Some development images of the X3 Tasklight, and in-use photograph.

http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/system404s_portfolio/default.aspx
Steampnk Star Wars- Sweeet

Development sketches and renders.

New products just hit the shelves. The fastest cutting circular saw in its class, and the first tasklight that uses standard fluorescent light bulbs. They turned out pretty sweet.

Sorry about the long delay with the posts. I have had ACL reconstructive surgery in the last month, and we are getting ready for our second daughter. It is amazing how easy it is to disrupt the flow of a blog :)

wow

We like our interns at CCi. They are a critical part of our
team.

Progression for the Rhino tutorial

 
http://www.ritasue.com/downloads/Get_a_Design_Job_2008.pdf
Awesome guide

xkcd.com- i dont know why I like this comic.

These are the jpgs that I used for reference for the Rhino tutorial

This is a work in progress tutorial going through an ID project from sketch to CAD and perhaps an RP model.

June 20: Here is a quick update. Been having a hard time uploading files.






















More on the way

I am testing out allowing anyone to post comments on this blog. Hopefully the site wont get spammed.

The Ryobi P715 flashlight.

Some development work on the P715 Ryobi Flashlight.

I love it when art and science join forces. Although I suppose this is more of an artistic expression with a lot of technical and programming muscle. Don't you hate the guys who can hold all that information in their heads and express it artistically? I respect engineers who understand aesthetics, and designers who can retain all the technical aspects of a project.

I just heard of another reason why to apply for design patents- to protect your tooling.
A co-worker was just telling me about a cancelled project. The tooling was owned by the factory and we did not want them to sell the final project under another brand name. Apparently this has happened in the past. We used a design patent to protect the tooling from being used by another company.

The Potato-head school of thought advocates the strict and reflexive application of design elements. With rigorous Git-R-Duun protocols potato-head designers and marketers gleefully slap on recognizable design elements onto their concepts.

Never is a potato-head designer happier than when confronted with a parts bin. Slap that grill on- instant Rolls Royce sub-compact. Forget all about stance, proportions and surface tension.

The potato-head designer knows that when you have to design the Rolls-Royce of speakers, you might as well use Rolls Royce design . Even better-you don't have to design your own elements. BRILLIANT!

If anyone is interested in joining please shoot me an email.