Astro Studios Explained

Astro Studios
Foundation:1994
Location City:San Francisco, California
Location Country:United States
Key People:Brett Lovelady, Founder / CEO
Kyle Swen, EVP Design / Partner
Jim Goodell, COO / Partner
Num Employees:30 (2011)
Homepage:www.astrostudios.com/

Astro Studios is an American design firm in San Francisco, California.

The company designed the original Compaq IPAQ Pocket PC, Alienware Computers and Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 accessories. In 1999, Astro Studios received two Design of the Decade Awards by BusinessWeek[1] / Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), one for the Kensington Computer Products Group Smart Sockets and the other for Nike Inc's first electronic products, and the original Triax SportsWatch series.[2] Other designs include the Boxee Box,[3] Zune HD,[4]

A spin-off organization, Astro Gaming manufactures gaming headsets.[5] [6] In 2008, the Astro Gaming A40 Audio System became the official licensed headset of Major League Gaming.[7] [6]

Astro Studios has received several awards including Red Dot,[8] the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) 365 Awards.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Business Wire Astro Studios: Design of the Decade Award 1999, 2008 . Findarticles.com . February 15, 2012.
  2. Web site: Nike Triax . Idsacatalyst.org . February 21, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120623123034/http://idsacatalyst.org/case_studies/2003/index.php . June 23, 2012 . dead .
  3. Web site: Pavlus . John. Boxee Designers Explain Out-of-the-Box Thinking . FastCoDesign.com . November 29, 2011.
  4. Web site: Good Design 2010 Zune HD . Chi-athenaeum.org . February 20, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111224190120/http://chi-athenaeum.org/gdesign/2010/electronics/302.html . December 24, 2011 .
  5. Web site: Astro Gaming Company Page. June 19, 2012. June 15, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120615141513/http://www.astrogaming.com/astro. dead.
  6. Web site: Reiss . Jordan . Interview with Jordan Reiss, the Co-Founder and VP of Astro Gaming . June 19, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120607021145/http://themacfeed.com/2010/04/20/interview-with-jordan-reiss-the-co-founder-and-vp-of-astro-gaming/ . June 7, 2012 .
  7. Web site: A40 Audio System. June 19, 2012.
  8. Web site: Red Dot Awards 2011 . En.red-dot.org . February 15, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120210183158/http://en.red-dot.org/2786.html . February 10, 2012 . dead .
  9. Web site: AIGA Design Archives Astro . Designarchives.aiga.org . January 25, 2012.