Fred Bould is far from a household name, but his small industrial design firm is behind some of the hottest gadgets currently on the market. You'd never guess it by visiting Bould Design's offices—the small team works out of a nondescript building right off of Highway 101 in Mountain View, Calif., nestled among auto body shops and burrito joints. But over the past few years, the firm has helped craft popular devices like the Roku 2 streaming player and GoPro's most recent wearable video camera, used to shoot extreme sports. Bould won't confirm, but his firm is also rumored to have helped develop the design for the Nest thermostat and smoke alarm (the thermostat is featured prominently on the company's website).

    Bould Design has won a number of industry-specific awards in recent years, but is still relatively unknown in more mainstream circles. That clearly hasn't stopped the soft-spoken designer from attracting some of the Valley's sexiest hardware makers. "They hear about us by word of mouth," he says. Here's a sample of some of Bould's most recent designs:

    Lively:

    This new, simplistic device is targeted at seniors (the system includes wireless sensors that attach to pillboxes and automatically notify relatives when grandma or grandpa forget to take their medication).

    虽然弗雷德•鲍尔德（Fred Bould）这个名字鲜为人知，但如今市面上许多炙手可热的小玩意都出自他名下的工作室之手。如果不亲自造访一趟鲍尔德工作室，你肯定无法想像这一切。这座小小的工作室隐藏在加州山景城101号高速公路旁，与几家汽车修理店和墨西哥煎饼连锁店比邻而居。过去这些年，鲍尔德工作室曾参与打造过不少大受欢迎的设备，例如Roku2流媒体播放器和GoPro最新推出的便携式极限运动摄像机。虽然鲍尔德本人矢口否认，但有消息称，他的其工作室还参与设计过Nest公司的恒温器和烟雾报警器（点开Nest的主页就可以看到那个晶莹剔透的恒温器）。

    虽然鲍尔德工作室赢得过许多工业设计大奖，但它在主流媒体面前仍属小众。不过酒香不怕巷子深，硅谷许多顶尖硬件制造商都亲自登门拜见这位性格温和的设计师。鲍尔德称：“我们靠口耳相传。”下面是鲍尔德工作室最近的一些作品：

    Lively用药管理仪

    这款全新的极简主义设备是面向老年人推出的（整套系统还包括放置在药品盒内的无线传感器。一旦老人忘记服药，这个小玩意可以立即自动通知亲属。）。

    Roku 2:

    Bould designed this sleek set top box and accompanying remote control, used for streaming movies and shows straight to television sets.

    Roku 2流媒体机顶盒

    鲍尔德设计了这款外形可爱的机顶盒及配套遥控器，它能在电视上直接播放流媒体电影。

    Nest Protect:

    Nest's new smoke alarm has transformed the lowly home device. (Bould declined to confirm his involvement with its design, but the smart smoke detector is featured on his firm's Facebook page).

    Nest Protect烟雾报警器

    Nest最新推出的烟雾报警器，颠覆了家用电器毫不起眼的传统形象？（虽然鲍尔德否认参与了设计工作，但其工作室的Facebook主页上却赫然可见这款智能报警器。）

    GoPro Hero3:

    The rectangular, waterproof video camera features a wide-angle lens and can be mounted on a helmet or bike handlebars.

    GoPro Hero3极限全景摄像头

    卡片式防水摄像机，具备全景镜头，能安放在头盔和单车把上。

    Logitech Squeezebox Radio:

    While it failed to make a significant dent in the digital music world, this Wi-Fi radio earned rave reviews for its external design.

    罗技手风琴收音机：

    虽然销量平平，但它别具一格的设计让评测者们交口称赞。

    Nambé Twist Cocktail Shaker:

    Bould dabbles in the non-techie world too. This helix-shaped martini shaker, designed for metal housewares maker Nambe, was once used as a prop on the television show Entourage.

    (Photos courtesy of Bould Design; Nest photo is courtesy of Nest)

    Nambé双曲式调酒器:

    鲍尔德在传统领域也有涉猎。这款螺旋型马提尼鸡尾酒调酒器是为金属家用器皿公司Nambe设计的，曾在《明星伙伴》（Entourage）电视剧中登台亮相。（财富中文网）

    (本文所有图片由鲍尔德工作室提供；Nest的图片来自Nest官方)

    译者：项航