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The Expert User Trap

gmccord — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:19:56 +0000

Prior to the development of a product, engineers and marketers prioritize the input they receive from experts and often apply them literally in the development of new products. Typically, a few very important users are selected and their perspectives are prioritized over a wider group of stakeholders that should influence the design of the product.

Dishwasher

gmccord — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:43:32 +0000

The M3 Teardown Squad took the opportunity to “analyze” the dishwasher that has served us faithfully for the past seven years. Over the past few months, a decrease in cleaning capability was noticed and we replaced it with

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Emerson DeltaV Red Dot Award

gmccord — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:10:05 +0000

The Emerson DeltaV S-Series wins a 2010 Red Dot Design Award.

M3 is looking for a Senior Ind…

gmccord — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:37:43 +0000

M3 is looking for a Senior Industrial Designer. Interested? http://m3design.com/?p=1906

Our Body: the Universe Within

gmccord — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:55:15 +0000

Recommend: Our Body, the Universe Within. Showcase of human anatomy design. @Stark Center, UTexas http://tinyurl.com/9ph5xw

Follow M3 on Twitter

gmccord — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:37:08 +0000

Follow the [applied] design thinkers on Twitter

Strategic R&D Planning Process

gmccord — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:14:51 +0000

Do you enhance your existing product or create a new one? Can you do both? How is that done?

Process Alchemy

gmccord — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:13:50 +0000

Congratulations to Emerson Process Management for re-inventing process control again with the DeltaV S-Series systems!

M3 2010 SXSW Picks

gmccord — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:11:01 +0000

Its here! The [applied] Design Thinkers' hot picks for the 2010 SxSW Festival

Anthropometrics 101

gmccord — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:59:35 +0000

[applied] design thinking in the form of anthropometrics used to create the Kid Trax Police Interceptor ride-on toy!

Elegant Pet Hydration

gmccord — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:13 +0000

M3 [applied] design thinking helps PetSafe deliver the Healthypet family of pet watering and feeding stations

M3′s work wins a iF Award. See…

gmccord — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:27:06 +0000

M3′s work wins a iF Award. See a sneak preview here http://ow.ly/198NJ

Happy Holidays 2009

gmccord — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:16:36 +0000

Ho-Ho-Ho! Happy Holidays from the M3 Team!

Always fun to hear the hype ar…

gmccord — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:13:44 +0000

Always fun to hear the hype around your new baby #Adamo XPS http://ow.ly/thxA

New DeltaV systems were unveil…

gmccord — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:54:52 +0000

New DeltaV systems were unveiled today at Emerson Exchange that are leading the charge for new initiatives in #Human Centered-Design #emerex

What does “best in class” real…

gmccord — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:28:24 +0000

What does “best in class” really mean and how do you achieve it ? http://ow.ly/pybs

M3 Designers describe how they…

gmccord — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:26:13 +0000

M3 Designers describe how they beautified the air purification market http://ow.ly/pya9

Watch this space for the next …

gmccord — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:54:50 +0000

Watch this space for the next generation of the premium Adamo brand http://adamobydell.com/xps

M3 experts talk about how to i…

gmccord — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:53:45 +0000

M3 experts talk about how to identify needs http://ow.ly/pnLd

M3 Presents at MD&M Midwest 2009

gmccord — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:32:31 +0000

Please join M3 Design at the Stephens Convention Center in Chicago on September 23 as they present a paper on “Identifying an Immediate Need and Developing a Product in a Timely, Efficient Manner” at MD&M Midwest

Cutting Edge Design

gmccord — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:38:40 +0000

Stryker challenged M3 to design a “best in class bone mill”

2009 IDEA Awards

gmccord — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:12:46 +0000

The 2009 IDEA Awards have been revealed, and M3 is proud to announce that two Dell products on which we collaborated have won!

Alen Paralda Design Video

gmccord — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:04:25 +0000

Ever wonder how great design is applied to leading edge products? Join M3 Senior Designers Vincent Lam and Paul Noble-Campbell as they discuss how they used [applied] Design Thinking to create the elegant and high-performance Alen Paralda Air Purification System.…

Our collaboration with Dell on…

gmccord — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:48:15 +0000

Our collaboration with Dell on the PowerEdge Server also bagged them a Bronze Award ! http://ow.ly/kwRH

M3′s collaboration with Dell r…

gmccord — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:46:08 +0000

M3′s collaboration with Dell resulted in a silver IDEA Award for Adamo ! http://ow.ly/kwRf

Saving Lives with Oral Cancer Screening

gmccord — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:02:22 +0000

Recently Dr. Larry Hamburg, an Oral Cancer survivor and founder of the Oral Cancer Awareness Foundation was interviewed on Fox News’ Healthtalk with Dr. Manny for a segment discussing the benefits of and need for early detection.…

Oral Irrigator

gmccord — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:15:32 +0000

For this exercise, we chose to focus on a consumer home healthcare device. The Waterpik™ WP100 is interesting because of the variable force pulsing jet to help clear away food particles. It is also in wide use and is a…

MD&M East 2009 Presentation

gmccord — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:46:56 +0000

M3 Design recently presented at MD&M East 2009 on the topic of Identifying an Immediate Need and Developing a Product in a Timely, Efficient Manner

If you are interested in how product development is performed in the healthcare…

M3 Presents at MD&M East

gmccord — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:26:53 +0000

Please Join M3 Design at MD&M East on June 9, 2009 at 9AM in the Javits Center in New York City as they present a paper on "Identifying an Immediate Need and Developing a Product in a Timely, Efficient Manner"

Outsourcing to China

gmccord — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:18:19 +0000

Are you considering outsourcing a medical product to China? Learn about the risks and rewards from the M3 experts!

Dell Adamo Design

gmccord — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:32:25 +0000

M3 collaborates with Dell on new Adamo ultra-thin notebook.

M3 SXSW Picks

gmccord — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:21:49 +0000

Check out our team's picks for the 2009 SXSW event in Austin

2009 MD&M West Expo

gmccord — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:18:12 +0000

M3 will be participating in the MD&M West Expo 2009. Please join us at booth 849!

Happy Holidays

gmccord — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:24:30 +0000

Happy Holidays from the creative team at M3 Design! While you're enjoying the season, we thought we would share a typical day at M3

2008 IDSA Derby Race

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:05:45 +0000

The 2008 Ultimate Derby, Phoenix, AZ. In keeping with the theme of the conference ‘Polar Opposites’, M3 Engineers and designers threw it down to take out 1st place in the inaugural ‘Slowest Car’ class. Arriving at the race officials’ table…

Reciprocating Saw

admin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:56:37 +0000

We were interested in this saw particularly because of its claimed "UVP: User Vibration Protection." We wanted to show some visiting clients something that somewhat related to and may possibly be adapted to their product line

Hard Drive Comparison

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:20:02 +0000

We ended up having two hard disk drives in our possession: one Western Digital, the other a Seagate. The WD is an EIDE, single platter drive; the Seagate is a SCSI, multi-platter drive.

To aid our destructive

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Designing Inside/Out

admin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:47:55 +0000

As a designer I walk a fine line. On the one hand, I must listen to and positively respond to clients’ demands for the allegorical “Precious.” But on the other hand, I long to create meaningful products with which the…

InkJet White Paper

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:04:14 +0000

M3’s Tony Gatica authored a white paper that will be published in the Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Meeting by the American Society for Precision Engineering.

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2007 IDSA Derby Race

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:48:58 +0000

Every year, M3 competes in the IMB Ultimate Derby race which is held during the annual IDSA conference. These cars are similar to the pinewood derby cars you used to build in Boy Scouts except that they can

HP Design Jet 750C

admin — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:38:24 +0000

M3 has owned this printer for about the entire life of the company. It is a full-color, ink jet paper plotter. It was well-used for many years. Of late, it has not been regarded very highly. Rather than retire to the pasture, its carcass has been donated to science and to the mercy of the Mechatronics Team.

Eco-Design Story

admin — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:04:13 +0000

Bling is King and Eco-Style everything at BP’s new emissions-free gas station. Azure magazine, fine purveyors of all things related to Design, Architecture and Art feature M3’s work in their August 2007 issue.

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Sustainability Concept

admin — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:45:07 +0000

M3 Design’s entry in an International Design competition sponsored by Muji. To answer their challenge to reinvent an everyday, the M3 Design team:

Reversed the relationship of a compact florescent light bulb to its packaging
Reversed the consumers interaction

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10 Dollar Drill

admin — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:11:14 +0000

$10 Harbor Freight Drill — How the heck can these guys sell a drill for $10? Austin paid $10 for this drill at harborfreight.com (shipping was an extra 6 bucks). It's a 14.4V cordless drill. And it's blue.

The Polaroid One600

admin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:10:14 +0000

We've probably all had a Polaroid camera at one point in our lives. They're fun. And (arguably) completely irrelevant in today's world or digital photography. Still... they still make them.

Design Improves Fishing Experience With New Personal-Sized Boat

admin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:41:52 +0000

Pitching fewer than five degrees was the goal achieved, as M3 Design product developers rigorously optimized the stability model of the new TriPRO TX511 Personal Watercraft in a variety of real-life conditions. When the project was finished, M3 Design had…

Design for Functionality

admin — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:54:27 +0000

M3 designers Mike Hankins and Paul Kramer are shown in the field with a new seismic control truck designed from the perspective of the crews who operated it. Developed for harsh environments, work surfaces were reconfigured by function, hard edges…

Music Concept

admin — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 19:53:20 +0000

M3 undertook an internal design exploration to challenge the music industry to restore music as an artform in the digital realm. The goal was to create a new concept that provided music fans a more immersive listening experience, as well…

Differentiate Yourself

admin — Wed, 17 May 2006 08:56:33 +0000

Adam Lerner, explains the strategic and tactical ways creative service firms can differentiate their brands in a cluttered and chaotic ecosystem of information. This article originally appeared on the leading industrial design Web site, Core77.

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M3 at SXSW

admin — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:16:51 +0000

Senior Studio Director, Gray McCord, discussed the cultural implications of gadgets decreasing in size while increasing in functionality at the SXSW Interactive panel. McCord highlighted that smaller is not always better and introduced a concept for returning music to a collective,…