The name was changed to frog design in 1982 (the name originating from an acronym for Esslinger's home country, the Federal Republic of Germany; it was originally styled exclusively in lower-case as an expression of its belief in a democratic place of work, where ideas are openly and freely shared, and in opposition to the capitalization of nouns in German).
The company underwent a name change to frog design in 1982 (stemming from an acronym for Esslinger's homeland, Germany; it was initially written in lowercase letters as a declaration of its commitment to a workplace where ideas are freely shared and valued, differing from the traditional capitalization of nouns in German).