What does Design Manager mean to you? It means, SPARK is doubling down on user-centered design and its importance to the product development process.
Why Prototypes Matter
At SPARK, our product development process is bespoke to you. We don’t require you to sign off on a lifesize prototype before moving into the production phase—but to say we highly recommend it is like an accountant saying they highly recommend tracking your expenses. Or a lumberjack highly recommending that you run that way.
We Help You Solve Problems—Not Produce Products
Dangers of Boilerplate Product Design
Adapting Our Process
Messing Up with a New Client
We messed up with a new client.
SPARK has been in business for 22 years and in that time, we’ve never stopped learning.
We’ve learned that the reality in working with inventors and startups is that, in most cases, they’ve never done this before so they don’t exactly know what they want. You can lead a horse to water, but then it’s up to the horse to drink the water, so to speak.
Your Prototypes: Proof of Concept vs Beauty Model
So, you're in inventor- an entrepreneur- and you have a hardware based product idea. Nice! You think it through and decide it's time to push yourself ahead of the crowd. You do your due diligence to select a product development firm, forming a relationship and setting up a contract. In the plans are up front prototyping and revised/educated design to follow.