Industrial Design is the conception, communication, and production of consumer products for specified markets.



It starts with market and user research to gain an understanding of the landscape that this new object will live in and the properties it must have in order to succeed.  I look at objects, study behavior, and draw conclusions about the product based on these findings.



Ideation explores and determines the look and feel of a product through sketches and/or mockups.  When the direction is narrowed I nail down the specifics with illustrations, renderings, and/or scale drawings.



Virtual integration combines these design decisions into the format required to start producing units.  The deliverables for this stage may include a 3D model, tech pack, control drawings, pattern, bill of materials and/or material samples.

 

Prototyping is the key to trouble shooting.  Build, test, rifine, repeat.

By building simple versions of the product to test individual features we can be sure that the product passes the criteria agreed upon in earlier phases.  This may manifest as machined parts, 3D prints or hand fabricated objects.

 

A beta model is the last step before factory production. It will be documented and reproducable by the chosen vendors and manufacturing methods.  All off the shelf parts will be catologued and ready for wholesale ordering.