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July 3, 2013
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Rhino Rig Gear
The Pillar Design team in Seattle WA. team up with Rhino Gear to develop the world class new Rhino Rig. This system is absolutely amazing, we had a chance to rapid prototype and CNC machined a sample to check the ergonomics, balance, functionality and weight. This project was about 4 months in development, but as you can see we have something to all be very proud of. This versatile rig system will allow professional photographers to fully dial in their rig for their specific shot or film with smooth balance and high accuracy. This complex 3D assembly is a combination of tool-less adjustment and ergonomic
June 19, 2013
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Cube X Duo
Pillar Product Design is proud to announce that we are now bringing on FDM prototyping services in-house for both clients and on going projects. The Cube X Duo is (2) head FDM machine that has very large 10.8″ by 10.45″ by 9.5″ build envelope. This machine also has the capability to run (2) materials and (2) colors. ABS plus and PLA in a variety of colors. This tool will assist us in speeding up the development process and helping our client’s bring products to market quicker. Also we will use this tool to shorten the transition from industrial design / concept development to 3D Solid
June 19, 2013
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Black Rapid’s Lensbling on the scene
The Pillar Product Design team just finished designing a complete set of lens covers for both Nikon and Canon for Black Rapid latest release the Lensbling brand. This set of caps and covers handles all the major sizes and models of camera lens for both Nikon and Canon. 3D modeling in Solid Works 2013 and scaling these caps accordingly was a challenge since Black rapid wanted this to be (3) color tri injection molded shot. The Pillar Design team work with Black Rapid’s in-house tooling manufacturer team to make sure we ended up with the right quality of part that would meet the desired material cost of
December 26, 2012
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Finishing out 2012.
The Pillar Product Design team would like to thank everyone we worked with, on having such a successful year. It was alot of hard work and we did some amazing things. We helped a number of client’s to fofill their dreams on getting their innovative products to market. Going into next year we are excited to work on new and innovative product ideas that will shape the market place. Happy Holidays and a happy new year.
October 30, 2012
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Culti-Sifter Urban Garden Tool on Kickstarter
Pillar Product Design of Seattle WA recently assisted CultiSifter in the development of a new urban ergonomic garden tool that will soon be released to the market. The CultiSifter team husband and wife duo has put there product on Kickstarter to get support in further developing this product for manufacturing. The product was recently premiered by Solid Concepts web site as well as used as a 3D solidworks complex surfacing example of the types and complexity of builds. We used a GF PA Nylon 12 Objet SLS process to get working and functional samples for testing. This would not have been possible 3 years ago, this technology allows our client and
September 14, 2012
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Flow Bindings New Active Strap Technology wins Snowboarder Magazine’s Platinum Awards
The New Active Strap binding technology known as NX-2 GT NASTY recently won the Snowboarders Magazine platinum product awards. The Pillar Product Design team worked with with the Flow team for nearly 2 years developing and performing mechanical engineering services on this new binding technology. It is definetly one of the hotest performing bindings on the market to date. We were very excited and honered to be involved in the development of the binding program and to work with such innovative individuals. Congrats for all the hard work and energy from the FLOW product management team for making this product idea a reality and turning
August 15, 2012
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Bon Hiver Snowboarding
The Pillar Product Design team is working with the new and innovative Bon Hiver Snowboarding group. Our goal is to push the line to the next level. The patented Bon Hiver system let’s the user set their straps and leave it. This innovative system allows the user to dis-connect and reconnect tot he board tool free and on the fly. One footed airs, foot plants in the pipe. This product really opens up some interesting opportunities.
July 17, 2012
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Pillar Product Design wins Notable 2012 Core 77 Design Awards for MTN Approach Ski
Dear Bob: Congratulations! You are the Professional Consumer Products Notable of the 2012 Core77 Design Awards! Thanks so much for participating and we’re excited about sharing the great news with our network. Here are your official Award details: = = = = = = = = = = = = Core77 Design Awards Consumer Products Professional Notable 2012 MTN Approach backcountry accent ski MTN Approach = = = = = = = = = = = = Share the great news with your friends: Core77 Design Awards Project Page: http://www.core77designawards.com/2012/recipients/mtn-approach-backcountry-accent-ski/ Core77 Design Awards Category Honorees: http://www.core77designawards.com/2012/award_category/consumer-products/ Twitter: I’m a Notable for the 2012 @Core77Awards for the Consumer Products category! #C77DA12 http://bit.ly/RuEZbC Your Jury Comments Well
March 20, 2012
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Travel + Leisure 2012 Design Awards
DGA (Digital Group Audio) worked with Pillar Product Design team on the product development of the Zipbuds anti-tangle free earbuds. In Travel + Leisure March 2012 edition was voted “Best Personal Gadget”.
February 10, 2012
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Pillar Product Design working with Wellgo Pedals
Pillar Product Design is very excited about working with the Wellgo team and developing new bike components. Personally, I have known and worked with Wellgo for over 15 years. Wellgo is an amazing team and offer world class manufacturing services. Wellgo I believe the largest supplier and manufacturer of bike pedals on the planet. The company is a family owned business and has been supporting and leading the mountain bike, downhill, commuter, road / race bike industry with their high quality world class designs.
January 30, 2012
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FLOW Snowboard 2013 Active Strap line
So with SIA wrapped up, it was exciting to see Flow’s new 2012- 2013 binding line “The Active Strap” be premiered for the first time. Pillar Product Design worked with the Flow team to develop this new technology. We assisted FLOW Snowboards on developing the active strap as well as the new ratchet lock ankle and toe buckle mechanism. You are looking at some serious product development work and enginuity at work. This binding design is a complete game changer for FLOW’S binding line. You are looking at the future. The active strap allows the straps to pull another 1″
January 23, 2012
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Back from Peru
I took a month off and went to Peru with My family for the month of Jan. We checked out some amazing Inca and pre-Inca ruins. One thing we came across that was amazing from an engineering stand point was an aqueduct system that was cut from solid stone using a harder stone. These aqueducts were nearly 8km in length and they used ingenious designs like throwing a 90 degree angle in the path to lower the water level and slow the flow. They used system like narrowing or splitting the aqueduct to raise the water to transfer the
October 19, 2011
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MTN Approach article in Outside Magazine
MTN Approach featured #1 innovative product in Outside magazine 2012 Radical Design Award. Stoked production product to hit the market soon. The bindings and straps on this system were developed by Pillar Product Design Seattle, WA
September 9, 2011
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Moving very rapid with Black Rapid
Pillar Product Design has been working directly with Black Rapid for over a 3 months now to benchmark new designs and develop innovative and ergo friendly camera / strap component and accessories. Black Rapid only uses the best of the best with the design, materials and construction. They do a ton of field testing as well as lab testing before any product sees the light of day. The Pillar Product Design team is very excited to be working in conjunction with the Black Rapid team.
September 9, 2011
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New Pillar Product Design web site on deck
The Pillar Product Design team has been working diligently with Horse Power Design developing our new web site. The site should be up and running in about 1 to 2 weeks. We have added a bunch of new projects as well as features for our clients to better interface with us. We also took a long look at making it easier to navigate and search the site for information. Every month we will be spotlight a client on our front page with a video feed. Here is a peek at our new face.