Fresh thinkers.
Interdisciplinary skills.
Experienced doers.
How the action figures are made: the making of
About us
Tribecraft is an interdisciplinary team of experts that develops strategies, products, and services for clients. Launched in 1999 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, Tribecraft’s innovation lab now engineers next-generation solutions for a wide range of industries.
Working for you
So you want to start a project.
Are we the right partner for you?
Give us a call:
We can often sense early on if we can be of any use to you.
Your contact:
Uwe Werner > Innovation
Daniel Irányi > Design
Jörg Evertz > Engineering
Drop by:
We can discuss your proposal in depth in the innovation lab
and show you some case studies of how we get things off the ground.
Are you ready for something new?
Starting a project
After an initial meeting, we will work up a project outline and/or a quote. You will always have the same contact persons, who will run the project in manageable stages that can be properly budgeted. Project progress will be discussed at interim meetings and results presented in reviews or milestone meetings, where the next tranches of work will be defined as required.
Confidentiality
At Tribecraft, confidentiality and discretion are a given, from the very first contact and for every project. If you would like us to sign a non-disclosure agreement, please send us a draft in advance. We share data with clients using our own protected servers.
Patents
Our work often results in patents and other property rights. We generally cede all rights to the client and can provide help with IP research and patent-filing.
Awards
Our work regularly wins innovation or design prizes; this may be of greater or lesser interest to clients, depending on their business segment and positioning, but we are happy to help with selection, preparation and submission of entries.
Structures and measures
Innovation is a demanding business that presents both internal and external challenges. Are your departments ready to bring a brand new product to market? Are you willing to adapt your in-house structures? Even the best innovations stand little chance of success if the ground is not properly prepared within a company.
Working with us
Job vacancies
We are looking for an Engineer in innovation and product development. University / or Univ. of applied science degree in mechanical engineering.
Several years of experience preferred, 3D CAD (NX and ANSYS preferred) - from ideation work to the finished product. German (business fluent) and english. Please send your applications to Uwe Werner.
Internships
We offer internships lasting a minimum of three months to engineering and design students who have started their fourth semester, but have not yet graduated. If you are interested, please send your electronic application to Daniel Irányi for design, to Jörg Evertz for engineering. A knowledge of German is expected.
Unleashing potential.
Creating the new.
We develop products, strategies and services. We show our clients where the path can lead and how they can best reach that destination. We know how to turn ideas into reality by using our skill set.
SBB railway stations
Case: optrel weldcap
Cutting-edge from the quiet countryside
Case: Geberit Monolith
Functional sophistication, outstanding design
APLIQUIQ
Caree
Acvatix actuators
Blue Diversion toilet
Case: Leggero
Trailers — not hangers-on
Digital metal
Pixy
Report
Not all heroes wear capes
Floor-even showers
Case: Bosch sabre saw
Breaking things down intuitively
unchained
PAC-car II
Report
Crate expectations
Caree
SBB railway stations
Case: optrel weldcap
Cutting-edge from the quiet countryside
Case: Geberit Monolith
Functional sophistication, outstanding design
Floor-even showers
Pixy
PAC-car II
unchained
Case: Leggero
Trailers — not hangers-on
Case: Bosch sabre saw
Breaking things down intuitively
APLIQUIQ
Digital metal
Report
Not all heroes wear capes
Blue Diversion toilet
Acvatix actuators
Report
Crate expectations
SDAL
Access series barrier
D.bow
Small urban buildings I City of Zurich
terraFix
geotwin
PushFit
Penthouse
Degrader
251°
Lasersonic
Zenotec T1
e-Line Familie
Urban Kit
Syncros Accessories
Opium
Excitation Control
Washbasin Trap
Sigma 80
Fina
Henry
Synergy
Acvatix actuators
Caree
Blue Diversion toilet
Pixy
SBB railway stations
APLIQUIQ
Floor-even showers
PAC-car II
Digital metal
unchained
Case: optrel weldcap
Cutting-edge from the quiet countryside
Case: Geberit Monolith
Functional sophistication, outstanding design
Case: Leggero
Trailers — not hangers-on
Case: Bosch sabre saw
Breaking things down intuitively
Report
Not all heroes wear capes
Report
Crate expectations
“Tribecraft uses creative and systematic methods to arrive at strikingly innovative and user-friendly solutions.”
“The collaboration is consistently excellent: the Tribecraft team is friendly yet firm, constructively critical if needed and always focused on the final outcome.”
“We do our evolutionary product development in-house but for revolutionary product development, we turn to Tribecraft.”
“Tribecraft’s ability to explore new scenarios and applications in depth uncovered potential solutions we would not have found on our own.”
“When it comes to collaboration, development, quality and creativity, Tribecraft meets the highest standards.”
“The Tribecraft team excels at generating new, creative solutions and powerful, marketable USPs, as well as at transposing these ideas into real products.”
“Because they question the status quo, (…) Tribecraft comes up with refreshingly new ideas and concepts, on which we can then build.”
Our clients also include:
