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Milestones

  • 1976: Design of Bobcat's logo and brand
  • 1985: Time Magazine's Best Designs of '85
  • 1990: Judy Worrell recognized in Who's Who in American Women
  • 2007: Qualified for the Inc. 5000

The Story

Worrell was founded in 1976 by Bob and Judy Worrell. In their first month of business, they secured two clients including Bobcat's brand and logo still in use today.

Worrell has grown substantially making Inc 5000's list of fasting growing companies. Now an international firm still headquartered in Minnesota, they do business in more than 13 languages worldwide. Still run with Bob and Judy's fundamental values, Worrell has created more than three decades of world-class design with Midwest roots to clients all over the globe.

Creating award winning work since inception, Worrell has been recognized throughout the years as an outstanding design firm that has emerged into a full service firm including creative engineering, a complete prototyping department, high end graphic design for product packaging and company identity work as well as a top-notch consumer and product research and strategy team.

Timeline

  • 1976 Bob & Judy Worrell found Worrell [View Image]
  • 1980 Worrell receives ID Magazine's Designer's Choice award for the KroyType 80 Lettering Machine
  • 1982 Worrell receives IDEA Excellence Award for the Kroy Laminator
  • 1983 Worrell receives Minnesota Graphic Designers Assocation's Award of Excellence for St. Jude Medical Annual Report
  • 1984 Worrell receives ID Gold award for Kroy 290 Lettering Machine
  • 1985 Worrell recognized in TIME Magazine's "Ten Best Designs of 1985"[View Image]
  • 1986 Worrell receives IDEA Award for Funiture and Fixtures with All Steel's Electronic Desking System - first in the USA[View Image]
  • 1986 Worrell featured in Minnesota Business Journal[View Image]
  • 1988 Worrell featured in Wall Street Journal, "When Product Design Carries a Message"
  • 1989 Judy Worrell recognized in "Who's Who of American Women" as CFO of Worrell[View Image]
  • 1990 Judy Worrell once again recognized in "Who's Who of American Women"
  • 1993 Worrell design of VideoLabs camera featured on the cover of UK product design magazine DESIGN 1993[View Image]
  • 1994 Worrell receives packaging award for VideoLab cameras[View Image]
  • 1996 Worrell receives IDEA Silver award for Cascade Medical's Blood glucose meter[View Image]
  • 1998 Worrell receives IDEA Silver award for KennelAire[View Image]
  • 1999 Worrell receives IDEA Gold award for New Leaf Bin[View Image]
  • 2001 Lipton Tea Brewer wins fourteenth annual EID Award[View Image]
  • 2003 Worrell receives IDEA Silver award for Handy Paint Pail[View Image]
  • 2003 Purchase of Virdev, an Eagan, MN-based product development firm
  • 2004 Worrell receives Gold MDEA award for Boston Scientific's Partner Rhythm Assistant[View Image]
  • 2004 Worrell invests in establishment of brand strategy firm Fusion Hill
  • 2004 Bob Worrell named as Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry Magazine's "100 Notable People"[View Image]
  • 2005 Popular Science "Best of What's New" - Personal Health Category for Tyrell's Zeno[View Image]
  • 2005 Worrell moves to Northeast Minneapolis design campus[View Image]
  • 2006 TEKNE Award for Honeywell's Vision PRO[View Image]
  • 2007 Worrell qualifies for Inc. 5000's list of fastest-growing private companies in America.
  • 2007 Worrell opens first international office in Shanghai[View Image]
  • 2008 IDEA Bronze Award for the design of the Wiegen Stroller[View Image]
  • 2008 Debut of NEW Magazine for Lateral Thinkers[View Image]

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