Studio Gekko

Studio Gekko is a young design agency with a technical background and a focus on industrial product design.If you want to expand your product portfolio or just need some refreshing input, we might be the solution for you!

Did you know...

that gekko's are the only reptiles that can produce sound and that the name "gekko" is derived from the kind of sound they make?

that gekko's are opportunistic- and sight-hunters? Once they bite another life form they won't let go for hours and hours.

that the toes of gekko's have a special adaptation that allows them to adhere to most surfaces without the use of liquids or surface tension?
Lucky Lizards

Gekko's are an ancient group of reptiles. The New Latin 'gekko' and English 'gecko' stem from the Malay 'gēkoq', which is imitative of the sound the animals make. Gekko's are the most species rich group of lizards and belong to the infraorder Gekkota, found in warm climates throughout the world.

The "house gekko" in particular are much appreciated and found useful in warm climates, because they don't care about humans and clean up enormous quantities of insects. In some countries, like China, medicinal properties are attributed to gekko's and some species are even seen as bringers of luck.
Sticky Business

Gekko's are known for their ability to climb any smooth surface, even vertical and upside-down glass. This is because the spatulae tipped setae on gekko footpads facilitate attractive forces called van der Waals forces to arise between the spatulae structures and the surface.

However, a gekko can't turn these adhesive powers 'on' and 'off'. A gekko sticks immediately to a surface when it's toes make contact and can only come loose when the toes are under an angle. Their toes therefore bend in the opposite direction from human fingers and toes.

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Studio Gekko is a young design agency with a technical background and a focus on industrial product design.

If you want to expand your product portfolio or just need some refreshing input, we might be the solution for you!

Studio Gekko