Working to create ideas that should exist and bring them to life in the right way. Peter Bristol is an American industrial designer. Peter is currently head of industrial design at Facebook, leading the Oculus, Portal, and Facebook hardware design efforts. He was previously creative director of renowned Seattle-based product development consultancy Carbon Design Group. Parallel to his work at Facebook, Peter partners with design focused companies to develop furniture, lighting and other goods. His work blends form with function in uniquely appropriate ways making products that are inherently recognizable.
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2020
Popular Science: Top 100 innovation of 2020 for Oculus Quest
Tom’s Guide: Best VR Headset for Oculus Quest
2019
VR Awards: VR Hardware of the Year for Oculus Quest
Time Magazine: Best Inventions of 2019 for Oculus Quest
DrivenXDesign: Now Silver for Oculus Quest
2018
The Wirecutter: Best Standalone VR Headset for Oculus Go
IDEA Awards: Silver for Oculus Touch Controllers
Core 77: Notable Consumer Product for Oculus Touch Controllers
2017
Time Magazine: Top 25 Inventions of 2017 for Oculus Go
DARC Awards: Best Architectural Lighting for Juniper THIN Multiples Collection
VR Awards: VR Hardware of the Year for Oculus Touch
VR Awards: VR Headset of the Year for Oculus Rift
Interior Design Magazine: Best of the Year Finalist for Juniper Thin Diamond Sconce
2016
Core77 Awards: Winner of Consumer Products Category for Oculus Rift
Good Design Awards: Gold Design Award for Oculus Rift
2015
Astrid Awards Silver: Oculus E3 Tradeshow Booth
Hermes Creative Awards Gold: Oculus E3 Tradeshow Booth
2014
Good Design Award: Phamanex S3 Biophotonic Scanner
Good Design Award: Nymi Band
Good Design Award: VieVu2 Safety Camera
Appointed to advisory board for WWU Industrial Design
Judge for Spark Award Medical category
2013
Spark Awards Spark! Award: AM Surgical Stratos
CNET’s Most Beautiful Products of 2013: Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard
PC Magazine Editor’s Choice Award at the Ergo Expo: Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard
Judge for the Spark awards Student category
THIN task lamp for Juniper featured at Wanted Design NYC
Wirecutter “most comfortable ergonomic keyboard”: Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard
Spark Awards Bronze: Nu Skin Pharmanex Biophotonic S3 Scanner
2012
Mayan Experience 2012: Workshop Lead
Spark Concept Gold Award: Toggle Remote
IDEA Bronze Award: Microsoft Touch Mouse
2011
Cut Chair featured in the 2011 Bumbershoot’s “The Magic Show” Exhibition
Spark Pro Gold Award: Microsoft Touch Mouse
Spark Pro Bronze Award: Microsoft Express Mouse
Good Design Award: Microsoft Touch Mouse
Good Design Award: Microsoft Express Mouse
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2010
ID Magazine Annual Design Review Equipment Category judge
Spark Silver Award: Pathway Jetstream® System
Spark Silver Award: Nanopoint Microfluidics Controller
Good Design Award: Microsoft Mobile Wireless Mouse 4000
Good Design Award: Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000
Good Design Award: Nanopoint Microfluidics Controller
Good Design Award: Pathway Jetstream® System
2009
IDEA GOLD Nanopoint Microfluidics Controller
“LED Shade Lamp” displayed at Design Within Reach “Design a Classic” gallery show
IDEA GOLD Pathway PV Atherectomy System
Red Dot Honorable mention for Microsoft Bluetrack Explorer and Explorer Mini
ID magazine Design Distinction Award (Silver) Pathway PV Atherectomy System
ID magazine Product Category Winner (Gold) Nanopoint MicroFluidics System
IDSA NW “Best in Show” ad-hoc Award Nanopoint Microfluidics System
IDSA NW Gold Award Nanopoint Microfluidics System
IDSA NW Silver award Pathway PV Atherectomy System
2008
IDEA Bronze for Tippi FingerTip Grips Product and Brand
2007
IDEA gold for Nanopoint CellTray
Technical Innovation for the Microsoft Wireless mouse 8000
2004
IDSA Student Merit award
WWU BSID Senior of the year