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Modern Product Design
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What to Consider When Prototyping
Prototyping service design serves a critical role in a modern product development efforts. Often times production of a prototype serves…
Well-Designed Products — and How We Build Them
Well-designed products make me happy. The feeling of holding a product and immediately understanding what it is and how I…
We’ve Found It! Transforming Product Challenges into Eureka Moments
Eureka! It only took two weeks and we finally had it. We had started with a blank canvas and we…
VR Prototyping Can Save you Thousands of Dollars
When you hear Virtual Reality Prototyping, do you think gaming somewhat instantly? if you do, you are not alone. But…
Top 5 Benefits of Outsourcing Your Product Development and Design Process
5 Top Benefits of Outsourcing Your Product Design Process Have you ever considered outsourcing product design? There are many advantages…
The SGW / Portsmith Partnership: Developing Products That Improve Human Existence
“Leave the world in better conditions in which you found it.” — Baden Powell At SGW, we reflect frequently on our…
The Influence of Budget on Development Projects
Talking about product development budgets can be uncomfortable. It is common for new clients to try to avoid the topic entirely.…
The Importance of Validating Use-Case
Over the years, our repeat clients have asked us to get more involved in their product development efforts, as opposed…
The Human Side of Engineering and Product Development
During my college years, a family friend asked what I was studying. They were quite surprised when I told them mechanical…
The 4 Levels of Prototype Development
So you have an idea. Maybe you know you’re going to need to show more than just an idea to…
Support Your Business with Product Documentation
How do you ensure customers know how to use your product? How can you help an installer avoid breaking components?…
Structuring Product Design Engineering Projects
The success or failure of a product development effort depends on many things. The development work itself will focus on…
Solar Product Development & Embedded Systems
There has been a great interest in Solar Product Development in recent years and as a result, product development engineering…
Should You Hire a Product Design Company?
Should you Hire a Product Design Company? Many of the smaller businesses we work with understand that in order to…
SGW Designworks Clients Recognized at 14th Annual Idaho Innovation Awards
“A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.”— Gary Hamel, Management Consultant This year marked the 14th annual…
SGW Designworks CEO Accepted into Forbes Business Council
"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others."—Bill Gates At SGW Designworks, our…
Revolutionizing the GSE Market: The AERO Specialties Story
When AERO Specialties first reached out to us in 2013, we were eager to work with them. The company, which…
Researching Product Prototyping Companies — And Finding the Right Fit
For many organizations, the decision to research product prototyping companies can feel like a leap forward in the production process.…
Reducing Risk in Product Development
We hear it every day, whether we are talking with a startup founder about model selection or with an engineering…
Prototyping Ultimate Goal
Design iterations or prototypes allow us to work out all the kinks in a product before it is complete. No…
Product Testing, 1,2,3…
“Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It’s coming up with ideas, testing principles, and perfecting the engineering, as…
Product Engineering with Insight: The SGW Philosophy
Any good product development engineer knows that, in addition to repetition and practice, they must think critically about how the…
Product Development in 2020: An SGW Perspective
Recently, several from SGW’s leadership team convened to discuss the state of product development in 2020 — specifically, trends and…
Product Design Services: How Outsourcing Can Reduce Your Cost
Many companies tend to think that the leanest way of operating is to focus on product design internally. This approach…
Portable and Rugged Product Design
For many, the term rugged product design evokes images of electronics built into thick plastic frames, military equipment, and the OtterBox.…
Nonstop to Taiwan: Cementing a Manufacturing Partnership with Megaforce
In recent months, you may recall reading about our new manufacturing management service offering, or seeing press coverage of our…
Mastering Embedded Software Design
Embedded Software Design: A New must have for Future Product Design Embedded software design programming permeates all corners of our…
Managing Innovation in Product Development Engineering
Product Development engineering in practice, as we have seen, relies heavily on the application of creative ideas into innovative products/processes.…
Let’s Talk Machines: 10 Processes Used to Make Product Prototypes
“You do not need to be Alan Greenspan to understand that the more things a machine can do, the bigger…
Lean Hardware Development: What’s Working Among Companies Large and Small?
If the terms “feature creep,” “waterfall,” and “agile methodology” are a regular part of your vernacular, it’s safe to assume…
Kicking off your Kickstarter
Kickstarter is fun for consumers. Where else do you get to browse hundreds of listings for cool or fun new…
Just Launched: New Solution-Based Service Offering
In our over ten years working with companies to accelerate their product development projects, we have learned a lot about…
IoT Product Development : Choosing the Right Web Services
If you’re planning to deliver an IoT (Internet of Things) product, you may have a solid concept for the IoT…
International Business: Benefits for Our Clients and the Classroom
Like most product designers and developers, we thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment. (We are problem solvers, after all.) As…
Injection Molding vs. 3D Printing – Which One, When?
As a product development company, we focus on applying lean principles and working with insight. This requires prioritizing frequent and…
Industrial Design Company SGW Designworks
Industrial Design Company In the world of product design and engineering, the term "Industrial Design" is used many different ways,…
Increasing Capabilities of VR Lead to Further Breakthroughs in Product Design
In recent years, virtual reality has all but revolutionized the world of product design (at least for the companies that…
Improving Human Existence — And Our Ethical Obligations As Product Developers
In 2019, we saw a lot happen from a product standpoint, from groundbreaking developments to unfortunate and sometimes tragic mishaps…
I’m a New Grad Who Chose Mechanical Engineering — Here’s Why
My path towards a career in mechanical engineering began at home as a kid, in a family where I am…
How Outsourcing to a Product Development Firm Speeds Up Time to Market
It’s no secret that it’s difficult — if not impossible — to make money on an idea if it doesn’t…
From Stanford to SGW: An Intern Product Designer Perspective
Hi, I’m Kenzie Roan — Boise born and raised, a Product Design student at Stanford University, and SGW Designworks’ summer…
From Sketch to CAD — The Engineer’s Drawing Board Then and Now
“When designing a part for a plastic injection mold, you should be able to put your pen down on a…
Empathy in Action: An Example of Empathic Product Design
“Empathy is one of our greatest tools of business that is most underused.”—Daniel Lubetzky, CEO, Kind When people hear the…
Electronic Product Design and Development — and the Technology That Makes It Possible
As time goes on, more products are designed with integrated electronics to provide specific functionality or connectivity. Businesses that have…
Drone Racing is Here to Stay
This month marked the first ever, National Drone Racing Championships in New York City as well as the first year…
Doing Our Part: Product Developers Behind the Scenes in the Age of COVID-19
We’ve been talking a lot lately about our mission here at SGW Designworks to “improve human existence” — and, in…
Developing Service Equipment (That Lasts)
In recent years, SGW has established relationships with companies whose products and equipment must hold up to incredibly harsh conditions…