Faethm design

Faethm is a Minneapolis-based industrial design studio led by Philip Stankard, IDSA, working with global industry leaders and start-ups on human-centred product experiences across healthcare, industrial and lifestyle products, from first concepts to production-ready design.

Much of the portfolio sits in medical technology. Treo, a hinged mobile imaging concept developed with GE Healthcare that wraps around a patient’s limb for 3D scans, won an IDEA Gold award and entered the permanent collection of the Henry Ford Museum, while other programmes range from patient warming and oral care to surgical instruments and diagnostics. The studio pairs design thinking with in-house 3D prototyping, so ergonomics and manufacturability are tested physically before tooling.