Ammunition is a

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, design studio founded in 20017 by

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. The current managing partners are Robert Brunner and Matt Rolandson. The company designs hardware, software, and graphic identities for many companies, including

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Notable projects

Barnes & Noble Nook

Ammunition developed the industrial design, user interface and accessory system for the

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Smartisan T1 smartphone

In May 2014, the company designed the Smartisan T1 and T2 smartphones for China-based Smartisan Technology Co. Ltd. The company won several awards for their design.

Awards

Ammunition has been recognized with numerous international design awards from the

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, Core77 Design Awards,

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, and the Good Design Awards (Chicago). *In 2014, Ammunition won a

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award in the "Smartphone & Accessory" category for the Smartisan T1 smartphone. *In 2014, Ammunition announced that their work was recognised in the Product and Graphic categories of the Spark Awards and won 10 awards *In 2015, Ammunition won an iF Gold Award for the Smartisan T1 smartphone. *In 2016, Ammunition won the Cooper Hewitt Product Design award for noteworthy projects including

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, the

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glowstache and the UNICEF Kid Power Band.UNICEF ask Ammunition to design a wearable that keeps kids active
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IF Product Design Award for Smartisan T2 smartphone

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