A small studio
a big impact
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BGDE — Bour Design Engineering — was founded in 2026 in Bern.
We design products and build them in Switzerland. The discipline runs both ways: the workshop teaches the design floor what's possible; the design floor pushes the workshop a millimetre further every project.
We work for clients on contract design and engineering, and we publish a small line of objects under our own name.
Four rules.
One material, well defined.
If a piece doesn't have a reason to mix metals, it doesn't.
Drawings, not promises.
Decisions live on a 2D drawing with tolerances. Everything else is conversation.
We prioritise local suppliers.
Every supplier we use, we've visited. The longest one is 90 minutes by train.
Shipped beats perfect.
Version one ships. Version two corrects. Version three is what was promised.
Guillaume Bour.
Founder · Design & engineering
I run BGDE on my own — design, CAD, prototyping and finishing all happen at the same bench. Working alone means the person who draws the part is the person who makes it, so nothing gets lost between a drawing and a finished object.