Tue, May 17 2011
Soon we’ll be launching the Colors/Material/Finish and Naming phases for Product 133, Howard Tseng’s Collapsible Hanger idea. Fast, right?
Howard’s original submission was so well worked out, we didn’t feel the need to go through our regular community design phases. His video said it all.
We reached out for Howard’s prototype, made some engineering/usability adjustments, styled it up and are nearly ready to launch.
Raymond Loewy (a famous industrial design guy) once famously said: “Never leave well enough alone.” But in this case, Howard had taken his concept so far along that there was very little left to do except polish it up and release it into the world. Help us put the finishing touches!
14 Comments
Clinton | 05/17/2011 2:18 PM
Since he did the work, I hope Howard gets the 5% usually awarded for Concept phase!
amp | 05/17/2011 2:58 PM
Ditto.
zabber | 05/17/2011 3:01 PM
I would have to agree to that!
PattiD | 05/17/2011 3:08 PM
I hope the community gets more opportunities for influence on this great product!
stalias | 05/17/2011 3:44 PM
I missed this one. Frickin’ brilliant.
Username (required) | 05/17/2011 4:27 PM
AwesoMe
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M Cavada | 05/17/2011 4:41 PM
ABSOLUTELY agree with Clinton, zabber and amp!
I also predict these to hit threshold in record time!
G.James | 05/17/2011 7:36 PM
Very nice..I wish I could put a presentation out like that.Says it all.
Howard Tseng | 05/18/2011 1:35 PM
Thank you all!
Lots of help would still be needed for the naming and CMF! I really look forward to hearing all the advice and comments from you!
jess | 05/18/2011 4:27 PM
Great work, Howard! Since we’re skipping the Concept and Refine design phases, you will be awarded the influence that was initially set aside for those projects.
Jeff J | 05/18/2011 4:30 PM
The product looks nice, but the shortening of the process is disappointing. The regular phases where the community provides input are the whole point of Quirky. Take that away and what’s left is not compelling enough to keep me coming back to the site.
Stalias | 05/18/2011 7:36 PM
I feel your pain, Jeff. At the same time, there wasn’t too much to improve upon. Howard did such a great job with this one!
MichelleB | 05/18/2011 9:58 PM
Did we miss the IP protection phase too?
d | 05/19/2011 9:00 AM
whatever could you be inferring MichelleB?