AwardsPloom
Core77 Design Awards, notable professional 2011

Tegu
Dwell on Design Best in Show 2011
Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards, Specialty Toy 2014
Talks
2014
Power of Design: "Designer's Toolbox"
Appalachian State University

2012
Designing Change: “A look at how design thinking is shaping new business futures.”
San Francisco, CA

2009
DTS09. Design Thinking Symposium: “I’m Alex, this is Design Thinking”
Singapore
Publications
Contributor: Make Space: How to set the Stage for Creative Collaboration
Doorley, S., & Witthoft, S. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons

Patents
2015 “Single Serve Beverage Production Machine”
2016 “CLIP”
2016 “Seating Device Having Tilt Mechanism”

alexko.co

Alex Ko makes things.
Sometimes it’s food.
Sometimes it’s products.
Product DesignGraphic DesignFood

2015

Client
Latch

Latch, a NYC-founded smart lock startup, transformed urban entry by replacing physical keys with app-based Bluetooth access, enabling easy deliveries and guest access in thousands of apartment buildings. The company, which was accelerated at Techstars NYC, became a staple of modern NYC residential security. 
Project
Smart Lock Module

In the context of NYC multi-unit apartment buildings, a lock that’s not binary makes a lot of sense. Dog walker: Give them a unique code. A camera, hidden in the center of lens verfies their identity upon entry. Guests or AirBnb: Create temporary codes with expiration dates. Owner: recognize their proximity via bluetooth and automatically unlock. Role
Product Design Engineer

Sometimes, the simple things are hard to do. The singular black lens is both capacitive touch, and deadfront, hiding not only special films and masks, but also a wide-angle camera. Made of ultrasonically welded polycarbonate, the lens is both tough and weather-sealed. Encrypted lines leading to another PCB on the opposite side of the door protect from electronic hacking.
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PCB Module
Deadfront lens trials
IP65 and destructive test prototypes
Industrial Design: Thomas Meyerhoffer
Design for Manufacturing: PCH Intl
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