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At Helix, we consider 3D printing a fundamental component of our product development cycle, significantly expediting the development process.

Before we dive into the problem with product requirements documents, also known simply as PRDs or requirements documents, it’s worth reviewing their intended purpose in order to understand why they sometimes fail to deliver. In many cases, requirements documents can ultimately result in the opposite of their intention.

Exactly how much you need/work with your outsourced industrial design partner can impact the success of your project. Different internal design teams have different needs and different expectations

I’d like to share a tool that helps our team—and our clients—drive new product development projects. The following is a little background on how we came to realize

Tasked with designing products able to withstand extreme conditions, you need to factor in a product’s protection against intrusion from foreign materials and

Sometimes, when working in the early stages of the product design process AND you’re under deadline, you might feel that one of the ways to speed up the process is…

95% of new products fail. While inc.com highlights a handful of reasons they do so, I’d like to focus on those areas where we, as Industrial Designers can make an impact.

As an industrial designer, you will likely work on all kinds of product design projects. Depending on the particular focus, such as consumer goods, military, medical or…

In the last post we talked about design thinking, how it relates to industrial design, and the business value design thinking brings to both the business and the…

One thing that hasn’t changed in the thirty-plus years I’ve been an Industrial Designer is the importance of fabricating physical prototypes.