Tools

CONSUMER PRODUCTS ONLY. Products or services designed for individual use with the intention of improving efficiency and productivity. Examples include: hardware tools, productivity applications, educational tools, etc.

2026 Tools Jury

  • Jury Captain

    Scot Herbst

    Creative Director, Partner Herbst Produkt

    Scot is the Creative Director and Partner at Herbst Produkt, a design consultancy created with his father, American design pioneer Walter Herbst. The studio features a dynamic mix of work across consumer technology, healthcare and lifesciences, consumer packaged goods, furniture, and autonomous vehicles. From nimble startups to established Fortune 100 global brands their work coalesces a multidisciplinary team that includes ID, HF, UX, digital, brand, packaging, engineering and CGI,

    Over the years the team at Herbst has won numerous global design awards and been featured in design and business publications including The Wall St Journal, Business Week, Wired, Inc. and Fast Company and their designs have been showcased in MoMA and numerous design exhibitions. Today their diverse client/partner roster includes Google, Logitech, Brita, Crate & Barrel, Burts Bees, Dolby, the Home Depot, Clorox and others.

    In addition to his role at Herbst, Scot is also the Chief Product Officer at Slice Inc., an innovative brand of ceramic bladed hardware that Scot helped build and grow and was recently acquired.