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Our track record speaks for itself. We consistently create market-changing products that energize the companies who sell them. Our products celebrate their function, with an unabashed future-optimistic design language that proudly exclaims, "Things can get better!"
We offer a complete array of services to help people with ideas make them reality. We work with individual inventors as well as Fortune 500 corporations. We can guide inventors through every step of the process, starting with the initial design. We can shed light on the intricacies of manufacturing, both domestic and overseas, and we can assist sales teams by building sophisticated e-commerce websites that communicate directly and automatically with warehouses and fulfillment centers. Whatever your product, wherever you are in the process, we can help you make your vision a reality.
(top)Product Development – We can execute and/or guide the entire process of creating a product from generating concepts up to the point of manufacturing.
Invention – If you've spotted a problem that could use a good design solution, we can figure out what it could and should be! That's what we do. We consistently deliver market-changing results, marrying bold, striking design to painstakingly-considered market feasibility.
Intellectual Property (IP) – We can help advise you on how best to use patents and trademarks to create value for your invention and make the decisions about when and how to spend money on IP for the best ROI.
Product Design – We will generate the form and function of your product to make it irresistible to your consumer. We can test several possible themes and render them photo-realistically so you can evaluate them. Our design aesthetic is sleek and functional, with always a hint of joy.
3D Modeling – We will create your product in a 3D CAD format (STL, IGES, SLD, ProE, etc.) for market evaluation and can export models that factories can use to engineer the product for production.
Prototyping – Through our network partners, we can direct the creation of quality prototypes, aesthetic or functional, at all levels of sophistication, in the US or in China.
Engineering Design – We can get your product engineered for production with quality, reliability and cost considerations balanced for optimal results.
Electrical Engineering – We can project manage the circuit development for your product through a variety of deployable resources in the US and China.
(top)Manufacturing – Getting your product made and to market is a complicated process that has many moving parts. We have years of experience getting things made and can help guide the process and provide resources for doing it.
Domestic & Asian Sourcing – We have relationships with numerous factories in the US and Asia providing an array of high-value manufacturing services. They can provide virtually all types of manufacturing, from electronics, to die-casting, to plastic molding and assembly.
Quality Control – We have a quality control team in Asia contracted to supervise all of your shipments and inspect them for defects, a vital component of any overseas manufacturing operation.
Import/Export – We have done them both, and have relationships with freight forwarders and other necessary service providers to help you establish your own import/export operation.
(top)Branding – Give it personality! When people see your product on the shelf, we want them to jump. The brand is how all the elements – product design, graphic design, name, and package design – interact to create an "identity" for your product and for your company.
Naming – We love the name game and its unique challenges. Not only must you have a memorable name, it must not violate someone else's trademark. The availability of web URLs must also be considered. Our Starnamers naming service will set you apart from the competition.
Graphic Design – Great graphic design is vital to the success of your product. In order to compete in today's marketplace, you must meet the high expectations of the consumer.
Package Design – The package is its own design project, with an array of options and eco-decisions to make. There is a science to the presentation of the information printed on packaging. We can help make packaging that maximizes the success of your product.
(top)Consulting – We can help guide the complicated process of setting up and launching a business – developing, marketing, and selling product concepts.
Licensing – We have extensive experience licensing products. We can help you identify potential licensees, help craft and negotiate the license, and manage the licensee after the contract is signed.
Design Strategy – How do you integrate Design into your company? We will help you conceive and implement a plan. Design can transform your entire company, from how your products look and function to the execution of customer service.
Strategic Consulting – How should you go to market? What order should you develop products in? Should you license or manufacture your product? We can help you analyze the decisions and gather the information required to make them.
Brainstorming – Pick our brains about any aspect of your product development process. How to get past the next step. Decide what to do for your next few steps. Or get some good ideas.
