Good design captures what we love in the world around us while maintaining functional significance for a pleasurable experience.
At Henning Product Development, we believe good design has universal appeal. When a product is designed well, it will attract more buyers. An investment in good design is a good investment. Done right, your ROI is immediately felt.
Our design process reaches back into the traditional styles that have come to define our perception of products. We bring in modern aesthetics offered by current materials and manufacturing techniques to help give the product universal appeal.
We draw our inspiration from many sources. Artworks are a great source, and going to a good museum is one of our favorite pastimes. As the artists whose works grace a museum's halls, we also draw our inspiration from those that have come before. From the beauty of nature to the awe of industrial marvels, the piety of charitable acts and the imagination of science fiction, inspiration is all around us.
We love the back of the envelope.
Our best work is done on the "back of the envelope". As a challenge of a new project settles in and begins to take shape in the eye of the imagination, inspiration strikes at any time. We always carry a pencil and paper for these exact moments.
Once an idea is formed, new ones come quickly. Computers today, as advanced as they may seem, are too slow to capture ideas as they happen. That's why we start our work with paper and pencil. Paper and pencil allows rapid exploration of ideas and often sparks new directions. These basic tools are the foundation of our work and what we present as our initial concepts.
Narrowing down the focus.
We share our pencil sketches with our clients at our first review meeting. This allows you to get a sense of our style with very little investment. These meetings often spark more sketches and allows you to direct important aspects of the product.
We take this input back to the shop for refinement. At this stage, we begin to conceptualize the design in three dimensions using Computer Aided Design (CAD).
No idea is a bad idea.
We strongly believe in "green light" thinking at the early stages. "Green Light" is a term we first heard from Dr. Paul MacCready, the brilliant engineer who created the first human-powered plane to cross the English Channel among other great accomplishments. Although a strange idea may seem absurd, it causes one to think differently and may lead to a true breakthrough.
Pencil sketches allow for a more natural product design and allow us to capture ideas as they happen.
Visual representations of your product are presented in high-definition PDF files to gain feedback from key stakeholders and potential customers.
Color, texture and materials are combined with studio or natural lighting effects to bring data files to life.
Attention to the final details make for award winning designs!
Taking your idea to the next level of realization.
Once a general design direction is achieved, we translate two-dimensional sketches into three-dimensional computer models. We use Parametric Technology's CREO software. It has the power to collaboratively develop an idea into any shape, geometric or organic. Key features are explored and the design of your product takes shape.
We distill these models to their essence – removing unnecessary details and refining the shapes to a few variations. We utilize our photo-realistic rendering services to create visual representations of your product. These can be printed in high resolution, posted to a website or sent via e-mail as high-definition PDF files. These renderings allow you to gain feedback from key stakeholders and potential customers.
We also offer 3D Printing services for rapid prototypes of your designs. In addition to plastic printing, we have resources in machining and other fabrication techniques to deliver a looks-like/works-like prototype of your product. This is a one-off model that aims to be as close to a production part as possible. Contact us for more details.
Our product design models are primarily for form and space-claim. Once a design is approved, we prepare our CAD files as shells for the next stage of development. We deliver CAD-neutral files for import into almost any 3D CAD software program. From here, you can utilize our engineering services or your own engineering resource to integrate internal components for final production drawings.