Lee Fletcher is a partner at Fig40, an industrial design firm that collaborates with some of the world's most progressive thinkers to make objects that matter.
Fig40's practice is structured to craft solutions that are approachable, neighbourly and elemental.
The firm takes a contextual approach to designing objects, integrating the entire product development spectrum from concept development to mechanical design, implementation, promotional support and product education. The result is work driven by a pragmatic idealism that embraces the greater good while remaining grounded in performance.
Coming from a mechanical engineering background, it is a critical tenant in Fig40's process to collaborate deeply with manufacturing. From initial design intent up to execution and production, the firm takes pride in creating designs that our clients can make- easily and within cost targets.
Last updated in 2019
Almost every small business today is looking for “the great what’s next” — how do we navigate the current challenges and what will things be like when we’re through them? This is …
fig40 - Medium | December 4, 2020
fig40 b-sidesFig40’s B-Sides.“Love your experiments (as you would an ugly child).”-Bruce Mao, An incomplete manifesto for growthIn the days of vinyl singles, the song you bought was the …
fig40 - Medium | December 16, 2019
Panton Series 430 ChairTransubstantiationTo call a work of architecture or design beautiful is to recognize it as a rendition of values critical to our flourishing, a transubstantiation of our …
fig40 - Medium | November 12, 2019
https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/living-here/bulky-items-and-appliances.aspxThings left at the curb on garbage day make me sad.I’m one of those people who thinks ‘things’ have identity, they …
fig40 - Medium | October 1, 2019
MilanDesign week in Milan is a really glorious affair. To start with, it’s in Milan, it’s in the spring and it’s the culmination of so much of the world’s creative energy. On my first visit a …
fig40 - Medium | May 14, 2019
