About us
Supermechanical makes well-designed home products that happen to be connected electronics. We believe in a kinder, gentler future for consumer electronics that let you worry less and do more.
Founded in 2011, Supermechanical grew out of designer/software developer John Kestner's graduate work at the MIT Media Lab, where he explored ways to incorporate connectivity into the physical interfaces of everyday objects. We're designer-engineers who have appeared in all your favorite media, from the Wall Street Journal and Metropolis to Wired and Better Homes & Gardens.
Consulting
We've got extensive experience designing, developing and manufacturing physical/digital products. We can help with proof-of-concept prototypes to product strategy to production code, and anything in between—contact us.
Media inquiries
Press
- Wall Street Journal
- Holiday Gift Guide: Merry, Meet Modern
- Alert: Your Plant Needs Water - New Wireless Sensors Are Connecting Everyday Objects With People
- GigaOM
- Cooking with my iPhone: A reivew of Supermechanical's Range thermometers
- The Unofficial Apple Weblog
- Grillin' iOS-style with Supermechanical's Range thermometers
- Fast Company
- Range: An iPhone Thermometer From The Maker Of Twine
- Wired
- Profile on John Kestner. Wired: Design Life Issue. Feb. 2014: 61. Print.
- Range featured on "Wish List: Guiltless gift guide." Wired. Dec. 2013: 168. Print.
- Kickstarter: An iPhone Kitchen Thermometer, From the Inventors of Twine
- Beautiful Table Future-Proofed With Digital DNA
- The Verge
- Twine review: the little blue box that hacks the world around you
- Cool Hunting
- John profiled in Audi Icons series
- One of MIT Media Lab's brightest minds bringing the physical back into digital worlds
- Metropolis
- Beautiful Table Future-Proofed With Digital DNA
- NPR Marketplace Money
- John interviewed by Tess Vigeland
- New York Times
- Why a Budget Is Like a Diet — Ineffective
- Domus
- Tableau by John Kestner
- Gizmodo
- This Ingenious Nightstand Prints Photos and Scans Handwritten Notes
- CNN
- Wallet keeps you from shelling out cash
- ABC News
- Electronic Wallets Shrink With Your Spending
- Engadget
- Proverbial Wallets make your metaphysical money a little more tangible
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Customer support:
Range smartphone thermometer
Twine home WiFi sensor
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Mailing address
P.O. Box 40133
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 814-7186