Stel Design

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Product design, CAD modeling, and manufacturing prep for consumer hardware brands

STEL Design works from studios in Bend, Santa Barbara, Chicago, and France, handling product design, CAD and 3D modeling, design-for-manufacturing, user testing, and packaging for hardware clients. Work spans Pixel Watch 3 and 4, Nest Cam, Fitbit Ace LTE, and Buds Pro 2 AR visualization for Google, alongside a wireless charging platform for Tesla.

Other projects include the Adventure Crib for OREA, a bench cushion for Thuma, goods for Nomad, the Jackal Jaw JX1, the CX1 for Cognixion, and work for AIIR. A six-person creative team has taken roughly 300 products to market across 62 clients worldwide.

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Services

What these services involve

CAD and 3D Modeling
CAD and 3D Modeling for product and industrial design buyers. Clear scope, measurable outcomes, and reliable delivery.
Design for Manufacturing
Design for Manufacturing for product and industrial design buyers. Clear scope, measurable outcomes, and reliable delivery.
Industrial Design
Industrial Design for product and industrial design buyers. Clear scope, measurable outcomes, and reliable delivery.

Agency details

Team size
1-10 people

About this agency on Agency List

Stel Design holds an Agency List Score of 74 out of 100.

That score is higher than 64% of the 36,919 agencies Agency List has assessed so far.

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Assessment date

Agency List assessed Stel Design in September 2026, reading 5 pages published on stel.design.

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