4sight inc. joins Product Ventures

4sight Inc. joins Product Ventures advancing the agency as a leader in structural packaging innovation. Stuart Leslie, Founder of 4sight Inc., joins Product Ventures as the new VP of Industrial Design.

Stuart has been innovating for the world’s biggest brands for over 35 years. He built his reputation by creating groundbreaking structural designs and life-changing product innovations. Stuart led the team at 4sight for the past 25 years, delivering transformative ideas that have consistently succeeded in the marketplace. 4sight will now bring their immense talent to Product Ventures as two leaders in structural innovation become one.

“Stuart and I go way back, first working together at Teague’s New York office back in the early 1990s. I’m thrilled to roll up our sleeves together again. Stuart’s talents and extensive experience will be a great addition to the team as we continue our mission to be the world’s leading resource for packaging innovation,” says Peter Clarke, CEO & Founder of Product Ventures.

Stuart will lead the Industrial Design department. Stuart brings an eye for breakthrough innovations, an acumen for maximizing client profitability through design, and a consumer-focused approach toward sustainability improvements in packaging.

Peter Clarke goes on to say, “We are seeing growing demand for our comprehensive service offerings, our unique capability to discover consumer unmet needs, and our ability to deliver meaningful and actionable solutions. Stuart and his team, along with our global expansion into the UK, sets the stage for sustained growth.”

Product Ventures brings an all-under-one-roof way of working with interdisciplinary expertise including brand strategy, graphic design, industrial design, mechanical engineering, packaging engineering, and consumer research.

“I am very excited to be joining forces with Peter and Product Ventures at last,” said Leslie. “Peter and I have been the greatest of competitors for years in this field and I have admired his team’s work since day one. I think our teams have helped push each other to new levels of capabilities and elevated the level of service to our clients because of this drive between us. We had always said, ‘One day we will do this on the same team,’ and finally it has come true.”