Nerve Action, Jeff Beene, Product and Furniture Design, Somerville, MA, 617-642-5873 Nerve Action, Jeff Beene, Product and Furniture Design, Somerville, MA, 617-642-5873

Urban Kitchen: smart, simple products for the urban chef

The user: The modern, nomadic apartment dweller.
The problem: Limited kitchen counter and cabinet space.
The solution: Clever products that make smart use of limited room.

Boston Warehouse

The Greens

The Greens

Made from an exciting new recycled material, the Greens are a premium line of kitchen goods. Gaining high retailer demand and a major award nomination before they were even available, these hand-tools have exceeded all expectations.

Levy Design and Manufacturing

Davis Dining Chairs

Davis Dining Chairs

With a nod to Frank Gehry’s Easy Edges furniture, these dining chairs elegantly highlight both the strength and beauty of corrugated cardboard.

AeroLamp

AeroLamp

Inspired by an airplane fuselage, this halogen lamp is assembled from 15 parts in a tab-and-slot fashion; the entire structure is held together with only 2 screws.

Oregon Scientific

Oregon Scientific Brainstorming Sessions

Oregon Scientific Brainstorming Sessions

Guiding group concept generation is a tricky business, requiring the lead to give direction without crushing ideas.

Boston Warehouse

Animal House

Animal House

These products are part of a line of over 30 tools that put some fun into cooking. The products’ playful natures belie a strong focus on ergonomics and function.

Global Protection Corporation

ONE Condom Packaging

Who thinks cardstock boxes layered in garish graphics and hygienic phrases is a sexy thing to leave on your nightstand? Definitely not ONE Condoms, so they brought us in to design a sleek, clean package that a modern boy or girl of today won’t mind keeping around.

Innov-X Systems

MobiLab X-50

This piece of portable laboratory equipment uses X-ray spectroscopy to safely analyze material samples in the field. Launched in 2007, it received the 2007 Gold Award at the IBO Industrial Design Awards

Levy Design and Manufacturing

Cadence Modular Cardboard Shelving

Cadence Modular Shelves

Show us a designer wouldn’t be psyched to develop shelving made from cardboard, and we will show you a boring wiener-kid.

Cable Table

Cable Table

Nerve Action’s first self-released project, this sexy side table was created for the nomadic lifestyle of modern apartment dwellers: it packs flat, but is dead-simple to assemble:

 

Step 1: Insert rod. Step 2: Tighten nut.