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Key product design & development steps for your new product or idea.

•Step 1 Come up with a great new idea for something that can be marketed. For instance, you may have an idea for a new watch face, or an idea for how peanut butter could be smoother. •Step 2 Make sure your idea can become either an actual product or design, or a process. If you have an idea for a new watch face, this would be a design. If you have an idea for making peanut butter smoother, you could develop a process. •Step 3 Determine the steps for getting your idea from an idea to the product/design or process. If

August 9, 2010

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iphone G3 solidworks native file

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I as recently searching for complete Solid Works 3D models for the Apple products. I came across an amazing data base of parts that allows you to download for free. I obtained a full 3D model of the iPhone 3D. I know you can purchase it off of Turbo Squid for $70 to 125 bucks, but if you developing systems that need to fit all major apple or hand held devices the costs to have these surfaced models can be extensive. On average these models run anywhere from $45 to as high as $135 per model. I found a site that has many of these devices for free including full SW

August 3, 2010

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Hand carved versus automated carved guitar body top

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Pillar has been working on a project to develop a production process of creating a flexible highly detailed custom guitar body tops at a cost and time effective manner. Art like carved top have always been and still is an amazing art form. But it is a very labor intensive and costly process to do. What if there was a process that could give you the artist type of value and quality with out the labor and time vested? This unique process allows for as similar up sell like customized cell phone covers but applied to musical instruments. Optimizing and defining product development process has been the most difficult

July 30, 2010

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Spotlight Hollow Handles bio-degradable utensil project

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The Pillar Product Design has teamed up with some very innovative clients with creative products this summer. We are working directly with a local client on developing a new and improved disposable bio-degradable cutlery meal kit utensils system. There are so many important factors when developing and improving an existing product such as this. It is like trying to reinvent the close pin. Everyday products that have with stood the test of time have evolved for a reason. That said it always to good to take a fresh approach to designs that have withstood the test of time, especially when new materials, technology and process are continuing to evolve and

July 27, 2010