A Day in the Life at MAKO: Working at a Superior Industrial Design Firm

Exclusive Interview: Rob Colgan, MAKO’s Manager of Design Strategy

February 21, 2019

Our Manager of Design Strategy, Rob Colgan, joined our superior industrial design firm MAKO Design back in 2014. Since then he has been a resourceful teammate on each and every project he’s been assigned to. Rob speaks highly of all of his colleagues, enjoys collaborating on new projects with them and hearing their take on things. MAKO’s close-knit work space allows for the collaboration to flow quite easily here. Senior designers, sitting next to industrial engineers, or electrical engineers, alongside mechanical designers, everyone works together on a project at some point.

 

 

Our Manager of Design Strategy , Talks MAKO Design

This level of partnership at our superior industrial design firm extends to every client project we take on here at MAKO. As mentioned by our Manager of Design Strategy Rob, in his interview, “when you come to us, you’re not having just one person work on your project, you’re having most of the team”. Superior industrial design firm’s great minds are spread across 3 offices in North America. Although separated by a few hundred miles, to get their input on a project, they’re just a click away. Rob elaborates, “We also have utilities to get in touch with any staff members at other offices. We do Skype a lot, we do talk to each other a lot on instant messenger. We are just generally collaborating on a regular basis”. Regularly skyping other offices to go over project details, exchange thoughts and ideas on a clients project and giving input on how something will work, is all apart of our superior industrial design firm’s process.

 

 

Superior Industrial Design Firm Promotes Diversity in the Workplace

Essentially, by organizing our design process in a collaborative way like this, your product is more likely to be developed in a well thought out way. Sure, great minds think alike but fools seldom differ. Which in short translates to, if everyone thinks the same way they’re not so smart after all. Diversity in education and cultural backgrounds is a huge factor in the success of our superior industrial design firm’s client projects. Our team is built-up of knowledgable individuals from all over this big planet. The United States, Canada, the UK, South Africa; I could go on. Bringing together employees who think differently can be the difference between a good product and a great product. The kind of product you see on the store shelves, even.

If you have a great new invention and you’d like to learn more about this process, get in touch with MAKO, a superior industrial design firm here and visit our website to find out more. Feel free to give us a call at 1-888-MAKO and we can set you up on a call with our product analyst.  

About: MAKO Design + Invent is the original firm providing world-class consumer product development services tailored to startups, small manufacturers, and inventors. Simply put, we are the leading one-stop-shop for developing your physical product from idea to store shelves, all in a high-quality, cost-effective, and timely manner. We operate as one powerhouse 30-person product design team spread across 4 offices to serve you (Austin, Miami, San Francisco, & Toronto). We have full-stack in-house industrial designmechanical engineeringelectrical engineeringpatent referralprototyping, and manufacturing services. To assist our startup and inventor clients, in addition to above, we help with business strategy, product strategy, marketing, and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories. Also, our founder Kevin Mako hosts The Product Startup Podcast, the industry's leading hardware podcast. Check it out for tips, interviews, and best practices for hardware startups, inventors, and product developers. Click HERE to learn more about MAKO Design + Invent!

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