Your idea. Our expertise. Built together.
For more than 30 years, Tarlow Design has helped entrepreneurs, inventors, startups, and companies turn early ideas into physical products. Based in San Rafael and serving clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, we bring industrial design, engineering, prototyping, and product development together under one roof.
We work closely with our clients throughout the development process, balancing form, function, ergonomics, manufacturability, and user experience. From an early sketch or concept to a functional prototype and manufacturing-ready design, each step is collaborative and built around your vision, goals, and the people who will ultimately use the product.
We ask the right questions.
What problem are we solving?
Before designing a solution, we always make sure we understand the problem, the people experiencing it, and what existing products are missing.
What does success look like?
We consider your goals, target market, key features, development costs, and what the product needs to accomplish for users and stakeholders.
How do we make it real?
From engineering and ergonomics to prototyping and manufacturing, we think ahead to how an idea can become a functional, viable product.
Our StoryOur journey has been anything but ordinary. Through every step, we've focused on staying true to our values and making space for thoughtful, lasting work.
Our Founder:Ken Tarlow
A full member of the Industrial Designers Society of America and authored "Mind To Money," a 220-page book about the product development process. He founded Tarlow Design LLC in 1984 to help entrepreneurs, inventors, and corporations design, develop, manufacture, and license innovative consumer products.
Ken Tarlow has 75 patents issued in his name as either a sole inventor or as a co-inventor. He is listed in "Who's Who of American Inventors."