CRE8

CRE8 is an industrial design consultancy in Taipei founded in 2001 by Kris Verstockt, a Belgian designer who studied in Antwerp and London before moving to Taiwan. Its services run from product strategy, conceptual design and human factors to branding, packaging, UI and UX, plus mechanical engineering, prototyping and low-volume production.

iF Design has ranked CRE8 among the Top 50 design studios worldwide, and under Verstockt the studio reports 128 major design awards. Design director Lee Chen, with a master’s in product design and human factors from Tatung University, leads work on design for manufacturing and product design language. The team pairs industrial designers and CMF specialists with engineers, quality controllers and project managers.