ABOUT ME

ABOUT ME

Francois Kern is a creative product designer, engineer, and inventor that thinks outside the box. Using his background in materials and processes, Value Added Designs is able to design products from medical to kayaks. We develop concepts for manufactured products that are not only functional and beautiful but manufacturable.

Minimal yet elegant! Francois Kern designs products that people want to buy. WE can even give an old product a facelift. Value Added Designs combine art, business, and engineering to make products that people use everyday. They evoke excitement and have an appeal beyond their functional use.

We combine an aesthetic appeal with creative problem-solving. The product is easily manufacturable and durable.

Throughout the product ideation stage Value Added Designs can help companies avoid inefficient design, inflated costs and needless delays with fresh, focused thinking.