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WINNER INTERVIEWS / 2023
Raquel Fuentes.
Avive Solutions · United States
Raquel Fuentes, the co-founder and president of Avive Solutions, has developed new ways to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Avive Solutions were the youngest founding team to receive FDA approval for a Class III medical device and have been named to Forbes' annual 30 Under 30 list.
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Everything that we do at Avive Solutions centers around improving survival rates of cardiac arrest. There are over 350,000 cardiac arrests every year, a ~10% national average survival rate that hasn
What does “design” mean to you?
To me, the best designs appear so simple that they seem obvious. They are aesthetically pleasing, but more than anything they are useful at each level for which they
Congratulations! As the winner of the 2023 NY Product Design Awards, what does it mean to you and your company and team to receive this award distinction?
It is fantastic to receive recognition for everything that the Avive team has been able to accomplish! It speaks to the thoroughness, quality, and importance of the work that we
What was the biggest challenge with this project?
The stakes during the use of this device couldn
What is your key to success? Any parting words of wisdom?
To do your best work, you need to have conviction about what you do. That may be because you really care about your area of work, because you are good at it, because you find it interesting, or something else entirely.
Maybe you enjoy working in a particular industry, a particular style, a particular phase of a project, or just the process of difficult problem solving. Different people and different designers will have vastly different preferences, but I find it critical to folks doing their best work for a prolonged period of time, avoiding burning out, and feeling fulfilled in what they do.
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