ABOUT WORKSHOP EIGHT

Everyone has great ideas. Not everyone has the tools.

Workshop Eight is an Indianapolis product design consultancy for individuals and early-⁠stage startups. You bring the idea and what you already know. I bring the engineering and the tools to build it.

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The origin

It started at MIT

The idea for Workshop Eight goes back to my time studying mechanical engineering at MIT. Whenever I looked around, people were working on so many different things, at such a rapid pace. It blew my mind how quickly an idea could become something real once people had the skills and the tools, and how many ideas everyone seemed to have.

That's where I came to believe that everyone has great ideas. What not everyone has is the tools to make them real, and I wanted to bridge that gap.

Meet Eight

  • Christopher "Eight" Krause, founder
  • MIT graduate in mechanical engineering
  • Concentration in electromechanical design
  • Based in Indianapolis

The vision

Great ideas shouldn't need a big company behind them

When I looked into becoming a product design consultant, I found that most consultancies work mainly for big companies. I wanted to work with individuals and early-stage startups instead: the people with ideas worth building.

So I started Workshop Eight in Indianapolis to connect people's ideas and abilities with the technical side of product design.

Whether you come with a finished file, a rough idea or a product in development, there's a place to start.

Who I work with

  • Inventors with an idea to develop
  • Early-stage entrepreneurs
  • Small businesses that need technical product support
  • Makers and artists

Have an idea you'd love to see made? Let's talk it through.

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