and gray text.
Architizer A+ Awards logo
Logo for the 2018 Lighting Design Awards featuring three stylized vertical light beams in shades of blue on a black background, with a small rainbow-colored bar at the bottom, alongside the text "2018 Winner Lighting Design Awards" in orange and black.
LFI Innovation Awards logo featuring three geometric shapes inside squares above the text 'LFI INNOVATION AWARDS' on a blue background.

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