Industrial designers make mass-produced products look good, feel good, and work well.

Industrial design is the intersection of art, engineering, and psychology.

Many people are needed to make physical products. A pair of headphones turns data into sound thanks to an electrical engineer. A mechanical engineer makes the electronics, plastic parts, and everything else fit together perfectly.

It’s the industrial designer’s job understand the headphone brand’s customers, and to imagine a pair that are irresistible to them.

These customers will find the headphones align perfectly with their style and aesthetic tastes. Their specific needs (e.g. adjustability, portability, comfort etc…) are identified and solved for. Using the headphones is effortless, because every scenario the user finds themself in has been planned for.

The industrial designer considers every angle of the product’s space, and synthesizes all this data into designs that can be evaluated visually and physically, and when the final design is chosen, can be manufactured and put in the hands of millions.

Every product starts as an idea — an idea with an infinite amount of ways it could take shape. Mystery Form follows a framework of steps to gradually narrow in on the best ideas, and eventually arrive on the best possible embodiment of your product vision.

It depends!

How complicated is your product idea? If electronics are involved, do you know the specific components you will be using? Will your product live on a bookshelf or be worn on a body?

To get from an idea to a final design will typically take between 1-3 months minimum. However, there is a period of a few months to a few years where the design will be critically evaluated by engineers and manufacturers, and adjustments will need to be made. We strongly prefer to be CCed in on these conversations and are able to consult as needed to ensure the design intent we establish together is carried through into mass-production.

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In our experience, it’s never too early to start to investigate and strategize, especially before you begin any heavy engineering efforts.

Perhaps you had a great idea for a handheld flashlight and the engineering team is almost done! What if your target users only use headlamps?

Maybe for your revolutionary IoT product you’ve finished your circuit board, and.. it happens to be a square. Let’s hope your customers weren’t in the mood for a circle.

Industrial design can help you steer your efforts in the right direction early on, even if that means we don’t begin the actual design work until weeks or months later.

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While Mystery Form focuses solely on industrial design, we have worked with numerous engineers and vendors through the years. Whatever your needs are, we’ll go out of our way to introduce you to a professional who can provide for them.