Design Theatre – Life in the Product Design Trenches

I am excited to announce that I will be appearing on a panel called “Getting It Built” at the upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt event in New York City.  The subject matter should be something along the lines of a live Q&A, not dissimilar to the comment dialogs that my recent posts have evoked here and on CrunchGear.com.  If you’ve found these posts interesting and  you’re in the NYC area next week, I would look forward to meeting you at the event.

The third installment of “Going It Alone” is tentatively scheduled for simulcast on CrunchGear.com and right here on DesignTheatre.net the weekend of May 1st.  The working title for the next part is “Going It Alone Part III: Inside the Factory Walls”.  I plan to do a parallel dissection of one of American Innovative’s products and the factory anatomy that was responsible for creating it.  I welcome your suggestions in advance (please comment on this post) and I will try to address as many of those as possible in creating the piece.  Looking forward to it!

At CrunchGear.com As of April, 12, 2010

Just a quick word of thanks for the overwhelming response that I got to the two-part “Go It Alone” series that was published on CrunchGear.com this past weekend.  Commentary was active and generally very intelligent.  I appreciate you letting me know that there seems to be interest in this subject matter and in subsequent posts.  I also appreciate the comments from those who seemed to accurately ascertain that I am new to the blogging world and to ignore the “haters”.  Watching the commentary unfold in real-time was truly a great introduction to this world for me and I look forward to delving into it further here at DesignTheatre.net.  Many of you voiced in the CrunchGear commentary that you’d like to see a “Part III”.  If you haven’t yet voiced that, but would like to, be sure to add a comment over there as well.

Thank you again,
Adam

Good afternoon!  Today is Saturday, April 10th and the formal launch date of DesignTheatre.net.  This blog is inspired by my work as a product designer but more so by my role of chief entrepreneur, President and founder of American Innovative in Boston, MA.  I am frequently asked things like:

• How did you found the company?
• How did you get the ideas for your products?
• How do you patent something?  And the all-time favorite …
• How do you make stuff in China?!

This blog will be a forum by which I can reveal some of my experience in a casual and fun way that I hope will bring both enjoyment and knowledge to my readers.  I welcome your comments for ideas on what elements of product design, intellectual property, Asian sourcing, and especially small business ownership you would like to hear about.  You may also like to follow me via Twitter at http://twitter.com/designtheatre.  Twitter is admittedly new to me and I plan to make use of it in a very sparing manner … so learn and grow with me!